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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Orlestone ORLESTONE, USUALLY called Orlstone, is the next parish north-westward from Rucking. It lies for the … on the upland clay-hill, where it is within the diftrict of the Weald, and within the jurisdiction of the justices of the county; …
A History of the County of Northampton
… parish about twice as long as it is broad, with an area of 1,939 acres. The soil is of good fertile mixed character, the substratum … being Great Oolite limestone, white sand, ironstone, and Upper Lias clay. The principal crops are cereals. The …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Ormysbye, Ormsbye (xvi cent.). In 1831 the parish of Ormesby included the chapelry of Eston and the townships of Normanby, Morton and Upsall; of the … Yorks. Pedigrees. Ibid. Dict. Nat. Biog.; Royalist Comp. Papers (Yorks. Arch. Soc.), i, 188, 191. Royalist Comp. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… to Chelsfield, northward, lies Orpington. The name of this place is corrupted from its original, which was Dorpentune, a name partly British and partly Saxon, signifying, the village, or street, where … at the apartments of the prior in this manor. In which state it continued till the final dissolution of this great …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… cent.); Lungeville (xiiixv cent.); Longville (xvii cent.). The present parish of Orton Longueville contains over 2,409 acres and includes Botolphbridge (q.v.), originally a separate …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… Orton Waterville ORTON WATERVILLE Cherry Orton (xv cent.). The parish of Orton Waterville contains over 1,399 acres of land, 1 and is separated from Northamptonshire by the river Nene. The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Parishes Orwell ORWELL Orwell, 1 alleged to be named after the 'golden spring or well' which has its source in the village, lies equidistant between Cambridge and Royston, south of the road from Cambridge to Arrington Bridge. The parish …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… (xi cent.); Osbaldewyk (xiixv cent.). The parish of Osbaldwick, which includes the township of Murton, is … the parish. On the west are the parishes of St. Cuthbert and St. Nicholas, both within the city boundaries. Osbaldwick … Watterland Field. 30 By 1815 the chapel had fallen into a state of great dilapidation and became unfit for service, no …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… (xiii cent.); Osmunderlay (xiv cent.). Cross and Village, Osmotherley Osmotherley is the most easterly of the parishes in the wapentake of Allerton. It is of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… It is usually written in antient records Ospringes, and takes its name from the spring or fresh stream which rises in it. The town of Ospringe, as it is called, is a franchise separate from … of it and its revenues to secular persons, in which state it continued till the reign of Henry VIII. when Fisher, …