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A History of the County of Warwick
… Oxhill is an irregular parish, roughly shaped like a V. The narrow point of the V is occupied by the village, with the church at its … southern extremity. Most of the land lies between 270 ft. and 300 ft., rising at Herd Hill, a mile north-east of the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Oxney OXNEY, IN antient records written Oxene, lies at the northeast bounds of this hundred, the next parish adjoining northward from St. … remarkable in it, it is much the same in its situation and appearance as those already described in this part of …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Ocstede (xiii cent.); Oxtede (xv cent.). Oxted is a parish and village 3 miles east of Godstone and 20 miles from London. It contains 3,646 acres … not more than a mile and a half from east to west, and for the most part less. It is bounded on the north by Woldingham …
Magna Britannia
… - Repton Packington PACKINGTON is partly in Leicestershire and partly in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, in Derbyshire. The church is in …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1,760. Population: 1911, 860; 1921, 888; 1931, 753. The east and north boundaries of the old parish of Packwood 1 are formed by two small …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Padlesworth PADLESWORTH. USUALLY called Palsworth, is the next parish southward from Acrise. The manors of Liminge and Eleham both claim within this parish. Padlesworth is a …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Padworze (xiii cent.); Padesworth, Pappeworth (xiv cent.). The parish of Padworth lies to the north-east of Aldermaston, between … Gully, which forms the greater part of its western border, and Ufton Park. It contains about 1,188 acres, of which 250 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Pamber (xv cent.). Pamber is a scattered parish north-west of Basingstoke. It contains 2,184 acres of land, of which … are arable, three-sevenths are permanent grass and two-sevenths are woodland. 1 At the northern end of the parish is Pamber Common, where the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Parishes Pampisford PAMPISFORD Pampisford, known until the 17th century as 'Pampesworth', is a small parish 7 miles south-east of Cambridge. 1 Its eastern boundary follows the Roman road that runs north from Stump Cross, and sections of the western and northern boundaries coincide …
Magna Britannia
… Pancras Week - Plymouth Paignton PAIGNTON, in the hundred of Haytor and in the deanery of Ipplepen, lies on the Torbay … removal to Worcester, that it was brought to its present state of perfection. The principal manufactures now at … General Mudge contributed several valuable scientific papers to the Philosophical Transactions; and to him, as …