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A History of the County of Worcester
… Parishes Pendock PENDOCK Penedoc, Peonedoc (ix, x and xi cent.); Penedok, Penedoch (xii cent.). Pendock is a parish containing 1,145 acres, with a detached part to the south-west. It is bounded on the south and east by an unnamed stream, a tributary of the Severn. This stream is crossed at Horse Bridge by the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Parishes Penn PENN La Penne (xiiixiv cent.). The parish of Penn, containing Penn village and the hamlets of Penn Street, Knotty Green and Forty Green, … of Agric. (1905). Rec. of Bucks. v, 274, 278. Accts. and Papers, 1861, xlviii, no. 557. Lysons, Mag. Brit. i (3), 618. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… its name from the old British word Pen, the height or top of any thing, and byrst, a wood. 1 It is called in some antient records, … in trustees, to be sold, to supply the necessities of the state; when, on a survey made of this manor, in 1650, it …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Meysy (xiv cent.); Pennyngton Mewsey (xvii cent.). The total area of the parish of Penton Mewsey is 1,059 acres, of which 822 acres are arable, 175 acres permanent grass and 46 acres woods and plantations. 1 The soil is light, the …
A History of the County of Worcester
… cent.); Publington (xvi cent.). This small parish lies on the left bank of the Bow Brook, to the north-east of the road from Evesham … Worcester. 1 Its western boundary is formed by Bow Brook and its eastern by the Piddle Brook. The ground has a uniform …
A History of the County of Surrey
… (xiv cent.). Peper Harow is a small parish lying west of Godalming town. It measures about 4 miles from north to south, about 2 miles in breadth in the northern and under a mile in the southern part. The soil is … Hil. 11 Will. III; Luttrell, Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs, ii, 496. Close, 11 Will. III, pt. iv, no. 5. …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Pershore, Holy Cross PERSHORE, HOLY CROSS with WADBOROUGH and WALCOT CUM MEMBRIS The parish of Holy Cross includes the northern and western parts of the …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Parishes Pershore, St Andrew with Defford and Wick PERSHORE, ST. ANDREW, with BRICKLEHAMPTON, DEFFORD, PENSHAM, PINVIN and WICK The parish of St. Andrew, Pershore, included the chapelries of …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Parishes Pertenhall PERTENHALL Pertenhale (xi cent.). The parish of Pertenhall on the Huntingdonshire border has an area of … the exception of 10 acres of woodland) between arable land and permanent grass, the latter predominating. 1 The soil is …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Parishes Petersfield PETERSFIELD Petrefeld and Peterfeud, xiii cent.; Petresfeld, xiv cent. The town of Petersfield is situated near the centre of the parish of … Ibid. Eccl. Com. Ct. R. bdle. 99, No. 9, p. 30. Parl. Papers, 1835, xxiv, 138, and 1880, xxxi, 102 and 251. Ibid. …