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A History of the County of Northampton
… by Pedyngton (xvi cent.); Preston Deanery (xviii cent.). The parish of Preston Deanery, so called from having given its name to … Newport Pagnell. It contains 1,475 acres on a soil of marl and clay with subsoil of stone. The chief crops are wheat and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Stour PRESTON ON STOUR Preston on Stour is a rural parish of 1,769 a. 1 3 miles south of Stratford-upon-Avon. It lies … T-shaped plan. The south wing, comprising a large hall and state apartments which contain a fine collection of pictures, … Bloom, Preston-upon-Stour, 61; Shakespeare Libr., Wheler papers, vol. ii, no. 78. Atkyns, Glos. 609. Cf. Rudder, Glos. …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Earls Rysebergh (xiv cent.); Princes Risburgh (xv cent.). The parish of Princes Risborough lies on the western side of the county … 1 There are 1,276 acres laid down in permanent grass, and 40 acres of wood. The subsoil is chalk, 2 but the surface …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… (xvi cent.); Dean Prior, Priors Dean (xviii cent.). The parish of Priors Dean lies to the east of Colemore and partly upon a hill called the Barnet, in a well-wooded …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1,535. Population: 1911, 193; 1921, 177; 1931, 142. The parish is divided from that of Priors Marston on the east by a road running north from … where the land lies for the most part between 450 ft. and 500 ft., the ground slopes down to about 340 ft. on the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 3,577. Population: 1911, 495; 1921, 451; 1931, 414. The parish is bounded on the east and south by Northamptonshire, and is separated from Priors … overlooking the village, Marston Hill reaches a height of 662 ft. The village is a fairly large one at the junction …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Privett PRIVETT Pryvet (xiv cent.); Pryvate (xvi cent.). The parish of Privett, containing about 1,279 acres, 31 acres of which are arable land and 30 acres permanent grass, 1 lies east of Winchester on …
A History of the County of Bedford
… (xi cent.); Pullokeshull (xii, xiii, xiv cents.). The parish of Pulloxhill, which contains the village of the same name and part of the hamlet of Greenfield, has an area of 1,627 …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… (xiv cent.); Purlew (xvi cent.). Purley Hall: Garden Front The parish of Purley lies to the west of Pangbourne and is bounded on its northern and eastern sides by the River …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Pusey is a small parish containing only 1,040 acres, of which two-thirds are arable land and the rest permanent grass and woods and plantations. 1 The …