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A History of the County of Huntingdon
… on the Cambridgeshire border. It consists almost wholly of fen-land which falls in many places to only 3 ft. above … parish measures some seven miles across from east to west and about five miles from north to south and comprises 16,969 … Trin. 16 Chas. II. Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. (Ho. of Lords, Papers), vii, p. 153 b. Feet of F. Hunts. Hil. 2728 Chas. II. …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Name importeth as much as Red Hill, or Bank, situate upon the River of Sore, and nearer the River Trent than Kinston, was also Taynland, …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1,729. Population: 1911, 267; 1921, 248; 1931, 245. The parish is roughly L-shaped, the longer limb (1 miles) lying east and west, with the shorter projecting southwards for about a … the two limbs is occupied by the Oxfordshire parish of Hornton, from which Ratley is separated by a small stream. …
A History of the County of Northampton
… (xi cent.); Raines (xvi cent.). The ecclesiastical parish of Raunds, which contains about 4,460 acres, touches Huntingdonshire on its eastern and north-eastern sides. The soil is for the most part heavy … in which a richlyclad female in crown and robes of state and sceptre in each hand, stands over the jaws of hell …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Parishes Ravensden RAVENSDEN The parish of Ravensden covers an area of 2,290 acres, of … 1,107 acres, is pasture, while 816 acres are arable land and 97 acres consist of woods and plantations. 1 The soil is …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… eastward, is Reculver, called by the Romans, Regulbium, and by the Saxons, at first, Raculf, and afterwards Raculf-cester, on account of its castle, and Raculf-minister, on account of the … and restored the revenue of the parsonage to its former state. Archbishop Stratford, at the time he obtained licence …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Redborne (xi cent.); Redburne (xiii cent.). The parish of Redbourn lies chiefly to the west of the Watling Street, which forms part of its eastern boundary and runs through a small portion of the parish in the south, … The fine oak rood-screen of five bays is in a good state of preservation, retaining the canopies below the loft, …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Redmerley Dapetot (xiv cent.). Redmarley D'Abitt lies in the extreme south-west of the county on the Gloucestershire border. It covers an … acres of arable land, 2,432 acres of permanent grass, and 89 acres of woods and plantations. 1 The soil is sand and …
A History of the County of Durham
… Parishes Redmarshall REDMARSHALL Redmershill (xiii cent.). The parish is composed of three townships: Redmarshall, in which is the church, Carlton, adjacent to the north-east, and Stillington, quite detached, to the north-west. The areas …
A History of the County of Hertford
… cent.); Rud, Roed, Ruth (xiii cent.); Estrede (xiv cent). The parish of Reed is a long, narrow piece of land containing about … from which the waters on the north join with the Cam and run into Lynn Deeps, while those on the south run into …