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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Hythe; containing 733 inhabitants. It is crossed by the South-Eastern railway; and comprises 3576 acres, of which 320 … Saxons began to infest the coasts. It is bounded on the south by the English Channel, which has made such … seated in the vale of the Ouse, and nearly a mile to the south is Aldwark bridge, a substantial wooden structure, …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… Aldsworth The rural parish of Aldsworth lies 6.5 km. south-east of Northleach and 5 km. north-east of Cirencester. … by field boundaries save on the west and part of the south where they followed the river Leach and a short section … by Forest Marble on the higher ground in the west and south-east. 5 Formerly there were several quarries. 6 Before …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… type of SPANISH WINE imported from the Alicante region of south-east Spain. It was a rough, sweet RED WINE, which was … Raisins from the district around Alicante in Valencia in south-eastern SPAIN, whence the finest RAISINS came. …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… river Brue to the north and the Dry or Cary brook to the south. The course of the Brue is well-wooded and the rest of … is a patchwork of fields cut through from north-east to south-west by the Castle Cary to Somerton road and the … is roughly rectangular measuring 2 km. from north to south and 1.5 km. from east to west and covering 292 ha. (721 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Fairhaugh, Farnham, Linbriggs, Netherton, North and South Sides, Peals, and Sharperton; and containing 1255 … belonging to the convent at Hallystone; and on the south side of the Coquet are vestiges of an old structure, … is varied, in some parts mountainous, and the lands on the south side, which are low, are frequently overflowed by the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Conc. (Rec. Soc.), i, 23, 151. Possibly Alençon 13 miles south of Sées; B.M. Add. MS. 33244, fol. 60; P.R.O. Anct. D. …
A History of the County of York
… and convent of Durham, because they had no place in the south to keep their live-stock safely, notwithstanding a …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… to hold a road going through their priory from the south gate to the north gate, which they closed to keep out …
A History of the County of London
… a recluse. Hardy and Page, op. cit. 39. The garden on the south side of Aldgate called 'The Hermitage' was then leased … 193. Lond. Epis. Reg. Fitz James, fol. 41. It was on the south of the chancel of St. Margaret's. See Lease of 1730 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… property of the monks. But in 1324-5 the whole line of our south coast suffered much depredation, and a very …