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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… parish covering over 3,500 acres on both sides of the South Winterborne river 2 miles S.W. of Dorchester. It … Chalk, which is overlaid by extensive areas of gravels and sands in its higher parts, especially in the S. on … earthwork in Britain. The complex structure and history of the monument, from the Neolithic to the Late Roman …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Winterbourne WINTERBOURNE, a chapelry, in the parish of Chieveley, union of Newbury, hundred of Faircross, county … miles (N. N. W.) from Newbury; containing 337 inhabitants, and comprising 2084 a. 26 p. The chapel is dedicated to St. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with Flasby WINTERBURN, with Flasby, a township, in the parish of Gargrave, union of Skipton, E. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, W. riding of York, 7 miles (N. W. by N.) from …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… Ancient and historical monuments in Westmorland Winton 111 WINTON … N.W., (b)XXIII, N.E.) Winton is a parish and village on the border of the county, 1 m. N.E. of Kirkby Stephen. Secular Monuments …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wisbech (St. Mary) WISBECH ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 3 … the date of Wulfhere's charter, little is recorded of the history of the place till the year 1000, when the manor is …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… OF PARSON DROVE Parson Drove, originally a township and chapelry of Leverington, became a separate ecclesiastical district under the Leverington Rectory Act (1870). It had long maintained … of the fen end of Leverington; it has no separate manorial history, and may be compared in status with Gedney Hill over …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Elm ELM Elm, on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of the larger parishes in the Isle. It … is a valuable source of information on contemporary local history. D.N.B.; E 134/10 Anne/M. 1. Bk. of Fees, 6289. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Leverington LEVERINGTON Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a frontage upon the … already been detailed. 35 Little is known about the early history of the conventual and capitular manor of GRACES. In …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… village about 4 miles north of Wisbech, lying just west of the 'Roman Bank'. The parish, which in 1934 was increased by … elongated shape usual in the marshland areas of the Isle and Holland, stretching from the light silt soils by the Nene … the following references are taken. It includes a detailed survey of the manor, 1395. Cal. Pat. 1350-4, 406. C …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Outwell and Upwell OUTWELL AND UPWELL These two villages lie astride the Well Stream. Each is therefore partly in Norfolk and … C. XI, f. 95). D. & C. Mun., Ely, Carta 856. For general history of this priory, see V.C.H. Norf. ii, 34950. Cal. Pat. …