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A History of the County of Berkshire
… an ironfoundry. In and about the churchyard are some large trees, among them a fine row of elms to the south. Adjoining … the southern part of the parish and has a fine avenue of trees planted in the 18th century. There are several small … her death in 1718 23 and did much damage in cutting down trees. 24 Bolingbroke returned to England, but the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… who removed many hawthorn bushes in 1764 and planted trees both then and in 1780. 9 The Aynho and Ashendon section …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Beacon Hill were made between c. 1877 and 1899. 137 More trees were planted around Bulford camp and on the downs from …
A History of the County of Warwick
… side. Beyond the latter there is a short avenue of beech-trees reaching to the road. Park Farm at Barnacle is a … that there was originally a moat. There are ancient yew-trees at back and front. A few cottages form a group close to …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… one hundred acres. . . . There are in it the noblest beech trees, which I believe, are to be met with in England.' 13 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The area was well wooded, for there were said to be 936 trees on the tenants' land. 78 Little is known of the status …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… sunk between high banks and completely over-arched by trees. It leads by a steep descent to the east end of the … slopes up to the churchyard wall, shaded by a fine row of trees, and to the west of the pond is the rectory garden, the …
A History of the County of Rutland
… nearly six miles, and is covered with oaks, elms and beech trees of great value. In Burley Wood is a curious little …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 4 d. each as a fine. 31 The present appearance of the trees is probably due to the tenants' right to 'top and lop' … used often to come here from Stoke Poges, describes the trees in a letter to Horace Walpole in 1737 as 'most … There was a spacious yard, two orchards planted with old trees, and two gardens, one inclosed by a brick wall on the …