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A History of the County of Hampshire
… the back of the house is a fine avenue of about forty lime trees. Below the rectory is the village school, built in 1844 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… an ancient fortification, and crowned by a clump of fine trees 4 which mark the site of the ancient chapel dedicated … Norman church, is down-land sweeping away to a group of trees silhouetted against the sky line, known as Oliver's … college tower rising behind a thick foreground of trees. To the north-east runs the railway bank of the Great …
A History of the County of Somerset
… called Holcombe undertook to plant three oak, ash, or elm trees each year. 72 This policy permitted the Pouletts to …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… some 30 a. west and north-east of Ridge were planted with trees, 187 and in 1983 there were c. 200 a. of woodland in …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Near the sources of this stream is a fine avenue of yew trees, half a mile in length and of some antiquity, which …
A History of the County of Oxford
… called Sprigg's Holly locally from the many ancient holly trees, well over a hundred years old. 34 It has a public …
A History of the County of Surrey
… to 1812. The churchyard is large and contains several elm trees, and a large yew on the north side. There is an …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in the earlier 19th century. Conock Old Manor, obscured by trees, lies in a hollow at the northern end of the street, … of Ewelme Almshouse, apparently felled and sold some 380 trees on the Conock estate, to the detriment of the tenants … In 1522 and 1540 tenants there were presented for felling trees without licence, and in 1556 another forfeited his …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… acquired a lease of the woods, excepting the 'great' trees, for 62 years at a yearly rent of 6 s. 8 d. 269 By the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the 20th century. 8 Until recently, when some of the trees were cut down, it was notable for the largest rookery … was 'laid out into walks as a pleasure ground' with ash trees. Part of the house was then occupied by a farmer. … and 4 horses, a total of 360 animals. There were 203 trees recorded. 204 The earliest map of Chislehampton, dated …