The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County: Bedfordshire ; Berkshire ; BuckinghamshireT. Maiden, 1801 - Architecture |
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Page 28
... acres . The land is principally in pasture ; though wheat , barley , and beans , are cultivated in that part which is in open fields . The rent is about 31. an acre . There are neither commons nor waste lands . The farms are but small ...
... acres . The land is principally in pasture ; though wheat , barley , and beans , are cultivated in that part which is in open fields . The rent is about 31. an acre . There are neither commons nor waste lands . The farms are but small ...
Page 29
... acres of level ploughed land , producing good wheat . To the south it has no ditch ; to the south - west , and west , only a very small one ; on the north- west is a descent to the meadows . This is supposed by some of our antiquaries ...
... acres of level ploughed land , producing good wheat . To the south it has no ditch ; to the south - west , and west , only a very small one ; on the north- west is a descent to the meadows . This is supposed by some of our antiquaries ...
Page 37
... acres of common belong to the parish , on which the poor obtain turf , & c , About half a mile from this place are the remains of a Roman camp : from this , and other circumstances , Leighton Beaudesert is supposed to be the Saxon ...
... acres of common belong to the parish , on which the poor obtain turf , & c , About half a mile from this place are the remains of a Roman camp : from this , and other circumstances , Leighton Beaudesert is supposed to be the Saxon ...
Page 43
... acres , on which Long - acre is built . " + When part of the abbey was taken down in 1744 , a corpse was discovered , the flesh of which was so sound as to bear cutting with a knife , though it must have been interred at least 200 years ...
... acres , on which Long - acre is built . " + When part of the abbey was taken down in 1744 , a corpse was discovered , the flesh of which was so sound as to bear cutting with a knife , though it must have been interred at least 200 years ...
Page 77
... acres are here enclosed with a rampart and a ditch . The form is irregular , being adapted to the summit of the hill , in the fortifying of which , Nature has her- self been liberal . The north and east make two sides of a square ; the ...
... acres are here enclosed with a rampart and a ditch . The form is irregular , being adapted to the summit of the hill , in the fortifying of which , Nature has her- self been liberal . The north and east make two sides of a square ; the ...
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