The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, Volumes 11-12Edward Hungerford Goddard Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1869 Includes proceedings of the annual general meetings of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. |
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... miles , and its average breadth nearly two miles . The acreage is as follows : - Arable Land ............... . A. R. P. 1504 1 21 Meadow Land 722 1 3 .... We meet with the same name in composition in other counties . Thus we have ...
... miles , and its average breadth nearly two miles . The acreage is as follows : - Arable Land ............... . A. R. P. 1504 1 21 Meadow Land 722 1 3 .... We meet with the same name in composition in other counties . Thus we have ...
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... mile long , and 3 furlongs broad . The wood is 4 furlongs long , and 2 furlongs broad . The estate was worth £ 20 ; it is now worth £ 30 . 2 A few general inferences may be drawn from the above extract from the Domesday Record . It will ...
... mile long , and 3 furlongs broad . The wood is 4 furlongs long , and 2 furlongs broad . The estate was worth £ 20 ; it is now worth £ 30 . 2 A few general inferences may be drawn from the above extract from the Domesday Record . It will ...
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... mile and a half . It may be observed moreover , that the value of the estate , which in the time of King Edward was £ 20 , had in the time of the Domesday Survey increased to £ 30 , or at the rate of some 50 per cent . Meagre therefore ...
... mile and a half . It may be observed moreover , that the value of the estate , which in the time of King Edward was £ 20 , had in the time of the Domesday Survey increased to £ 30 , or at the rate of some 50 per cent . Meagre therefore ...
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... miles distant , and within the limits of what , though its lords owed feudal allegiance to the chief lord of All Cannings , was neverthe- less itself a distinct manor . Our belief is that the name of this ancient owner lingered in the ...
... miles distant , and within the limits of what , though its lords owed feudal allegiance to the chief lord of All Cannings , was neverthe- less itself a distinct manor . Our belief is that the name of this ancient owner lingered in the ...
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... miles of velvety down . Probably there is no place where this ancient work can be viewed to greater advantage , or where , amid the surrounding solitude , and general absence of man's handywork , its effect is more impressive . THE ...
... miles of velvety down . Probably there is no place where this ancient work can be viewed to greater advantage , or where , amid the surrounding solitude , and general absence of man's handywork , its effect is more impressive . THE ...
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