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... name was not a shire at the Domesday Survey . Probably the name , as well as the district , is far older . than the division of Mercia into shires by Edward the • In quoq ; ROTELAND . ALTHODESYOU Wapent fum ... 2 RUTLAND.
... name was not a shire at the Domesday Survey . Probably the name , as well as the district , is far older . than the division of Mercia into shires by Edward the • In quoq ; ROTELAND . ALTHODESYOU Wapent fum ... 2 RUTLAND.
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... probably , on the reorganisation of the Mercian shires after their reconquest from the Danes , the whole of the district formed part of Northampton- shire , and it was the giving of Rutland to successive queens , as a dower , that ...
... probably , on the reorganisation of the Mercian shires after their reconquest from the Danes , the whole of the district formed part of Northampton- shire , and it was the giving of Rutland to successive queens , as a dower , that ...
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... probably staying at Ridlington when he wrote his description of this part of the county . In the Polyolbion , a poetical description of England , pub- lished in 1613–22 , the following lines appear : - " Love not thyself the less ...
... probably staying at Ridlington when he wrote his description of this part of the county . In the Polyolbion , a poetical description of England , pub- lished in 1613–22 , the following lines appear : - " Love not thyself the less ...
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... Probably this , then , is the reason why this strip of land was included in Lincolnshire , for the parish of St Martin's , called Stamford Baron , is in the county of Northampton . 4. Surface and General Features . The physical features ...
... Probably this , then , is the reason why this strip of land was included in Lincolnshire , for the parish of St Martin's , called Stamford Baron , is in the county of Northampton . 4. Surface and General Features . The physical features ...
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... probably derived from Coet - Maes , the Celtic for a woody plain . The forest of Leighfield , or Lyfield , once occupied the greater part of the Oakham Hundred ; and that of Castle Hill , Uppingham Beaumont Chase , a part of it ...
... probably derived from Coet - Maes , the Celtic for a woody plain . The forest of Leighfield , or Lyfield , once occupied the greater part of the Oakham Hundred ; and that of Castle Hill , Uppingham Beaumont Chase , a part of it ...
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acres agricultural aisles ancient Anglo-Saxon arch Barrowden Beaumont Chase beautiful beds Braunston bronze Brooke building Burley Burley-on-the-Hill Caldecott carved Casterton century chancel church Clipsham Cottesmore curious Decorated deposits district doorway Earl Early English east Edward Empingham England enters the county Ermine Street Exton Finch forest formed Hall Hambleton Harrington Hill horseshoe houses hundred ironstone Ketton King land Langham Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire London Lord Lyddington manor mansion Manton Market Overton Marlstone Martinsley Midland monument Morcott Noel Norman Normanton North Luffenham North Road Northampton Sand Nottingham Oakham Castle Oolite parish Park passing Perpendicular probably quarried Queen rainfall reign Ridlington river Chater river Gwash rocks Rutland Ryhall Sandstones Saxon Seaton shire small village soil south side specimen spire Stamford Stoke Dry stone Stretton style surface Teigh Thistleton Tickencote Tixover tower town Upper Lias clays Vale of Catmose valley Wardley Welland western Whissendine Wood