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Upton Warren Worcestershire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Upton-Warren (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Droitwich, Upper division of the hundred of Halfshire, Droitwich and E. divisions of the county of Worcester, 2 ½ miles (SW by from Bromsgrove; containing 441 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the Birmingham and Worcester road, and comprises 2574a. 35p. of which 1600 acres are arable, 750 pasture, and 136 woodland; the surface is undulated, the soil partly a strong clay, and the scenery picturesque. The Stoke station on the Birmingham and Gloucester railway is one mile to the east, and the Bromsgrove station (for carriages) three miles distant: the river Salwarp or Warren propels a flour-mill. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £11. 2.

Upton Waters Shropshire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Upton-Waters (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred of South Bradford, N. division of Salop, 5 miles (N. by W.) from Wellington; containing 228 inhabitants. This parish, which comprises by measurement 732 acres, is separated by the river Tern from the parish of High Ercal; and the village, situated on elevated ground, is intersected by the road between Wellington and Market-Drayton. A common red stone is quarried for building purposes. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £3. 17. 3 ½., and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for £135, and the glebe comprises 35 acres. The church is a small neat edifice.

Urmston Lancashire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Urmston, a township, in the parish of Flixton, hundred of Salford, S. division of the county of Lancaster, 5 ½ miles (SW by W) from Manchester; containing 771 inhabitants. John Collier, commonly called Tim Bobbin, the author of the Lancashire Dialect, was born here.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Ushlawrcoed Monmouthshire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Ushlawrcoed, a hamlet, in the parish of Bedwelty, union of Abergavenny, Lower division of the hundred of Wentlloog, county of Monmouth; containing 13,140 inhabitants. – See Tredegar.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Uton Devon Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Uton, a tything, in the parish, union and hundred of Crediton, Crediton and N. divisions of Devon, 2 miles (WSW) from Crediton; containing 384 inhabitants.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Stoke Orchard Gloucestershire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Stoke-Orchard, a chapelry, in the parish and hundred of Bishop’s-Cleeve, union of Tewkesbury, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 4 ½ miles (SE) from Tewkesbury; containing 231 inhabitants, and comprising 1331 acres. The tithes have been commuted for £275. 10., and there is a glebe of three-quarters of an acre.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Seasoncote or Sezincote Gloucestershire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Seasoncote, or Sezincote (St. Bartholomew), a parish, in the union of Stow, Upper division of the hundred of Kiftsgate, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 2 miles (W. by S.) from Moreton; containing 67 inhabitants, and comprising 1432 acres. The living is a discharged rectory, united to the vicarage of Longborough, and valued in the king’s books at £9. 12. 11. The church was demolished about 80 years since.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Severn Stoke Worcestershire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Stoke, Severn (St. Denis), a parish, in the union of Upon, Lower division of the hundred of Pershore, Upton and W. divisions of the county of Worcester, 3 miles (N. by E.) from Upon; containing 744 inhabitants. Situated on the left bank of the river Severn, and intersected by the road between Worcester and Tewkesbury, the parish presents some pleasing scenery, and consists of 3230 acres. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £21. 17. 4.; net income, £746; patron, the Earl of Coventry. A market and a fair were granted by Edward II., but both of them have long been disused.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Selattyn Shropshire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Selattyn (St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Oswestry, N. division of Salop, 3 ¼ miles (NNW) from Oswestry; containing 1128 inhabitants. The parish comprises 5553a. 34p. of land, of which the soil is various; the substratum abounds with limestone, which is burnt for manure, and sandstone of good quality for building is extensively quarried. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £12. 9. 9 ½., and in the gift of William Lloyd, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £800, and the glebe comprises 83 acres. The church, an ancient structure, has within the last thirty years been greatly enlarged, and is now a handsome cruciform building. A chapel of ease was erected at Hengoed in 1825.

Seisdon Staffordshire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Seisdon, a township, and the head of a union, in the parish of Trysull, S. division of the hundred of Seisdon and the county of Stafford, 6 miles (WSW) from Wolverhampton; containing 213 inhabitants. This place gives name to the hundred, and also to a poor law union which comprises 12 parishes or places, 11 whereof are in the county of Stafford, and 1 in that of Salop, the whole containing a population of 13,097. Near Seisdon Common is a large triangular stone called the War Stone, and at a short distance is a small square camp.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Seighford Stafford Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Seighford (St. Chad), a parish, in the S. division of the hundred of Pirehill, union, and N. division of the county of Stafford, 2 ¾ miles (WNW) from Stafford; containing, with the hamlets of Great and Little Bridgeford, 903 inhabitants. The parish is intersected by the Grand Junction railway. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £6, and in the patronage of the Crown; net income, £119; impropriator, F. Eld, Esq.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Shutford West Oxfordshire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Shutford, West, a township, in the parish of Swalcliffe, union and hundred of Banbury, county of Oxford, 5 ½ miles (W.) from Banbury; containing 418 inhabitants. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1765.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Shutford East Oxfordshire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Shutford, East, a chapelry, in the parish of Swalcliffe, union and hundred of Banbury, county of Oxford, 5 miles (W. by N.) from Banbury; containing 31 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to St. Martin.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Seaton Cumberland Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Seaton, a township, in the parish of Cammerton, union of Cockermouth, Allerdale ward below Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 1 ¾ mile (NE) from Workington; containing 787 inhabitants. Here are extensive collieries and iron-works, near which the Derwent is crossed by a stone bridge, opposite to Workington. The appropriate tithes have been commuted for £295. 0. 6., payable to the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle; and there is a glebe of nearly 7 acres.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Sydenham Kent Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Sydenham, a chapelry, in the parish and union of Lewisham, hundred of Blackheath, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, W. division of Kent, 8 ½ miles (SSE) from London; containing 2915 inhabitants. This place, which formerly consisted only of a few scattered dwellings, was brought into notice by the discovery, in 1640, of a saline chalybeate spring, the waters of which, similar in their properties to those of Epsom, made it the occasional resort of invalids; and though the wells have fallen almost into disuse, yet the salubrity of the air, the pleasantness of its situation, and its proximity to the metropolis, have made it the permanent residence of numerous families of respectability, who have erected in the vicinity many handsome seats and villas.

Talk O Th Hill Staffordshire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Talk-O’-Th‘-Hill, a chapelry, in the parish of Audley, union of Newcastle-under-Lyme, N. division of the hundred of Pirehill and of the county of Stafford, 5 miles (NNW) from Newcastle; containing 1611 inhabitants. The great north road formerly passed through the village, which is situated upon an eminence commanding a view into nine counties, with the mountains of North Wales in the distance. In the centre is a stone cross, where a market was once held. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £118; patron, the Vicar of Audley; impropriator, G. Tollet, Esq. The chapel is a small brick building, surmounted by a cupola; and an elegant church has lately been erected at Clough, in the chapelry, the cost of which, amounting to £5500, was defrayed by Mr. Kinnersley, of Clough Hall.

Talkin Cumberland Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Talkin, a township, in the parish of Haydon, union of Brampton, Eskdale ward, E. division of Cumberland, 3 miles (SE by S) from Brampton; containing 344 inhabitants. The township comprises 2357 acres, of which 1400 are common or waste land; it is bounded on the west by the river Gelt, and contains quarries of freestone and limestone, and collieries. The tithes have been commuted for £129. 5., of which £33. 15. are payable to an impropriator, £45. 10. to the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle, and £50 to the vicar of Brampton. Three valuable gold clasps were discovered in the year 1790, on Netherton farm, where a battle was formerly fought.

Tarrington Herefordshire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Tarrington (St. James), a parish, in the union of Ledbury, hundred of Radlow, county of Hereford, 7 miles (W.N.W.) from Ledbury; containing 546 inhabitants, and comprising 2144 acres. The parish comprises some elevated ground, and is intersected by the road from Ledbury to Hereford. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £5. 0. 2½.: the great tithes have been commuted for £40, and the vicarial for £430, the former of which is paid for three years to E. T. Foley, Esq., patron of the benefice, and the rector of Stoke-Edith, alternately, the glebe contains 38½ acres. The church has been enlarged.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Tamhorn Staffordshire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Tamhorn, an extra-parochial place adjacent to the parish of Whittington, union of Lichfield, N. division of the hundred of Offlow and of the county of Stafford, 3 miles (NW by N) from Tamworth; containing 5 inhabitants. The Birmingham and Fazeley canal passes in the vicinity, and on the east flows the river Tame. The estate comprises a wood of 108 acres, and a farm of 505 acres, and is the property of Sir Robert Peel, who, in the year 1827, purchased it from Lord George Cavendish.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Tadmarton Oxfordshire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Tadmarton (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of Banbury, hundred of Bloxham, county of Oxford, 5 miles (WSW) from Banbury; containing 404 inhabitants. It comprises 2004a. 3r. 18p. by computation, of which 1308 acres are arable, 591 pasture, and 80 wood, furze, &c. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £13. 11. 0 ½.; net income, £307; patrons, the Provost and Fellows of Worcester College, Oxford. The works called Tadmarton Castle and Hook-Norton Barrow, of which there are some vestiges, are supposed to have been raised by the Danes, when, in 914, they plundered this part of the county, and advanced with great havoc to Hook-Norton, where they killed many of the Saxons.

Taddington Gloucestershire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Taddington, a hamlet, in the parish of Stanway, union of Winchcomb, Upper division of the hundred of Tewkesbury, E. division of the county of Gloucester; containing 65 inhabitants.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Tachbrook Bishops Warwickshire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Tachbrook, Bishop’s (St. Chad), a parish, in the union of Warwick, partly in the Kenilworth division of the hundred of Knightlow, but chiefly in the Warwick division of the hundred of Kington, S. division of the county of Warwick, 3 miles (SE) from Warwick; containing 723 inhabitants, of whom 648 are in the township. The parish comprises by computation 3200 acres, of which the surface is boldly undulated, and the soil in general a strong clayey earth, forming good corn land. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £5. 13. 4.; net income, £293; patron, the Bishop of Lichfield; appropriator, the Prebendary of Tachbrook in the Cathedral: there are about 4 acres of glebe. A school, erected in 1771, is endowed with £39 per annum.

Tachbrook Mallory Warwickshire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Tachbrook-Mallory, a hamlet, in the parish of Bishop’s-Tachbrook, union of Warwick, Kenilworth division of the hundred of Knightlow, S. division of the county of Warwick, 3 ½ miles (SE by E) from Warwick; containing 75 inhabitants, and comprising 942 acres.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Tamworth Castle Warwickshire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Tamworth-Castle, a liberty, adjoining the borough, and in the parish and union, of Tamworth, Tamworth division of the hundred of Hemlingford, N. division of the county of Warwick; containing 59 inhabitants.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Tallentire Cumberland Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Tallentire, a township, in the parish of Bridekirk, union of Cockermouth, Allerdale ward below Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 3 ¾ miles (N. by W.) from Cockermouth; containing 246 inhabitants. Limestone is quarried and burned in the vicinity. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for £104, and the vicarial for £23.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Sutton (St. Nicholas) Herefordshire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Sutton (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the hundred of Broxash, union and county of Hereford, 4 ¼ miles (NE by N) from Hereford; containing 269 inhabitants, and comprising with the parish of Sutton St. Michael 1398 acres. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £8. 1. 8.; net income, £195; patron, J. Johnston, Esq. A school is endowed with £6. 13., and a house and garden.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Sutton (St. Michael) Herefordshire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Sutton (St. Richard), a parish, in the hundred of Broxash, union and county of Hereford, 4 ¼ miles (NNE) from Hereford; containing 102 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £64; patrons and impropriators, the Rev. T. Allen and H. Unett, Esq.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Sutton under Brails Gloucestershire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Sutton-under-Brails (St. Thomas à Becket), a parish, in the union of Shipston, Upper division of the hundred of Westminster, county of Gloucester, though locally in the hundred of Kington, county of Warwick, 5 miles (SE) from Shipston; containing 232 inhabitants. The parish, for electoral purposes, is wholly annexed to the southern division of Warwick. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £13. 13. 4.; net income, £313; patron, the Bishop of London. The tithes were commuted for land and an annual money payment in 1804; there is a rectory-house, built in 1825, and the glebe contains about 180 acres.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Swainscoe with Blore Staffordshire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Swainscoe, with Blore, a township, in the parish of Blore, N. division of the hundred of Totmonslow and of the county of Stafford, 4 miles (WNW) from Ashbourn; containing 273 inhabitants.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Swanley Kent Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

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Swanley, a hamlet, in the parish of Sutton-at-Hone, union of Dartford, hundred of Axton, Dartford, and Wilmington, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, W. division of Kent; containing 534 inhabitants.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.