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  • ...built to rehouse families from the slum clearances in central Dudley. More land was transferred in the 1950s for the construction of the Old Park Farm esta ...s granted country park status. On 12 January 1981, full reclamation of the land commenced.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sstaffs.gov.uk/PDF/History%20of%2
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  • The northern border of Willenhall has always been adjoining green belt land, although Willenhall has expanded so much in the last 100 years that its no ...d English word ''halh'' meaning "a nook or corner of land, ''often used of land in a hollow or river bend''."<ref>Mills, AD., ''A dictionary of English pla
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  • ...emory of King George V, providing playing fields in communities across the land. The fields are typically named "King George V Playing Field" of "King Geo | [[Whickham]] || The Chase <small>NE16 4PE</small> || {{map|}} || align="right"| 13.25
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  • ...with stone from the castle. In 1683, Edward Benn and his heirs were given land with the provision that they rebuild the stone bridge and maintain it for e ...y a wolf on a hunting trip; this tale is recounted in the poem "The Woeful Chase". Again leaving no male heir, Richard died and the superstition began that
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  • ...y grounds next to the castle, were made common land in exchange for common land that Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester used to enlarge the castle. Only ...boundary between Chase Wood and the farm road and bridleway between Little Chase Farm and Warrior's Lodge Farm.
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  • ...ourage the provision of protected playing fields in communities across the land, and takes inspiration from the [[King George V Playing Field]]s, provided | [[Stockton Heath]] || Mill Lane Land || Mill Lane <small>WA4 2AW</small> || {{map|}} || 5.5
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  • ...ves rather than be captured. Fourteen other people were wounded during the chase. The incident later became the subject of a silent film.<ref>[http://www.ci ...metery – A large cemetery, which makes up part of an open access area of land and habitat, along with Bruce Castle Park and All Hallows Churchyard.
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  • ...lcareous grassland in north-west Europe. Additionally the plain has arable land, and a few small areas of beech trees and small coniferous woods. Its highe ...ast and north of Salisbury Plain, and the [[Dorset Downs]] and [[Cranborne Chase]] are to the south west. In the west and northwest the geology is mainly of
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  • The land comprises some {{convert|34|ha|0|x}} mainly of hydrologically sensitive fen ...charge into the Waltham Mill Pond. Water from the mill pond passes through Chase Mill and then downstream as The Moors Stream tributary to join the Northbro
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  • Horwich emerged in the Middle Ages as a hunting chase. Streams flowing from the moors were harnessed to provide power for bleachw ...h baron prosecuted Martin de [[Rumworth]] for carrying off deer in Horwich Chase<ref>{{Harvnb|Harland|1861|p=70}}</ref> which was described in 1322 as being
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  • ...meandered in a north-easterly direction across the marshland of [[Hatfield Chase]] to enter the Trent just above its junction with the Ouse. A second channe ...andSpecialCollections/CollectionsInDepth/Water/HatfieldChase.aspx Hatfield Chase Corporation, 1538-1973 - Water Resources - Manuscripts & Special Collection
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  • ...e resulting chase, that she donated 13 acres of land on condition that the chase for the hood be re-enacted each year. ...d of the lady. This would date the Hood to about 1359 when a deed granting land to commoners was enacted by the baron. This would make the Hood around 650
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  • ...eograph.org.uk - 1286340.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Eye Brook near Beaumont Chase Farm]] Much of the land surrounding the brook is designated a ''Site of Special Scientific Interest
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  • ...r]] and Vale of Wardour. It is the largest settlement within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. .../10608 "A Victorian family house with excellent accommodation, gardens and land," Strutt & Parker], accessed 11 March 2013.</ref> As of early 2013, The Ga
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  • ...ull University Press. Pages 5-6</ref> to drain the marshland of [[Hatfield Chase]] at the behest of King Charles I. It made the lower Don navigable for barg ==Transport by land==
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  • ...were among the most accomplished 17th-century country house designs in the land.<ref>{{harvnb|Pevsner|1959|p=171}}</ref> ...o join the [[River Aire]]. The work was part of the drainage of [[Hatfield Chase]], and the river skirted the eastern edge of the village, to join the Aire
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  • The land which is now Thorne was once inhabited by Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Ag Bunting's Wood is a community woodland created from agricultural land by Thorne-Moorends Town Council, and The Peatlands Way, a circuitous walk a
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  • ==Lie of the land== ...hin its borders include the Home Park, Mote Park, Flemish Farm, Cranbourne Chase, Forest Lodge and South Forest.
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  • ...eams and the resulting fortifications proved able to withstand assaults by land and water in 1266. [[John of Gaunt]] spent lavishly in the late 14th centur ...entertainment, would have been very distinct from that of the surrounding chase, used primarily for hunting.<ref>Colvin, p.12.</ref> From the 16th century
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  • ...the name ''Hardintone'' and was in the possession of Peter. It had arable land for six ploughs, a mill and 5 acres of meadows and woodland. It was valued ...rs in [[Rutland]] belonging to Roger, Earl of Warwick. The forest became a chase and the laws placed on the woodland were relaxed.<ref name="DVJ" />
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