A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
RITCHINGS, or Rickings, a seat in Iver parish, Bucks; near the boundary with Middlesex, 1¼ mile N by E of Colnbrook. It belonged to Lord Bathurst; was a resort of all the chief literati of his time; passed, in 1739, to the Earl of Hertford; figured then in connexionwith Pope, Shenstone, Thomson, and other poets; wasinhabited also by the Duchess of Somerset; passed to the Sullivans; and belongs now toMeeking, Esq.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a seat" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Iver CP/AP Buckinghamshire AncC |
| Place names: | RICKINGS | RITCHINGS | RITCHINGS OR RICKINGS |
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