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• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "WEST TOFTS":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  CAISTOR, or Castor	Lincolnshire	West-Rasen, Usselby, Walesby, Stainton-le-Vale, Kirmond-le-Mire, Tealby, North Willingham, Sixhills, East Torrington, Legsby, Lissington, Linwood, Buslingthorpe, Newtonby-Toft	Imperial
  CHESHIRE	Cheshire	CHESHIRE , a maritime county; bounded, on the NW, by the Irish sea; on the N, by Lancashire; on the NE	Imperial
  CHESTER	Cheshire	Toft, Lymm-with-Warburton, Bollington, High Legh, High Leigh, Marthall, Over Tabley, Aston-by-Sutton, Daresbury, Halton, Runcorn-Trinity, Thelwall, and Weston-Point; and the donative of Over Peover. The deanery of Macclesfield contains the rectories of Alderley, Cheadle, Gawsworth, Mobberley, Northenden, Stockport, Taxall, and Wilmslow; the vicarages of Mottram-in-Longdendale and Prestbury; and the p. curacies of Birtles, Handforth, Newton-St. Mary, Godley-cum-Newton-Green, Stayleybridge, Tintwistle, Woodhead, Bollington, Bosley, Capesthorne, Chelford, Henbury, Hurdsfield, Macclesfield-Christchurch, Macclesfield-St. Paul, Macclesfield-St. Peter, Macclesfield-Forest, Marton, North Rode, Poynton, Pott-Shrigley, Rainow, Salters ford, Siddington, Sutton-St. George	Imperial
  DOCKING	Norfolk	Tofts, Bircham-Newton, Fring, Stanhoe, Barwick, Barmer, Bagthorpe, Syderstone, East Rudham, West Rudham, and New Houghton. Acres, 28, 4 76. Pop., 5, 397. Houses	Imperial
  ELY	Cambridgeshire	West, who fired the provost's lodge at King's college; Cox, whom Elizabeth swore she would unfrock; Andrews, Wren, Gunning, and Patrick. The bishop's income now is £5, 500. The cathedral establishment includes a dean, six canons, four archdeacons, and four minor canons. The income of the chapter in 1852 was £16, 214. The dio. comprehends the entire counties of Cambridge, Bedford, and Huntingdon, considerable part of Suffolk, and small parts of Norfolk and Essex; and is divided into the four archdeaconries of Ely, Bedford, Huntingdon, and Sudbury. Acres	Imperial
  LINCOLN	Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire	West Deeping, Gretford, and Uffington; the vicarages of Barholme, Stowe, Langtoft, Tallington, and Thurlby; and the chapelry of Wilsthorpe. The deanery of Stamford contains the livings in Stamford borough. The deanery of Walshcroft-first contains the rectories of Claxby, Normanby, Croxby, South Kelsey, Stainton-le-Hole, Thoresway, Thorganby, Thornton-le-Moors, and Walesby; the vicarages of Kingerby, Kirkby, and Owersby; and the p. curacy of Usselby. The deanery of Walshcroft-second contains the rectories of Binbrook-St. Mary, Linwood, Newton, West Rasen, and Toft	Imperial
  LINCOLNSHIRE, or LINCOLN	Lincolnshire	Toft Grange, Tothby House, Uphall, Utterby House, Wainfleet Hall, Walcot Hall, Walmsgate Hall, W ell Hall, Wellvale, Wellingore Hall, West	Imperial
  Newbattle	Midlothian	tofts in the town, and churches in the several shires. Alexander II.-who delighted to reside at Newbattle- obtained a grave there for his consort, Mary; and, deeply moved by so affecting a circumstance, gave the owners of the place various donations and rights for the salvation of her, of himself, and of his predecessors. The monks likewise acquired much property and many privileges by purchase; in particular, they obtained the lands of Monkland in Lanarkshire, and secured the right of cutting a road to them for their own proper use. In 1203 Pope Innocent, by a bull, confirmed	Groome
  NORFOLK	Norfolk	toft" signifying "a field, " "oe" signifying "anisland, " and "holm" signifying "an insulated marsh, "are memorials of Danish occupation. Remarkably oldcastles are at Castle-Acre, Castle-Ris ing, Elmham, Horsford, Mileham, New Buckenham, Norwich, Weeting, and Wormegay. Interesting old mansions, some of them in ruins, are in Blickling, Boyland, Bixley, Caistor, East Basham, Fincham, Gresham, Heigham, Hunstanton, Oxborough, Stiffkey, Thorpe, Watlington, Winwall, Wereham, Arminghall, and Merton. Ancient ecclesiastical buildings are very numerous; and possess, aggregately, a vast interest for both the antiquary and the artist. The old churches are principally of flint; and very many of them, either as entire structures	Imperial
  Tofts, West	Norfolk	Tofts, West , par., Norfolk, 5 miles NE. of Brandon and 7 miles NW. of Thetford, 3051 ac., pop. 189.	Bartholomew
  TOFTS (West)	Norfolk	TOFTS (West) , a parish in Thetford district, Norfolk; 5 miles NE of Brandon r. station. Post town, Brandon. Acres, 3,051. Real	Imperial

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