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A History of the County of Warwick
… 912; 1931, 880. The village, with the church, vicarage, and Hall, lies somewhat north of the centre of the parish, 6 … of Warwick. From here roads run north to Rowington Green and north-west to Turner's Green, from which place a road runs south to Finwood and then west, across the Stratford-on-Avon Canal to the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… upon the clay-hills. It is written in Domesday, Rochinges, and now usually called and written Ruckinge. Part of it, in which the church stands, is in the hundred of Newchurch, and another part in the hundred of Ham. That part of it which …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… ancient parish of Rushall, 2,204 a. lying between Charlton and Upavon, is a long narrow parish typical of Salisbury Plain and the southern side of the Pewsey Vale. 1 It lies … north end of the parish some 5 miles from the south end and equidistant from Devizes, Marlborough, and Amesbury, all …
A History of the County of Northampton
… of Higham Ferrers with which the town is now continuous; and the town has a station on the Wellingborough and Higham Ferrers section of the L.M.S. railway, the nearest … 19th century, the increase in the population between 1891 and 1901 being over 5,000. The census returns of 1931 showed …
A History of the County of Rutland
… of the county. It comprises the chapelries of Essendine and Belmesthorpe, but Essendine (q.v.) is considered, for lay … purposes, a separate parish. Ryhall contains 2,680 acres, and formerly there were 30 acres of the manor in Uffington … It was inclosed in 1800. The land is mostly low lying and falls from Ryhall Heath (about 218 ft.above Ordnance …
A History of the County of Hertford
… 405 acres are arable land, 683 acres permanent grass, and 123 acres wood. 1 The general elevation of the parish is … In the north-west Sacombe Hill rises to over 300 ft., and in the north-east at Sacombe Green the land reaches a … west the parish takes in a large portion of Woodhall Park, and the River Beane flowing out of this passes through the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… however, is said to be formed by an artificial cut, 1 and a few yards above it a brook, known as the Old Arrow, branches westwards, describing a rough semicircle and flowing into the Avon at Cleeve Mill. The Old Arrow forms both the parish boundary and the county boundary with Worcestershire, and the island …
A History of the County of Surrey
… parish of Sanderstead from Croydon in 1883, above 500 ft., and the ground near the church 550 ft. above sea level. The joint Brighton and South Eastern Railway Company's lines pass through the … parish on the north-west with Purley Oaks station in it, and the Brighton Company's line to East Grinstead tunnels …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was added to distinguish it from Sandford on Thames and Dry Sandford (in Abingdon), 2 lies 14 miles (20 km.) north-west of Oxford and 10 miles (15 km.) south-west of Banbury. It is a long, … E 134/1659 Mich./38 & 39; Walker Revised, ed. A. G. Matthews, 296. Walker Revised, 299. Alum. Oxon. 15001714, …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… acres, of which 329 are arable land, 659 permanent grass and 149 woods and plantations. 1 The rest of the parish is open land … was included within the Sandhurst Walk of Windsor Forest and the rest in Bigshot Walk. An inclosure award was made for …