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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… conquest it was reputed to have a hundred within itself, and to be within the lath of straie. THIS PARISH lies exceedingly pleasant and healthy, in a dry and fine open champaign country, the … other nation, and at the farthest ken of the eye, by the white cliffs of France. The manor of Adisham was given in the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1,306 a. in area, 1 is roughly rectangular in shape, and its boundaries are identical with those of an estate … northeast boundary is also that between Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, and the ancient parishes of Evenlode on the north-west and …
Magna Britannia
… St. Ann or St. Tane 1, lies in the hundred of Lesnewth and deanery of Trigg-minor, about a mile and a half south from Camelford. It contains the small … who died in 1703. In the south aisle is a monument of white marble, by Wilton, in memory of Thomas Graves, Esq. of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the main London road, some 13 miles distant from Oxford, and for the greater part of its history has probably covered … in clover or other green crop; not to take more than two white corn crops in succession and that only once in five … a nave, chancel, transeptal chapels, and a slender bell-cot at the west end. It is a 19th-century building …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Aynderby with Stepil (1316xvi cent.); Ainderby with the bell-tower (xv cent.). This parish contains the townships of Ainderby Steeple, Morton, Thrintoft and Warlaby, the hamlet of Low Sowber and the farmsteads of Near and Far Fairholme. The area is …
A History of the County of Surrey
… xviii cent.). Albury is a parish 5 miles east of Guildford and 7 miles west of Dorking. The parish is bounded on the north by Merrow and West Clandon, on the west by St. Martha's and Wonersh, on … periods, and of rich materials; alabaster and black and white marble being employed, and the heraldry coloured and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… created in 1932 out of the two civil parishes of Albury and Tiddington. These had formerly comprised the single … ancient parish of Albury. In 1932 Albury covered 674 acres and Tiddington 422 acres. 1 The only recorded change in the … expense. 183 It comprises a nave, chancel, gallery, and bell-cote. A vestry was added in 1892 and a rood screen in …
A History of the County of Warwick
… in the southeast corner, near the junction of the Alne and the Arrow. The hamlet of Kings Coughton is about mile to … until 1641. The architect for the lower part was Simon White of Chipping Campden, who agreed to make eighteen … and dagger: his hands are in prayer and his feet rest on a lion: about his shoulders is a chain with a pendent cross. He …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… Alconbury cum Weston was described as one 'vill' in 1316 1 and is still one ecclesiastical parish, but Alconbury and … Earl of Huntingdon, 28 younger brother of William the Lion of Scotland, as 2 knights' fees. 29 After David's death … broken, and these were recast in that year and a treble bell added; all the bells being rehung, at the same time, by …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Aldbourne, a downland parish north-east of Marlborough and south-east of Swindon, includes Aldbourne village, the … 18th century; the inn was closed in the early 19th. 54 The Bell, open in 1809, stood north of the junction of Castle … site of a farmstead of the late 18th century or earlier. White Pond is a 20th-century house beside earlier farm …