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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… between Salisbury and Amesbury, on the western side of the River Avon. The parish is bounded on the east by the winding … includes buildings on each side of the road at Druid's Lodge, in the extreme north-west of the parish. In 1951 the … a 'chapel' and may have been the site of the former bishop's residence, pulled down in the early 16th century. 13 Avon …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… between 120 m. and 135 m. above OD. On either side of the river the land rises across undulating clayland to a number … on a high N.-facing spur, and Hinton stands immediately S.W. of it on the opposite side of the river on lower ground. Further S.W., also W. of the Cherwell, is West Farndon (2). Although …
A History of the County of Essex
… tenants had fallen to seven. The 26 a. of meadow by the river accounts for the large number of 100 sheep. There were … paid a money rent 8 and sent one man to work in the lord's meadow at hay-time and two or three men to the boon works, … that the water pent up for Sir Bernard Whetstone's mill flooded the highway. 24 By 1635 the mill had been …
A History of the County of Essex
… From this the parish slopes gently eastwards down to the river Roding. The soil is mainly London clay, with patches of … portion of the village towards the river. The rector's glebe was also at this end of Woodford. The church and … building there until it, in turn, was replaced by Bancroft's school in 1889. 33 After the break-up of the Wanstead House …
A History of the County of Essex
… by which Edward the Confessor confirmed Harold's grant of lands to the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 The … manor then stretched westwards from Angrices burne (the river Roding) to ealdermannes hcce and cynges hcce. If the last was Chingford Hatch, the alderman's hatch must have been in the south-west corner of Woodford; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Horncastle, S. division of the wapentake of Gartree, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Horncastle; containing, in 1841, 307 inhabitants. … This parish, along the western extremity of which the river Witham takes its course, comprises 1880 acres. Here is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Woodlands 25 WOODLANDS (0509) (O.S. 6 ins., SU 00 NE, SU 00 NW, SU 01 SW) Woodlands covers … above O.D. the land rises gently, on Chalk, to a low N.-S. ridge capped by Reading Beds, about 250 ft. above O.D. … low banks and scarps, lie between the R. Allen and a steep river-cliff. Several possible building sites occur, most of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Farm. 56 Two streams which drain north and west to the river Adur meet in the north-western corner. The sandstone … of the parish; remains of the agger were found near Terry's Cross in the south-west corner. 10 The chief east-west road … east led from Blackstone by way of Cuckolds Green to Terry's Cross, mentioned in 1647. 16 In 1628 it was called the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown: the … Woodmancott WOODMANCOTT, a hamlet, in the parish of Bishop's-Cleeve, union of Winchcomb, hundred of Cleeve, Eastern … whiting is made, and which is also burnt for lime. The river Hull passes near the township, and has a commodious …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… XVI. 5). The sheltered position and fertile soil on the S. side of the street gave rise in the 19th century to a … century. At the E. end of the village the road crossed the river by a ford until 1735 when the Earl of Westmorland … Abbey, the manor house having been the W. tenement on the S. side of the street. Sir Guy Wolston gained possession of …