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A History of the County of Buckingham
… Ouse, its southern boundary. From the river, which runs at a height of 188 ft. above the ordnance datum, the land slopes … in the old framework, which is inscribed 'IS. RB. C H. W D. 1690.' The communion plate includes a cup and cover … For Halnath (Alnoch, Halenod, Halenald, or Hanelade) see Blomfield, Norfolk, v, 475; Dugdale, Baronage, i, 599; Stacey …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… grass, and 2 woods. 2 The soil is loam and clay on a subsoil of Kimmeridge Clay, Portland Beds and Gault. The … nave was rebuilt. The fabric was restored by Sir Arthur Blomfield in 18901, and the transepts have since been … Ogden and Mrs. Barclay Chapman; from 1904. to 1906 of Mr. W. Toone, since which year the Bishop of Oxford has been …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The ancient parish of Adderbury 1 covered an area of 6,045 a. and included the townships of Adderbury East (2,058 a.), … Banbury, Chipping Norton and Cheltenham branch of the G.W.R. 19 It ran through Milton and Adderbury to meet the … Phillimore (1892), 66; cf. V.C.H. Oxon. vi. 74, 287. J. C. Blomfield, History of the Deanery of Bicester, viii. 24. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… parish of Adwell. Adwell Farm in Postcombe was, therefore, a detached part of the parish until 1882, when it was … accordingly left Adwell and Radnage to a relation, John W. Birch, clerk assistant to the House of Lords, 103 and he … his sister rebuilt it in 1865. The architect was Arthur Blomfield and the new building is a competent example of …
A History of the County of Hertford
… ft. The River Colne forms its north-western boundary and a small stream called the Brook, a tributary of that river, … 1884, and Piggotts manor was afterwards bought by Mr. G. W. Williams, who pulled down most of the house, and built on … restoration in 181314, 1843, 1847 and 1882 (by Sir A. Blomfield for Mr. H. H. Gibbs, the late Lord Aldenham). It is …
A History of the County of Oxford
… townships and modern civil parishes of Ambrosden (1,515 a.), Blackthorn (2,085 a.), and Arncot (1,700 a.). 2 The … parish, and the direct London-Birmingham line of the old G.W.R., completed in 1910, 12 runs parallel to the … inclosure award (1816) the vicar received 111 acres. Blomfield states that at the end of the 19th century the land …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Ardintone (xi cent.); Herdintone (xii cent.). Ardington is a long and narrow parish extending northward for about 5 … various cereals and roots. The soil is Chalk and Loam, on a subsoil of Chalk, Greensand and Gault. There are many … nos.), no. 9; 4 Hen. VI, no. 32. V.C.H. Berks. i, 360. Blomfield, Bicester, ii, 2; Kennett, op. cit. i, 2267; Red …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 18th century it was described as of 'not many more than a 1,000 acres', 1 but the improved surveying of the 19th … the 10th-century 'green way to Heyford'. 19 The former G.W.R. main line from Birmingham to London crosses the parish … and more houses lay on a branch road to the west. 28 Blomfield thought that the triangular field on the north side …
A History of the County of Oxford
… northern boundary of the parish. 1 The village grew up at a crossing-point on the river, opposite the hamlet of Barford … 552, f. 41. P.R.O., PROB 11/754 (P.C.C. 121 Potter); J. C. Blomfield, Hist. of Finmere (Buckingham, 1887), 16, 24. P.R.O., PROB 11/893 (P.C.C. 525 Caesar). W. P. W. Phillimore and E. A. Fry, Changes of Name, 257; …
A History of the County of Bedford
… including the hamlets of Stratton and Holme, is a parish with an acreage of 4,647 acres, of which 2,932 acres … Railway main line passes through the parish, and has a station in the town of Biggleswade. The Roman road to the … Baptist in the north of the town, designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield, is a building of brick, erected in 1883. There are …