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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… road from Salisbury to Devizes along the top of the down. 1 The parish includes buildings on each side of the … ft. in the river valley to about 400 ft. at the top of the down; from this higher ground three spurs project into the … Boreland Hill in the north, Heale Hill, and Smithen Down. The soil is chalk containing a large amount of flint, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… (SP 527514). To the E. of the hamlet it can be traced down to the R. Cherwell as a similar hollow-way, but no trace … to the S. a hollow-way or ditch up to 2 m. deep runs down the hillside but it is not clear whether this is an …
A History of the County of Essex
… flooded the highway. 24 By 1635 the mill had been taken down and in 1641 the mill-house was deserted. 25 It was still … of the newly-erected Walthamstow windmill, 32 to burn it down in 1699 was apparently unsuccessful. 33 The mill … the losses they continually sustained from deer breaking down fences and destroying crops. Against them no fences, …
A History of the County of Essex
… High Road. From this the parish slopes gently eastwards down to the river Roding. The soil is mainly London clay, … the church was built, and below it the demesne lands ran down the southern portion of the village towards the river. … families of the gentry moved out, their homes were pulled down and the grounds laid out for housing estates. 40 Some …
A History of the County of Essex
… William Hunt, nephew of the purchaser of 1727, had pulled down the hall and was in process of rebuilding it, 56 to the … which was known by 1803 as Monkham House, 125 was pulled down after Brice Pearse bought John Hall's house on the south …
A History of the County of Essex
… was needed; the north wall of the old church was pulled down and an aisle erected at the expense of Elizabeth Elwes … the only solution. The vestry therefore decided to take down the side walls of the chancel and extend the aisles to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… acres, of which 788 are arable, 384 meadow, pasture, and down, 169 wood, and 65 furze, waste, &c. Here is a mansion, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… plan appears to have been a variant of class I. (13) Old Down Cottages (03240883), formerly Well House, is of two …
A History of the County of Sussex
… the occupier of one of them, was said to have pulled down three others. 78 By 1675 his house too had gone, as many …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of which 889 are arable, 338 woodland, 25 meadow, 117 open down and furze common, and 18 in homesteads; the soil is … are arable, 196 meadow and pasture, 118 woodland, and 91 down. The surface is elevated, richly embellished ¦with wood, … here for several years; it was, however, finally taken down by Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and the only …