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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… of Thomas Stallard, 1709, and Thomas Stallard, 1727, head-stone; (2) to Elizabeth Harris, 1701, head-stone. S. of S. aisle(3) to Jane, wife successively of James … 14th-century, sill modern. In N. chapelagainst E. wall, stone basin or mortar, pierced for drain and with shallow …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… pair, of oak, early 19th century. Font: Octagonal stone bowl, each face with quatrefoil enclosing leaf boss, … windows of four and five transomed lights with stone surrounds; in that to the N. the lights have … N. wall is represented by a recess with a heavily moulded stone surround with a four-centred head, continuous jambs and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… stands near the middle of the parish. The walls are of stone and pebble-rubble with dressings of Weldon and Ketton stone; the roofs are covered with tiles and lead. There is … of coped lid, with stem of cross. In S. aisleat W. end, stone coffin, with shaped head. In churchyardS. side, two …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is generally clay, alternated with red loam. The small river Devon, and the Nottingham and Grantham canal, pass … by measurement 787 acres, and contains some quarries of stone fit for the roads: the village is pleasantly situated … the Cheshire hills, and the mountains of Wales. A large stone-quarry is wrought. The chapel, dedicated to St. Peter, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Woolwich, stands on rising ground on the S. side of the river. The existing building replaced the earlier church in … in cement or rough-cast; the dressings are of Reigate stone and the tower is of red brick; the roofs are tiled. The … carried up as turrets, and an embattled parapet with stone copings; brick stringcourses between the buttresses …
The Environs of London
… from London. The parish is bounded on the north by the river Thames, except in that part where it extends on the opposite side of the river into Essex, being there bounded by Barking, and … on the Essex coast 2, 50 marsh on the Kentish side of the river, about 40 acres of arable, 10 occupied by a market …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… surface are arable, and the rest almost entirely grass. Stone is quarried, chiefly for the roads. Wootton House is a … 1129 inhabitants. The parish lies on the banks of the river Glym, and comprises about 4000 acres, chiefly arable … White. The church is in the Norman style; there is a grave-stone to the memory of Sir William Lisle, master in chancery, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… of Northampton and the R. Nene. It is separated from the river for most of its length by Hardingstone parish except at … Lias Clay and Northampton Sands, at 85 m. above OD. Burnt stone, roofing tile, ditches, late Roman pottery and a coin … from these levels included fragments of kiln bars. The stone villa seems to have originated, probably in the 2nd …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… and comprises Chancel, N. Vestry, Central Tower with stone broach spire, N. and S. Transepts, Nave with N and S. … attics. The walls are of brick, partly slate-hung, with stone dressings and the roofs are covered with slates. It was … building is symmetrically designed, it has quoins, flat stone strings at first and second floor levels, cornice and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… acres of central Oxfordshire, bounded on the east by the river Cherwell, on the north by its tributary the Swere, and … Aston, and Wootton. The villages are built of local stone, ironstone in the north and paler limestone in the south, roofed with thatch or stone slate. The opening of the Oxford canal in the late 18th …