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A History of the County of Oxford
… the river Thames. 41 The river forms the southern parish boundary, and a tributary stream known as Rowel brook in the … and as Kingsbridge brook in the south formed the eastern boundary until 1788-9, when the Oxford canal took much of the … as high as the village. When the Thames Navigation Commission built a pen at King's weir in 1789 and a pound …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and the Tweed, which last in some parts forms the northern boundary. The Yarrow has its source in the hills of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… was absorbed by Cherhill parish in 1934. 28 The parish boundary is marked by few prominent natural features, … in the later 19th century. 29 For much of its length the boundary is marked by roads. Chalk outcrops over the whole … the parish at c. 160 m. The highest land is on the parish boundary, 210 m. where there is a ridge in the south corner, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… on the navigable river Derwent, which forms the northern boundary of the parish, and also divides the North and East …
A History of the County of Oxford
… important estate centred on Ducklington, and was later a boundary of Standlake. 74 On the east the boundary of Yelford field and perhaps of the early parish ran … Hardwickwith-Yelford. Westward from Brighthampton Cut the boundary with Shifford and Aston follows a watercourse which …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… a narrow strip of land which widens at the E. end. Its W. boundary is formed by Watling Street. It lies on undulating …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… this parish from that of Kilybebill, and also forms a boundary between the counties of Brecknock and Glamorgan. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and affection. The parliament soon after appointed a commission to reside in the city, to strengthen their party, … completed, at an expense of 203,530, including a massive boundary wall, 32 feet high, with pierced battlements, … as the vicinity of Stamford Bridge, where an irregular boundary line commences, which joins the Ouse, about a mile …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Frome. This district, especially towards the eastern boundary of the county, is a favourite resort of the various … A nest with five eggs was found near the Bristol city boundary, and within the county of Somerset in 1899 (Dr. J. … former has been taken in Bristol just outside the county boundary and also in Wiltshire. The latter has occurred at …