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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… part of Draycot Cerne parish, c. 90 a. beside the Bristol Avon, was added to it, Sutton Benger parish measured 1,198 a. … other feeders of the Avon to the north. 6 Open fields were on the gravel and on sandy soils north-west of the village, the clay to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ancient parish of Swalcliffe covered an area of 6,946 a. on the high ground of north-west Oxfordshire, about 5 miles … area was 1,361. 7 The ancient parish was bounded on north, south, and part of the east by small streams, and … and Sibford is the watershed between the Thames and the Avon. An ancient trackway from Tadmarton Heath to Edgehill …
A History of the County of Warwick
… north to south by 4 miles from east to west, is bounded on the south for a distance of 2 miles by the River Alne. 2 On the west the Portway divides it from Worcestershire for a … large reservoir at Earlswood that feeds the Stratford-on-Avon and Birmingham Canal, which crosses the parish from …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1921, 314; 1931, 370. The parish of Temple Grafton lies on the ridge north of the Avon, which forms its southern and southeastern boundary. It … 2 miles to the south. The village, with the church, stands on the edge of the hill, commanding views across the valley …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… ft. and 250 ft. Towards Crookham it again rises to 387 ft. on Crookham Common. The Kennet and the Kennet and Avon Canal cross the parish, and the River Lambourn joins the … built of red brick with slate or tile roofs, but there is on the main road a picturesque group of five thatched …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Tisbury is 20 km. west of Salisbury. 1 The village is on the river Nadder and, apart from Mere, is the most … The buildings are in many ways similar to the abbey's at Bradford on Avon, 81 and like them were slightly apart from the village. …
Magna Britannia
… a market at Topsham to Hugh de Courtenay, to be held on Saturday 1, and confirmed a fair for three days at the … in 1257, to Baldwin de Insula. 2 There is still a market on Saturday for all sorts of provisions, and a small fair … The same year Thomas Newport, second son of the Earl of Bradford, was created Baron Torrington: he died in 1719 …
A History of the County of Worcester
… and the hamlets of Blackwell, Darlingscott, Newbold-on-Stour and Armscote. Fosse Way, the old Roman road between … crosses the present high road from Stratford to Shipston-on-Stour to the north of the village of Tredington, which is … and northern boundaries of the parish. The Stratford-upon-Avon and Moreton-in-Marsh tramway runs through the parish, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… was lost to Wingfield. 2 The River Biss enters Trowbridge on the east and passes through the centre of the town. Its … Holt and then of Staverton and Holt, and thus meets the Avon at 'Biss Mouth' 4 on the boundary of the last two … by the main roads from Devizes to Frome (A 361) and Bradford to Westbury (A 363). There is also direct road …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… parish's area is 2,178 a. (881 ha.) and includes a limb on the north-west where it takes in land west of the Turkdean … type, said to have been removed in 1937 from a house in Bradford-on-Avon (Wilts.). 155 The former farmyard, north of the house, …