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A History of the County of Warwick
… north-west to south-east, stretching across the valley of the Alne. The main village, consisting of a single street, … shows some 17th-century framing in the gables and has a central chimney-stack. Another, about 300 yards west of the … called Salter's Lane. A road known locally as the Old London Road enters the parish from Great Alne and runs due …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Aston Rowant ASTON ROWANT The ancient parish of Aston Rowant was exceptionally large for an Oxfordshire … 10 The road system has seen a number of changes. The main London road forms a short part of Aston's western boundary; … shingled tiles covering part of the front. The house has a central chimney-stack with a group of four brick shafts. In …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… (xvi cent.). Aston Tirrold lies on the southern edge of the fertile valley which crosses the county nearly east … 1,753 acres, and is broken up by detached portions of Aston Upthorpe. The soil is loam and lies partly on the … chimney stacks which are carried up on either side of the central dormer. The entrance doorway has a shell canopy …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Estewike (xii cent.), Asswyk (xiii cent). The parish of Astwick, covering 664 acres, lies midway between … Astwick in 1620 for 2,100 to John Hodgson or Hudson of London, 48 and in 1652 William Hudson, described as of … is somewhat obscure. The tower is almost certainly the central tower of a cruciform church, which in the early part …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1911, 5,607; 1921, 5,957; 1931, 6,245. The parish of Atherstone comprises the northern part of the old … But, although the Watling Street was the direct route from London to Holyhead, the section on which Atherstone lay was … 63 CHURCH The church of ST. MARY consists of a chancel, central tower, north and south transepts, nave, and north and …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the soil is various, principally a rich loam, and much of the parish is under grass. The parish was inclosed in … cottage with square framing of the 17th century and a central chimney-stack. Another on the west side of the … the vicarage to Joan widow of George Robinson, mercer of London, and William Robinson their son. 48 The advowson …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Avebury AVEBURY The parish of Avebury, at the head of the river Kennet some 8 km. west … Within the parish are Avebury, some 2,780 a. north of the London-Bath road in 1845, including the villages of Avebury … three sides of a courtyard with the hall occupying the central southern range. That part of the house which is …
A History of the County of Essex
… Aveley AVELEY Aveley lies beside the Thames, 26 km. east of London and 6.5 km. north-west of Grays Thurrock. 1 The … the north range extending eastwards. The hall formed the central section of the south side; the porch at the east end …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Avintun, Yabyndon, Abingdon, (xiv cent.). The parish of Avington lies to the east of Winchester, the land rising southward from the west bank … or. There are six bells of 1771 by Pack & Chapman of London. The plate consists of a silver communion cup, a large …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Avienton, Aventon, Avington (xiii cent.). The parish of Avington lies on the north side of the Kennet Valley, being one of the many which consist of … is at Kintbury, distant about a mile. The road from London to Bath runs across the parish, half a mile north of …