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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… through areas on Reading Beds and London Clay, well-wooded to the E. around Woodstreet, to the river terraces along the … from an angle of the cloister arcade. The alley paving was taken to Lulworth castle (Hutchins 1st edn. I, 140). Bindon … was supported on a broad arch of which the springing can be seen against the N. wall. The rest of the chapter-house …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… rectangular in shape, it rises from the River Severn to the high ground of Tidenham Chase. The account printed … made by Tintern Abbey by 1282, for that clearance can be identified as Ashwell Grange, consisting probably of all … Brookend to the church mentioned in 1545. 58 The course taken by the modern main road has been in use at least since …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… not attend church were given, only the Gwillim family can be identified as Roman Catholics with certainty, and the … Baptists in 1835, and in 1851 two Sunday services taken by a resident minister were attended by congregations of up to a hundred. 95 The chapel was still well attended until the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… was almost rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from east to west. Its northern and … Brue. 12 In 1714 the causeway and another road had to be improved to allow the passage of waggons. 13 The road … to the south seems to have been created from house sites taken from the arable fields or orchards. 5 The houses …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of 900 ft. above sea-level. Below the Chalk, at 500 ft. to 600 ft., is a stratum of Gault Clay; further N.W. the land … throvgh Gods good grace, Her sovle in ye Heavens hath taken her place. & died in the yeare of ovr Lord God 1616 … it comprises a straight N.S. range and appears to be of the 17th century; it has 19th-century additions to W. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This place is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The … John Newton, Esq., was lord of the manor. Great care is taken for the preservation of the house; and when it was … the parish of Plumstead. The houses in that part which may be considered the principal thoroughfare are of ancient …
The Environs of London
… Wollewic, &c. I can find nothing satisfactory relating to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, … in Woolwich. The whole of this parish has been decreed to be within the Royal manor of Eltham 5: but the principal … A piece of ground, containing about fifty acres, was taken on lease by Government 59, of Mr. Bowater, about twenty …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… where it extends N.W. around the W. edge of Hardingstone to gain a narrow access to the Nene. Its boundary on the W. … An air photograph shows rather vague cropmarks which may be a ring ditch, 30 m. in diameter, within an oval enclosure, … 4 (1970), 32; 5 (1971), 40). A further air photograph, taken in 1978, records pits and a ring ditch(?) in the same …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1,200 a. (486 ha.). In 1987 Brimslade was transferred to it from Savernake parish, and a small area was transferred … Sharp bends in the boundary with Milton Lilbourne may be partly the result of a compromise between the rector of … the village a hamlet beside the Milton Lilbourne lane had taken the name Cuckoo's Knob by 1886. A thatched house …