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A History of the County of Essex
… at Messing vicarage. 2 The church of ST. MARY, Easthorpe Road, the dedication of which was recorded in 1427, 3 was …
A History of the County of Essex
… which was conveniently close to the London-Colchester road: for example, John Tyall (d. 1500), draper of …
A History of the County of Essex
… east of the river Blackwater, or of the London-Colchester road, or of Feering and Kelvedon. 68 Domsey brook enters the … north-west and flows south-eastwards to cross Easthorpe Road at the Wash, just west of the church, before it arcs … 'the flowde' in 1614, the water sometimes flooded the road during wet weather. 69 The land rises from just under 30 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of a new rectory was begun on another site north of the road to Stonehouse. 62 The new house, later called Oldbury, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Alkerton in 1879, 72 and a smithy stood at the fork in the road there until 1914. 73 In the early 19th century there was …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… parish was compact in shape, with the Gloucester-Bristol road marking the western boundary, Wicksters brook the … Frampton on Severn, lying east of the Gloucester-Bristol road with a population of 5, were transferred to Eastington … around the Alkerton turning on the main Bristol-Gloucester road had acquired its name of Claypits by 1461 when the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Methodists built a chapel on the south side of the main road at Alkerton; 41 congregations of up to 300 were claimed … round-headed windows. In 1824 a chapel was built on the road between Westend and Nupend 44 by Joseph Hill. It was …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Sheepbridge Copse (Plate 43). The terrace-way of the Roman road (2) probably crosses over the former S. edge of this … the remains which formerly extended down to the Roman road. It is possible that a protuberance at 'y', 50 yds. S.W. … represents the corner of a 'Celtic' field cut by the road, and that another field angle was cut 160 yds. further …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… which in most of the rest of the parish is overlaid by Forest Marble. 8 Until inclosure in 1753 much of the north … and much of the south open-field land. 9 The Roman road called Akeman Street crosses the north part of the … longer in use there, and apart from the Fairford-Burford road, crossing further north, there is no thoroughfare of any …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… at between 90 and 150 m., the land being formed mainly by Forest Marble but with the Great Oolite appearing in the … some of them planted in the late 19th century. 9 The Roman road called Akeman Street, recorded by that name in 1287 10 … in 1691, 11 crosses the parish. In 1773 the stretch of the road in the parish was used as a route from Coln St. Aldwyns …