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A History of the County of Sussex
… of a coombe which rises from the right bank of the River Ouse about 2 miles above Newhaven. The only approach by road, …
A History of the County of Bedford
… which is here liable to floods, being formed by the River Ouse. The soil is sand and clay, subsoil clay, and the chief … Elder in the same year. 2 The whole parish, lying in the Ouse valley, is flat, the chief natural feature being the … have been found in Tempsford, at a spot where the Great Ouse is joined by the Ivel. 6 Tempsford also contains an …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… of undulating land which rises gradually from the River Ouse until it approaches the eastern boundary, where the rise …
A History of the County of Bedford
… ft. to 270 ft., and is watered by a small tributary of the Ouse. The soil is clay, the subsoil clay, and the chief crops …
A History of the County of Bedford
… containing 4,001 acres, is situated on the banks of the Ouse, 7 miles westnorth-west of Bedford. Of the acreage, … datum is 337 ft. in the south; in the neighbourhood of the Ouse the land is liable to floods. The soil is mixed gravel … north-west of the parish, where Turvey Bridge crosses the Ouse to Cold Brayfield. In the water between the mill and the …
A History of the County of Bedford
… The parish is watered by South Brook, a tributary of the Ouse, which flows in a north-westerly direction through the …
A History of the County of Bedford
… at Mox Hill, 213 ft. above the ordnance datum. The River Ouse forms the northern boundary of the parish, the land in …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… a strip with its narrow southern end based upon the River Ouse. Each has its houses grouped about the road from St. …
A History of the County of Northampton
… south-east, from which it was separated by the river Great Ouse. On the south-west the boundary with Wicken ran partly through fields near the Ouse but mainly along a tributary, Kings Brook. In the … Passenham and Furtho (or, for a short distance near the Ouse, Cosgrove). The civil parish of Passenham was renamed …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… burning into lime. Lace is made by the females. The river Ouse here separates the counties of Bucks and Northampton, …