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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 1,513 acres, lies at the head of the South Winterborne valley 4 miles W. of Dorchester. It is entirely on Chalk, … and still the only settlement, lies in the Winterborne valley near the E. end of the parish. Prehistoric remains …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… a rectangular parish of some 1,800 acres, lies across the valley of the South Winterborne 4 miles W. of Dorchester. It … extends for mile on the E. side of the Portesham road valley (Plate 207), corresponding from S. to N. with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the duchy of Lancaster. The town is situated in a valley nearly surrounded with hills, at the southern …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… The parish covers about 840 hectares and lies across the valley of a small N.W.-flowing stream which also forms part of the S. boundary. From this central valley, at about 130 m. above OD, the land rises steeply over … Winwick (1), the remains of which extend along the central valley. Medieval and Later a(1) Settlement remains (centred …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Wistow lies seven miles south-east of Leicester in the valley of the River Sence. Since 1936 it has included most of … north and east. The land rises from about 300 ft. in the valley to over 400 ft. in the south of the parish. Field … Harcourt lies five miles south-east of Leicester in the valley of the River Sence. It is a chapelry of Wistow and was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… and covering some 2,100 acres, occupies a shallow dry valley on the E. bank of the R. Allen; it is entirely on …