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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a. 2 r.; the soil is a red clay; the prospect embraces the Clee hills, the highest in the county. The living is a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… ever more than a small village or hamlet. Quinny or Marsh brook marks the central part of the parish's north-western … down from Castle Hill to the Stretton gap, drained by the brook. The southern part of the parish's north-eastern boundary is defined by Mar or Marsh 2 brook. Both brooks were mentioned in 1695 when the bounds of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Lane crossed the boundary, which followed Bollo brook to Acton common and existed by 1394. 20 The main route … 30 Fordhook bridge at the western boundary, where Bollo brook passed under the road, was built by the Uxbridge … bridge at Acton Bottom, west of the church where Stamford brook met the high road, existed in 1742 and was rebuilt by …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Park by 1905. 36 Gravel was dug from the banks of Stamford brook's western branch at the Steyne, where free tenants were …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 1222. 4 The ground rose steeply on each side of Stamford brook, where buildings near the church stood well above the … land, which sloped from Horn Lane westward to Stamford brook, where gravel was dug in 1622. 9 Small inclosures were …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Hammersmith was formed by the eastern branch of Stamford brook, and the south-western boundary, from Fordhook south-eastward to Acton Green, by Bollo brook. The southern boundary lay along the line of a Roman … m. in the south-east, drained by two main streams. 7 Bollo brook rises near Fordhook and flows south-eastward to Acton …