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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… gives name to the hundred, is about nine miles in length and one mile in average breadth; it includes Leith Hill, and … The lands are watered by two streams rising in the northern declivity of Leith Hill, and which, uniting, fall … woodland, and 16 garden-ground. The village stands on the eastern bank of the river Medway, across which is an ancient …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire … green; the walls are of stone rubble, partly irregular and partly squared; the dressings are of stone. The roof of … of the 13th century. In the N. wall are two windows; the eastern is of three trefoiled lights with tracery in a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… is a small parish on the S. side of the Stour estuary and 5 m. W. of Harwich. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of … the middle of the parish. The walls are of septariarubble and brick with dressings of limestone; the roofs are tiled. … (42 ft. by 18 ft.) has in the N. wall two windows; the eastern is modern except the 15th-century moulded label with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster railway passes here, and has some heavy cuttings between the village of Wreay and … acres, and the road from London to Yarmouth intersects the eastern portion of it. The living is a rectory, valued in the … by a stream abounding with trout and eels, and forming the northern boundary of the parish. There are extensive …
A Dictionary of London
… South out of London Wall, west of Carpenters' Hall (O. and M 1677-Boyle, 1799). Called "Wrestley's Court "in Strype, … 1755 and Boyle. Had houses only on the west side, the eastern side being the back side of Carpenters' Hall. Site … Buildings North out of Chick Lane to Duke's Court on the northern boundary of Farringdon Ward Without (Horwood, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… N.E. (d)li. S.E. (e)lii. S.W.) Writtle is a large parish and village 2 m. W. of Chelmsford. The Church, Moor Hall and Aubyns are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical c(1). … are of 16th or early 17th-century date, and, in the three eastern bays and the W. bay, they are dentilled; in the other …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine, a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the … is mostly with Wroxeter parish and to the east lies the northern part of Telford new town. The main part of the … 86 Bullocks brook, so called by 1580, 87 largely forms the eastern parish boundary, though Bratton and Orleton townships …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from the village, comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is fertile, producing good crops of wheat, barley, and oats. The village is beautifully situated on elevated … village, is pleasantly situated near the right or eastern bank of the river Stour, over which is a stone bridge …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 km. to … the area here treated, contained 515 a. in 1882. 8 Its eastern and western boundaries followed no natural features … On the south it was bounded by Watling Street. The northern boundary was that part of the ancient …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was probably identical with the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as … 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked with oaks and underwood. 65 It was within the royal forest of Mount … 18th century smallholdings probably occupied most of the northern half of the township. Yeomen, colliers, and …