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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated in a fertile valley on the banks of the river Stort; a fair is held in it on Easter-Monday, chiefly for …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Field and Common Down on the north. 6 The navigable river Stort flows through the parish from north to south, forming … is situated in the south of the parish on the River Stort. It must have been a little to the south of the Roman … continued, as is probable, in a straight line across the Stort. The town evidently grew up round the ford, and it …
A History of the County of Hertford
… from it the land slopes still further to the banks of the Stort Navigation and Canons Brook, a district much liable to … village and thence runs westward along the valley of the Stort Navigation, to enter the parish of Hunsdon at its … the church is situated in the south of the parish near the Stort, is very small. The rectory stands close by the church; …
A History of the County of Hertford
… 10 are water. On the south-east it is bounded by the River Stort, which divides it from the county of Essex. It adjoins … Brook runs south through the parish and joins the River Stort. The road from Eastwick runs in an easterly direction …
A History of the County of Essex
… and Thorley (Herts.) to the west, where the river Stort forms the parish and county boundary. The ancient … Green, was transferred to Great Hallingbury. 4 The Stort valley is about 60 m. above sea level. The terrain … brook flows south-west from Bedlar's Green to join the Stort. The soil is mainly loam, with glacial gravel and sand …
A History of the County of Essex
… km. west of Harlow village. 1 A short branch of the river Stort formed its northern boundary with Hertfordshire. Roydon … North Weald Bassett. 3 The terrain rises from 40 m. in the Stort valley to 110 m. at the southern end of the parish. The … the old village, and, as Canons brook, 4 flow north to the Stort. The soil in the uplands is London clay and boulder …
A History of the County of Essex
… km. north-east of London, on the south bank of the river Stort, which forms the border of Essex with Hertfordshire. 1 …
A History of the County of Essex
… south and west through the parish to join the river Stort, is joined by Mus brook. 3 From the Pincey valley the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… ground which divides the valleys of the Rivers Ash and Stort, having a southward slope from a height of about 266 … cross roads near to Hunsdon Mill, which is on the River Stort in the south of the parish. Plan of Hunsdon House … corner of the parish, on the banks of the River Stort, which Robert Chester had bought from the Feildes of …
A History of the County of Essex
… was a long, narrow parish, extending south from the river Stort. 1 In 1949 its northern and central parts were merged … centuries the parish included three fields north of the Stort, but they had been lost before 1839, probably when the Stort navigation was made in 1769. 5 The terrain rises from …