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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… situated on the road from Banbury to Shipston-upon-Stour. Broughton Castle was erected by the De Broughton …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 144 inhabitants. It is situated on the river Stour, which forms its northern boundary; and comprises 1691 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… from an altitude of 100 ft. on the S.W. bank of the R. Stour, which forms its eastern boundary, to 500 ft. above … valleys cross the area from W. to E., draining into the Stour. Quarleston Down at the S.W. end of the parish was … lie N.E. of (1) on land which slopes gently E. to the R. Stour. Low banks and scarps, much obscured by later work, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… tower or steeple of its church. A small river, called the Stour, passes through the parish, which is also intersected …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the parish separated from Essex by the navigable river Stour. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books … parish is pleasantly situated on the banks of the river Stour, and comprises by measurement 1420 acres, of which 1193 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of Shipston-upon-Stour, Brails division of the hundred of Kington, S. division … by the road from Birmingham to Oxford; the river Stour flows along its western boundary. The living is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The parish is situated on the south bank of the river Stour, and on the road from Poole to Southampton; and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… "stream," and whern, "swift," being characteristic of the Stour, upon which Canterbury is situated. From this station … excellent water descend; and is intersected by the river Stour, which, dividing and re-uniting its channel, forms … their foundations in the bed of the western branch of the Stour, over which is a stone bridge of two arches, that has …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of the above reign, 28 for the improvement of the river Stour, and rendering it navigable up to the city; in which it … that the fight must have been on the banks of the river Stour, to the north of Durovernum, or Canterbury, towards …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… to the archbishop, over the western branch of the Stour, adjoining to it. Over this gate is the common gaol or … and there was a third in Pound-lane, by the river Stour, running by Abbot's mill, which has been lately opened …