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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… c SP 85 NW, d SP 85 NE) The parish is of irregular shape and covers 730 hectares, immediately S. of the R. Nene, here … the land rises steeply across outcrops of clay, sands and limestones to a Boulder Clay table-land at about … parish is made up of the medieval parishes of Cogenhoe and Whiston and the two villages are each situated on the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… located by reference to individual furlongs. Langefurlonge and Briddeslande were mentioned in 1242, the first … in the furlong beneath Lyteldoune, at Wedefurwemere, and on the north side of Southwedemere. 71 There were three … from J. Parker, 3 Nov. 1874; O.R.O., S. Leigh incl. award, roads; below, S. Leigh, Econ. Young, Oxon. Agric. 325-6. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction COGGES lies 9 miles (15 km.) west of Oxford and ½ mile (0.4 km.) east of Witney. The ancient parish … urban plantation at Newland, effectively a part of Witney, and, on the east, the hamlet of High Cogges. Wilcote, to the … below, Stanton Harcourt, Intro. O.R.O., incl. award, roads. Ibid.; Jefferys, Oxon. Map (1767); Davis, Oxon. Map …
A History of the County of Oxford
… manor, Henry III exempted Archbishop de Grey, his heirs, and their tenants at Cogges from suit to county and hundred, … served for several years. 92 There were 2 surveyors of the highways by the early 17th century and until the late 19th, … with 'no work'. Later the parish employed paupers on the roads. 7 In 1788 the parish set up a workhouse; a building …
Survey of London
… Colby Court, Kensington House and Kensington Court CHAPTER III - Colby House, Kensington House and Kensington Court This chapter considers Colby House and … houses needed something to set them apart, he had the roads made with large subways beneath, a little over five …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… St. Martin, St. Mary at the Walls, St. Nicholas, St. Peter and St. Runwald, the extra-mural parishes of St. Botolph, St. Giles, St. Leonard at the Hythe and St. Mary Magdalene, and the rural parishes of Lexden, … their origin to have been of this kind. The triangle of roads between ColchesterLondon Verulam was no doubt one of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… radiating streams flowing generally N. towards the R. Avon and S. towards the R. Nene. The highest ground, W. of the village, rises to 206 m. above OD and is part of a large outcrop of Northampton Sand which … Lias Clay is exposed by the down-cutting of the streams, and along the N.E. edge and in the S. are expanses of Boulder …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… W. of Watling Street (A5) which forms the N.E. boundary, and is drained by several small streams flowing generally N.E. and S.E. A large outcrop of Northampton Sand with small … patches of Oolitic Limestone occupies much of the central and S. part, with a blanket of Boulder Clay in the S.W. and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Cold. COLD-ASHBY, county of Northampton.See Ashby, Cold. And other places having a similar distinguishing prefix will … COLDCOATS, a township, in the parish of Ponteland, union and W. division of Castle ward, S. division of … division of the county. The parish is intersected by the roads from Lichfield to Coventry, and from Birmingham to …
Old and New London
… Coldbath Fields and Spa Fields CHAPTER XXXVIII. COLDBATH FIELDS AND SPA FIELDS. Coldbath Field's PrisonThistlewood and his Co-conspirators thereJohn Hunt thereMr. Hepworth …