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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… N.W. of the R. Nene at 100 ft. above OD, over a broad and generally flat interfluve some 260 ft. to 290 ft. above … with pits and postholes in it, may be interpreted as a ridge-roofed mortuary house. Phase II saw the construction of … were enclosed by Act of Parliament in 1772. Ridge-and-furrow of these fields remains on the ground, or can be …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… patterns; farmsteads surrounded by closes between them, and church and manor house by the river Brue. ALFORD, … the village cottages between the former open fields whose ridge and furrow can still be seen in the pasture fields either side of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… Peter's Callis, an almshouse which is of ancient origin, and which possibly dates from before 1466 (Hall Book I, 7). Two inns, Millstone and Salutation (75, 80), doubtless arose because of proximity … substantial joists, and a roof with clasped purlins but no ridge-piece. On the street front is a three-storey …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… Ancient and historical monuments in the City of Oxford All Souls … with moulded capitals and bases; the vault has modern ridge, diagonal, subsidiary and lierne ribs and bosses, but … and St. John; at the intersection of these ribs with the ridge-ribs are pendants in the form of a small square …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… is less than a mile to the south-west of Allerthorpe and close to Stone beck. Allerthorpe's name suggests a … for 812 a. 3 In 1935 the civil parishes of Allerthorpe and Waplington were united. 4 The more southerly parts of the … boundary. Allerthorpe village is on the higher ground, and Waplington was probably similarly located. The soils of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a township, in the parish of Great Budworth, union and hundred of Northwich. S. division of the county of … chief residence here; it afterwards fell to the Leicesters and Shakerleys. The township comprises 2155 acres; the soil … purposes. The village is situated at the foot of a ridge of limestone rocks, in which lead-ore has been found in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Heathylee was formerly a township in Alstonefield parish and later a civil parish 5,535 a. (2,240 ha.) in area. 64 It … of the northern boundary with Hollinsclough runs along a ridge, and the river Manifold forms the short eastern … Buxton road. 65 NONCONFORMITY. A Methodist society met at Ridge Head, the home of Isaac Billing on the Longnor road, in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was formerly a township in Alstonefield parish and later a civil parish 1,842 a. (745 ha.) in area. 80 A … The south-western boundary with Heathylee runs along a ridge. On the west Hollinsclough broadens out, taking in the … The land lies at its highest at the west end of the ridge where a house called Summerhill stands at 1,513 ft. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… county, the river Dane forming the boundary with Cheshire and the river Dove that with Derbyshire. 1 It consisted of … Heathylee, Hollinsclough, Longnor, Quarnford, and Warslow and Elkstones. With an area of 23,249 a. (9,409 … England. In Heathylee the northern end of Morridge, a long ridge of moorland, reaches 1,535 ft. (468 m.), with the river …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Longnor was formerly a township in Alstonefield parish and later a civil parish 813 a. (329 ha.) in area. 65 Longnor … of a small market town, stands on a saddle in the ridge which dominates the area and gives the township its Old … Arms in the early 1950s, 90 and three pairs called Dove Ridge were built in the late 1960s on the road to Top o' th' …