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A History of the County of Middlesex
… and although stretching for almost six miles north and south, it covers only 2½ miles at its widest from east to … boundaries run through fields, and the River Pinn, flowing south as far as Swakeleys Lake, completes the eastern side. … common, had certainly been completed by 1754. 29 Gibbes Moor, which in 1636 had stretched along the north-western …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… court laid down regulations for the use of the common and moor, the digging of gravel, and the mending of fences, … and headboroughs at the leet, and appointed five or six moor drivers at the court baron. 95 The manor of Moorhall had …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… be determined. The house seen by Lysons stood immediately south of the church, and in a print of 1800 appears to have … were called Harefield Place, and were situated immediately south of the church. 69 The tradition that the manor-house … family gave land, which included 10 acres of the moor. 81 The Hospitallers also acquired land in Harefield …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… on 'the Colney stream', a subsidiary stream running south of the Colne in the north-west corner of the parish, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… held a farm-house and a considerable amount of land in the south-east corner of Harefield. The estate probably dates …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… prior of Llanthony; it consists of a nave, with north and south porches, and two chancels, of which one belongs to the … been rebuilt in a style of neatness and uniformity; on the south side is the beautiful residence of the Hon. Arthur … waste, bordering on Dartmoor Forest, and called Harford Moor; the soil of the cultivated land is a light black mould, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of two compartments, west tower and spire, and north and south porches. Some parts of the fabric of the church … 14 In the 13th century a cusped light was inserted in the south wall of the eastern compartment. The church was rebuilt … added. There are two restored 14th-century windows in the south wall of the nave. The perpendicular east window is …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… field north-east of Haresfield village, Downhill field south-east of the village, Broad field between the village …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… HARESFIELD HARESFIELD, a rural parish, lies 5 miles south of Gloucester. The ancient parish, long and narrow in … 17th century, 26 and two timber-framed cottages to the south of it were built by then. The Vales to the north and … house of similar type and date. A quarter of a mile to the south of the Cross a more concentrated group of houses formed …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… with a cornice and sash windows and an oriel window at the south was added to the east side, and a large west wing in … in the 16th century; a stone chimney and fireplace in the south wing and a stone fireplace with carved spandrels in the … block appear to survive from a rebuilding of 1583. The south and central parts were probably timber-framed but have …