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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from Basingstoke. It is situated not far distant from the South-Western railway, and derives some importance from its … It lies at the western extremity of the parish, and on the south bank of the Blyth, which is here crossed by a bridge; … 15,000 acres, of which one-third is arable, 1800 acres moor and waste, and 300 wood: the soil of about twothirds of …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… in the west, and in places reaches the Humber in the south. A great variety of landscape is consequently contained … of the Derwent, and Church hill at Holme upon Spalding Moor. The boulder clay and gravel of the moraine reach 50 ft. … which gives its name to the villages of North and South Cliffe. Behind the Jurassic hills rises the altogether …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Rogate on the north, and the southern border is on the South Downs. The northern part of the parish was originally … is on rather higher ground near Elsted. The church is at South Harting, under the Downs, and on the Downs behind it … Roger), and Hawise his wife gave the monks the part of the moor which lay between their tenement of Petersfield and the …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… by a narrow neck on the North, the land stretches to the South and South-west, assuming at high water the shape of a crescent, … ( i. e. to pasturage) for one cow and horse on the town-moor: the soil belongs to the mayor and chief burgesses 112. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Harton HARTON, a township, in the chapelry and union of South Shields, parish of Jarrow, E. division of Chester ward, … N. division of the county of Durham, 2 miles (S. E.) from South Shields; containing 265 inhabitants. This place, … of which 3984 are arable and meadow, 500 woodland, and 700 moor. The surface is elevated, and the soil a heavy marl with …
A History of the County of Northampton
… township was roughly triangular in shape, bounded on the south by the Buckinghamshire parish of Hanslope (and to a … The land rises from about 240 ft. above sea level in the south to 400 ft. near Salcey Forest. Boulder Clay covers most … inhabitants of Yardley, Potterspury, Grafton, Alderton, Moor End, Ashton and Hartwell, and some of those of Hanslope, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the county of Durham, 10 miles (S. E. by S.) from Alston-Moor. There are some extensive lead-mines in the chapelry and … the whole township, the dip being from north-east to south-west. The coal, however, is not of the best quality, … the east to the west angle, and 380 from the north to the south angle. Harwood-Dale HARWOOD-DALE, a chapelry, in the …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… 9 The jury, 14 E. 3, said that Galfr. le Scrop (named in South Muscham) held in Hareworth of Gerard de Seginton by the … half the inhabitants of any equally given portion in the south-east borders of the county. Patron, Samuel Hartley, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The parish comprises 570 acres, and is bounded on the south by the navigable river Yare: the Norwich and Yarmouth … in the lower part and octagonal above; the entrance on the south is through a Norman doorway. The rent of about 15 acres … of about 600 feet; it is open towards the sea on the south. There are three principal streets, of which …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… rear arch and moulded external and internal labels. The South Aisle (12 ft. wide; Plate 95) generally resembles the … a quatre-foiled panel in a rectangular splayed recess. The South Porch, also 14th-century, has an entrance of two …