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A History of the County of Oxford
… both banks of the River Ray near its confluence with the Cherwell. The area of the ancient parish was 1,997 acres. … parish the present boundary follows the line of the River Cherwell, and in the east a brook flowing into the Ray … as a reward for ferrying parliamentary troops across the Cherwell before the battle of Islip Bridge in 1645. 6 The …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the Isis, Essex immediately bringing his men over the Cherwell. 14 The Parliamentary army broke down Newbridge in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… KIRTLINGTON The parish lies on the east bank of the River Cherwell, which divides it from the parish of Tackley. 1 The … and east and, much more markedly, on the west towards the Cherwell. The soil, primarily Cornbrash, is excellent for … Brook, on the eastern edge of the parish, and beside the Cherwell, where lay Whitmersham, Pinsey, Briton, and Northam …
A History of the County of Oxford
… side of the village, set back from the Great Tew road, Cherwell House was first recorded in the 1870s, but may be …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Deddington. It is bounded on the west by the Cherwell 2 and on the east by the Romano-British earthwork, … 1545, when the mills were moved and the course of the Cherwell was diverted to the east, the main river, and not a … of trees add to the plateau's upland character. While the Cherwell meadows suffer from flooding 6 the plateau with its …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Marston MARSTON Marston is the last parish which the River Cherwell skirts on its left or eastern bank before reaching … of the Wash Brook (or Bayswater Brook) from Sescut, on the Cherwell, for a distance of nearly a mile and a half. The … of Headington and Marston from the King's Mill on the Cherwell to the nearest point on the Oxford-Marston road. It …
A History of the County of Oxford
… wide, remote valley beside a small tributary of the river Cherwell once called Tomwell. 10 The village retains the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and 2 miles (3 km.) south of Deddington on the river Cherwell, which forms the eastern boundary of the parish. 1 … the eastern edge of the parish is the alluvium of the Cherwell valley, still liable to flooding. The north part of … eastern boundary mostly following the meanderings of the Cherwell. The boundary leaves the main stream of the river c. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… rising in the north to over 450 ft., between the River Cherwell and its tributary the Highfurlong Brook. 1 It was … stands on a bridle road from Wardington which crosses the Cherwell just south of the hamlet by a well-constructed … 16 may have given rise to the story of the vill on the Cherwell inhabited by five priests, 17 near which the saint's …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… sometimes spelt 'Cearcwylla,' is possibly the Cherwell, but this makes the area included very extensive. …