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A History of the County of Hampshire
… by Mr. A. E. Scott, standing in the midst of well-wooded country. A little further down on the eastern road is the old …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… high ground commanding a fine view over a wide expanse of country to the south and south-east, and consists of chancel …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… estate, and 'confirmed himself in his opinion of a happy country life.' 147 He inclosed a park round the house and was …
A History of the County of Surrey
… chief importance of Epsom since it ceased to be a small country village has been, first, that of a wateringplace; … west of the town. Epsom Downs are a noble expanse of chalk country, comprising 944 acres of open land. The road from … the South-Western Railway line. Epsom is now a flourishing country town. It was constituted an urban district under the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… on a traffic with the inhabitants and neighbouring country, for the several kinds of East India goods, which …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… the danger of travellers and to the injury of the adjacent country. Robert Pugeys and Roger de Southcote were assigned …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… miles square without a tree, or hedge, or bush. It is a country of greensward', he wrote. 11 Aubrey in the 17th … or fences, for such action was impracticable on the barren country of the downs. 103 An Act for inclosure was passed in … the 20th century was as sporting, particularly hunting, country. It was presumably no mere chance that Sir Ralph and …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… c. 1360, and the analogy of the late 14th-century north-country houses, Bolton Castle, Lumley Castle, Snape Castle, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… about three miles westward from Dover, in a like unfertile country as that last described, the soil of it being for the … wells of fifteen or sixteen fathom depth are full; and the country people entertain a notion that this water has a … between the break of these lofty hills to the adjacent country, over which, the British channel, and the coast of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… prospect of the hills in Berkshire and the surrounding country. 2 Ewhurst Farm, which stands just outside the …