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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… called King-street. THE PARISH is situated in a healthy country, being for the most part a gravelly, though not an …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… at the time he had command in these parts, and trained the country people to the use of arms. In the same manner there … of William the great Earl of Chatham, who now makes it his country residence, being at this time one of the privy …
A History of the County of Rutland
… (xi cent.); Keten, Ketene (xii-xiii cent.). Ketton is in a country of low hills and woodland on the north-west slope to … him, returned, and William de Humez had to flee the country. 9 In 1204 he forfeited his lands in England as a …
A History of the County of Surrey
… much of his boyhood at Kew, 63 began to use it again as a country residence when his family became too large to be …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… containing 1,670 acres of land lies on the chalk down country south-east of Winchester, the land rising generally … to over 500 ft. in the south-west near the high down country in the north-west of Exton parish. The long …
A History of the County of Somerset
… hill east of the village, 1 lies across the narrow band of country between the Quantocks and the Bristol Channel coast. … which it took its name; and Kilve, in the well watered country near the coast. 12 It is uncertain whether the … the Quantocks (2nd edn. 1969), 68; B. Lawrence, Quantock Country (1952), 197; Squibbs' History of Bridgwater (1982), …
A History of the County of Warwick
… a separate parish in 1853. For the most part the country is undulating, at an average altitude of 275 ft., …
A History of the County of Warwick
… and north of it a branch serving Baddesley Colliery. The country is undulating, rising from about 220 ft. in the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… office which he took in the honest sense of serving his country for which it was first ordained.' 145 In April 1645 …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… in the south-east part of it, the whole face of the country here is unpleasant and dreary, the hedge rows wide, …