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A History of the County of Buckingham
… roofs. A few more houses straggle along the road leading south out of the village, and there are one or two farms in … window, the sill being prepared for a shutter. In the south wall is a 14thcentury single light, to the east of … remains of painted scrollwork on the inner order. On the south side of the nave are two 15th-century windows, one of …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… low bridge. The compact little village lies about 2 miles south of Olney station on the Bedford and Northampton branch … of an abandoned railway near the western boundary. At the south end of the village is the church, to the north of which … bounds in St. Martin's field, about a quarter of a mile south-east of Petsoe manor-house. In the centre of the site …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… each side wall a 14th-century trefoiled light, and at the south-east is a two-light square-headed window of the same … is pierced by a trefoiled light, mostly modern. In the south wall is also a 14th-century pointed doorway, and in the … the pointed arch is now somewhat distorted. In the south wall of the nave is a square-headed window of four …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… ordnance datum in the north-west to about 260 ft. in the south and south-east. The Ouse with one of its tributaries and the … 19 ft. by 15 ft. 6 in., nave 32 ft. 6 in. by 18 ft., and south porch, all measurements being internal. The church was …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… datum on the eastern boundary to 317 ft. in the west, south of Gayhurst Wood. The soil is various, the subsoil … mansion, the seat of Mr. William Carlile, stands to the south-west of the village in a well-wooded park of 250 acres, … The house, a large E-shaped stone building facing south, is flanked on the west by a long line of ancient yew …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… angles towards Swanbourne, is known as Green End. At the south-east of the village stands the church. There is a … lights with tracery over, and the north-east and south-east windows, of two lights, are of the same work. In the north wall is a 15th-century doorway, while at the south-west is a low-side window, a single trefoiled light of …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… of Great Brickhill, called Galley Lane, runs from north to south through the long and straggling village. Near its … to the Wallis family. 7 The church and rectory both stand south of the manorhouse. There are many picturesque … but some of tiles or slate. The Baptist chapel, at its south end, dates from 1812, and the Wesleyan Methodist …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Horse Farm. There are quarries close to the church, and south-east of the village is a sand-pit. The village, compact … in shape, lies at the northern end of the parish, and south of the main road from Stony Stratford to Newport … chapel, built in 1810. The rectory, which stands to the south-east of the church, is a stone building, apparently …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… north, with the smithy beyond. The Cross Keys Inn, at the south end of the village, is a picturesque 17th-century …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… parish and also forms part of the western border. On the south the boundary follows the line of the Akeman Street, … certain grants in compensation. 9 Kingswood, to the south of Doddershall Wood, on the border of the parish, is … lights, but two original north windows and three on the south, all of two uncusped lights with plain pierced …