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A History of the County of Buckingham
… and republished in 1739, are good views of the north and south fronts, showing the first stage of transition. The … colonnade screened the wings and offices. The view of the south front shows a central pedimented portico in two stages, … shown are the galleries connecting the two wings, and the south-eastern and south-western extensions to the wings, …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… church of St. Mary is in the centre of the village on the south side of the street. To the west of it is Manor Farm, … original windows and an old studded inner door. On the south gable of the east block is an incised sundial. On the … of Sir Richard Damory. 10 Thorneorough Village and Stocks South of the village, on the high road running west to …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 385 ft. above the ordnance datum, is reached in the south-east, from where the land falls away to 236 ft. in the … outskirts of the park with one or two houses further south. Blacksfields Farm lies on the eastern boundary of the … are Great Wood on the west boundary and Cowpen Wood in the south-east of the parish. The open common was the cause of a …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 5 Tingewick House, the residence of Mr. G. Robarts, is south of the High Street. There is a Wesleyan chapel, built … by 16 ft., nave 46 ft. by 18 ft., north aisle 8 ft. wide, south aisle, west tower 12 ft. by 11 ft. and a south porch. The three eastern bays of the north arcade of …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… of permanent grass. 1 The slope of the land is from the south-east (271 ft. above the ordnance datum) to the … branch of the Great Western railway runs through the south of the parish from south-east to north-west. The village is situated on the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… together with an existing windmill. 7 The school stands south of the church, and further beyond is the Wesleyan … built in 1861. There are a few outlying farms; in the south Turweston Hill Farm and Grove Hill Farm, and about the … width of 12 ft. 7 in., north vestry and organ chamber, south chancel aisle, nave 32 ft. 3 in. by 16 ft. 6 in., north …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 1 The land rises from 246 ft. above ordnance datum in the south of the parish to 382 ft. on Poundon Hill in the south-west. The soil is chiefly a heavy clay. The Great … of Major G. J. Fitz Gerald, is a modern house at the south-west end of the village. Twyford Lodge, a farm-house a …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… by the River Ouse and is liable to floods in the north and south. The level of the land varies between 164 ft. above the … Inn Fields. It is a fine stonebuildings standing in the south-west of the parish in a well-wooded park of 100 acres … on rising ground in the park about a quarter of a mile south-east of Tyringham House. Most of the few parishioners …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… situation commanding fine views. On the brow of a hill south-east of the The Wilderness, Upper Winchendon, from the … Nashe, le Pitts Mead, le Nether ground with Clott Mead, le Moor Close, and Googesground. 13 Another inclosure of the … however, touches the parish of Upper Winchendon in the south and has been one of its boundaries since the 11th …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… land varies from 231 ft. above the ordnance datum in the south-west of the parish to 476 ft. near Waddesdon Hill Farm. … The chief mansion-house in Waddesdon formerly stood to the south of the church, on Philosophy Farm, the original … as a stable, was taken down. 4 The village hall, on the south side of the High Street, was built in 1897 by the late …