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A History of the County of Rutland
… to Cottesmore. The church and rectory are at the south-east angle of the crossing, and on the north side is … with its grounds. The chief part of the village is to the south-east of the church, where the cottages with thatched or … new Ashwell Hall stands in a small park about half a mile south of the village. It was built in 1879 in the Tudor …
A History of the County of Bedford
… land is from the northwhere the altitude is 230 ft.to the south. The village of Aspley Guise is 400 ft. above ordnance … the village, the churchyard of which is entered from the south by a lychgate. Aspley House in the centre is the … the residence of Mr. Alfred Alnutt. The Knoll, in the south, now used as a preparatory school for boys, stands in …
A History of the County of Worcester
… a road from Stourport to Worcester passes from north to south through it. Its eastern boundary is the Severn, the … which is large and scattered, is situated about 2 miles south-west of Stourport. The church, with the rectory and … the road here being called the Toot. 2 The Church Bank, south of Astley Church, across the road, according to local …
A History of the County of Warwick
… tunnel between Arley and Nuneaton. The boundary then turns south-east and passes within a quarter of a mile of the … from Bedworth to Ansley, intersect at a point 200 yds. south of the small village, consisting of Church, Castle, … on the west side with its principal elevation slightly south of east, and its outbuildings lining the west curtain …
A History of the County of Hertford
… village, where a network of lanes branch off to north and south. The village lies in the centre of the parish, with the … the north of the parish is the hamlet of Aston End. In the south-east is Frogmore Hall, a modern red brick house … west. On the north front is the main entrance, and on the south front are two projecting wings, one near either end and …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… of Lieut.-Col. Henry Mitchell Sholto Douglas. To the south-west of the Abbey is Windmill Hill, an elevation of 440 ft. The hamlet of Burston lies about a mile south-west of Aston Abbots, and consists of Lower Burston and … 11 ft. 6 in. by 10 ft. 6 in., nave 47 ft. 6 in. by 17 ft., south porch and a west tower 8 ft. 9 in. by 6 ft. It has …
A History of the County of Warwick
… is an extensive parish, about 5 miles from north-west to south-east, stretching across the valley of the Alne. The … hamlet of Shelfield. The valley is bounded on the east and south by a line of low hills, partly wooded, which divide it … ridge are two more hamletsNewnham and, about a mile to the south of it, Wilmcote, which has been a separate …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and its hamlets at Beacon's Bottom and Water End in the south. 2 In 1895 Stokenchurch, which was a separate civil … meaning Roundhill, recorded in the 13th century. 7 In the south the crest of the Chiltern ridge rises to 800 feet near … woodland. 342 Other large closes such as 'Inland', the 'Moor', and the 'Park', recorded in 1584, 343 may have been …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the upper portion. At the corner of the fork of the road, south of the church, is an interesting little 17th-century … angles, and a wooden cornice below the tiled roof. At the south end of the village is an 18th-century Presbyterian … roof, is lighted by round-headed windows on the north, south, and west, and by a small circular light over the …
A History of the County of Bedford
… the highest point is 249 ft. above the sea levelto the south, where it reaches only 138 ft. The soil and subsoil are … by a tributary of the Ivel, lies concentrated in the south of the parish, off the Roman road which forms the … is well timbered, chiefly with elm. Astwick is five miles south-south-east from Biggleswade station on the Great …