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A History of the County of Gloucester
… the 625 ft. contour on Bredon Hill, Bengrove in the south-west reached the 600 ft. contour on Oxenton Hill, and Didcot in the south-east lay on the lower slopes of Dumbleton Hill. The … particularly in areas of old inclosure near Didcot Farm, south-west of Grafton village, and east of Beckford Cross. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the inclosure of Otmoor in 1829 when 1,037 acres of the moor were added to the ancient parish of Beckley. 4 No … same style as the rest of the house. Fine yews flank the south front; an 18th-century stable block and large walled … in, and carried upwards to vents under the eaves. The south front is approached by a double-arched stone bridge …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… in recent years the development has been chiefly to the south along the Ripon Road and on the slope east of the … Bar, where the great Roman road runs north over Aiskew Moor in the north-east corner of the parish. The railway, … a separate parish. It enters Great Crakehall at the south of the square green round which the village is built. …
A History of the County of Surrey
… lies on the Thanet Sands, and the parish extends on the south over the chalk downs and northwards on to the London … the site of the manor of Bandon, is about half a mile south of Beddington Park, on the Downs. The cemetery for … seem to have been scientifically explored in recent days. South of Hackbridge there were remains of a Roman villa and …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… part extending down Langstone Harbour nearly as far as the South Hayling farm, and including the four islands, Baker's Island, Long Island, and North and South Binness. A small part of the town of Havant lies within its boundaries. The London Brighton and South Coast Railway passes through the village, which is …
A History of the County of Warwick
… north, Bulkington on the east, Exhall and Corley on the south, and Astley on the west are the neighbouring parishes. … and Bulkington with the main road, with the church on the south and the Chamberlaine Almshouses to the east of the … forming an elongated rectangle, is situated in the south-west corner of the parish and is approached from …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… century, 2 is situated on a small rise of greensand at the south-east corner of Cannings marsh midway between Pewsey and … 1 mile from the northern boundary to Puckshipton in the south and 1 mile across at its widest point on a line with … which borders the boundary streams of the parish on the south, west, north, and north-east lies at about 350 ft. 5 …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… (xviii cent.). The small parish of Beedon lies on the south slope of the Berkshire downs to the west of the Didcot … land rises from 435 ft. above the ordnance datum in the south-west to 620 ft. in the extreme north. The parish … chalk subsoil, but there are beds of sand and clay at the south-east corner of the parish, where there is a brick-yard. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Beyham (xvi cent.). The parish of Beenham lies to the south-west of Reading. The parish was commonly miscalled … another small stream flows in the same direction further south. The Reading road from Newbury, the only main road in … stocks, of which the remains lately existed. Further south is Hall Place Farm, formerly in the possession of the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Peter, consists of one isle, a high chancel, and a small south sept or cross chancel, having a low roofed tower at the …