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A History of the County of Surrey
… west, by Rotherhithe on the east and by Camberwell on the south. The river frontage extends only from St. Saviour's … the City until the Tower Bridge Road was opened. Now the South Eastern and Chatham railway lines to London Bridge run … fireworks and the price of admission was 1 s. 39 They were south of Spa Road close to the spot where it is crossed by …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Netherberowe, Netherbury (xvi cent.). This parish, in the south-west of the county on its western border, covers an … lying, being only 50 ft. above the ordnance datum on the south-eastern boundary, but the land rises to the western … much earlier period. Berrow Court, near the church to the south-west, has been pulled down and a modern brick cottage …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the soil is in general a deep sand, though towards the south-west part it partakes of the quarry rock, and on the south side of the Lenham river a black moorish soil of fertile meadow ground. This river parts it towards the south from Osham, another smaller stream, which rises near …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… parish, 8.5 km. from east to west, crossed from north to south by the river Till. In the 11th century, when the Till … 7 The parish also had a detached part, 33 a., c. 2.5 km. south of Berwick St. James church: 8 it was transferred to … on its present course in 1773. Where it crossed the river south of the church a new bridge was built after its …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… formed an inverted U; its short western arm extended 5 km. south from the top of White Sheet Hill, its broader eastern … 7 The watershed of the Ebble and the Nadder extends south from White Sheet Hill across the western part of the … ridges and dry valleys. The steepest valleys are south facing coombs south of the east-west ridge, Rotherley …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 2 In 1934 the transfer to Hindon of 230 a. in its south-west corner reduced it from 1,144 a. (463 ha.) to 370 … then it was shaped like an hourglass, 3 km. from north to south, 1.5 km. wide at the north and south ends, with a waist of less than 1 km. a little south of …
A History of the County of Worcester
… lies mainly along the Severn Stoke Road, and is in the south of the parish. St. Peter's Church, described by … oriel window and a gable with a cusped barge-board. To the south of the doorway the windows, of 17th-century date, have … or 17th-century window retaining its old glazing. In the south wing is a much damaged Jacobean fireplace, and several …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… boundary of the parish. Its grounds are skirted on the south-east side by the high road from Faringdon to Oxford. … quadrangle, with an L-shaped wing projecting towards the south. Traces of stone foundations 8 are still visible on the … abbot in 1166. 51 A certain Richard of Warwickshire came south to transact some business with him and made a grant to …
A History of the County of Surrey
… on the Hill, on the east by Buckland and Reigate, on the south by Leigh, on the west by Dorking. It measures 4 miles from north to south, and 2 miles from east to west, and contains 3,713 … by the River Mole, which runs in a circuitous course from south-east to northwest; and the Gadbrook, a tributary of the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of the grandest apartments are composed of it. On the south-east side of Bull-green is a house, which has been for … THE MANOR OF LOVELACE is situated at a very small distance south-westward from the church. It was in early times the … of Milton, Rochester, and Malling, in this county. The south chancel is called the Lovelace chancel, in which …