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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 2 km., one of several such parishes running north-west and south-east across the flat clay land of the Cole valley up … at c. 122 m. The escarpment is cut by two deep coombs; south of it the land is higher with Lammy Down over 244 m. … and arable land lay across the centre of the parish where, south of the village, only Lammy Down and the coombs were not …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… The parish of Bishopstone, 1,882 ha. (4,649 a.), is 8 km. south-west of Salisbury. 1 Measuring 6 km. by 3 km. it forms a rectangle, lies north and south across the Ebble valley between Broad Chalke to the … with Wilton and Burcombe Without and on those to the south with Martin (Hants). The parish contains six ancient …
A History of the County of Durham
… in the north-east, East and West Newbiggin on the south, and Little Stainton on the west. The surface is … earthwork called Castle Hill lies on low ground to the south-east. 1 There is a Wesleyan chapel built in 1879 to … Flat stand in the southern part of the township, Gately Moor on the east side, and Woogra in the western corner. The …
A History of the County of Surrey
… north and west by Chobham, on the east by Horsell, on the south by Woking and Pirbright. It contains 922 acres, and … from east to west and a mile and a quarter from north to south. It lies on the Bagshot Sands (Bracklesham Beds) with … by a short branch railway with the main London and South Western Railway line at Brookwood station. The ranges, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… to the hothe, or common here, is a manor, lying in the south east part of this parish, which was once the estate of … on them, and their young folded on them, lying on the south part of the course of water running in this parish, …
A History of the County of Surrey
… 5,424 acres, and the parish measures 4 miles from north to south and from 2 to 1 miles in breadth. The northern … Clay, this being the normal arrangement of a parish on the south side of the chalk. The Redhill and Tonbridge line of the South-Eastern railway crosses the southern part of the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Cotswolds, at the eastern edge of the county, four miles south-east of Stow-on-the-Wold. 1 The parish, which is 1,539 … is also the county boundary with Oxfordshire, and in the south the parish and county boundary is formed by the Westcote Brook. Another stream runs south-east across the parish to join the Evenlode. 3 Near …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… is intersected by the main road to Havant, which runs south from Horndean, and by the road to Rowland's Castle, … grounds of Blendworth Lodge and Idsworth Park, turns due south, forming the eastern boundary of the parish. The small … an extensive view over the thickly-wooded country to the south. The church of the Holy Trinity, erected in 18501, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… plateau; it drops again to 212 feet on the eastern and south-eastern boundary. The plateau is capped with Hanborough … gravel, but save for the alluvial valleys most of the south and east of the parish lies on the Oxford Clay. To the … of coursed rubble and have roofs of stone slates. On the south side of the green there was a row of thirteen …
A History of the County of Bedford
… the west of the parish. The River Ouse flows through the south-west of the parish. There are two main roads, one running from south to north-east through Riseley parish and on to … of a few cottages of varying ages, and lies in the south-west. Bletsoe Castle lies on the east of the main road …