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A History of the County of Berkshire
… is less than 200 ft. above the ordnance datum, but further south it rises sharply to the downs. The highest points on … Downs are Churn Knob (513 ft.) and a height to the south of Woodway Farm (516 ft.). The village of Blewbury lies … used as an Independent chapel, bears the date 1651. On the south side of the churchyard is the Malthus schoolhouse, a …
A History of the County of Northampton
… clerestoried nave, 61 ft. 6 in. by 18 ft. 8 in.; north and south aisles, 11 ft. 6 in. wide; north porch, and west tower, … is the full length of the five bays of the nave, but the south aisle 52 is of three bays only. The width across nave … in 1871 the floors were paved with encaustic tiles. The south aisle was rebuilt in 1926. The chancel and the three …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Northwick and Paxford. The village of Blockley lies in the south-west part of the parish on two hill-slopes and has a … top of the lower slope and adjoining the churchyard to the south is the old manor-house, built of native stone well … and sash windows inserted. A wide lawn stretches from the south-western front of the house to the edge of the slope …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bloxham parish lies on gently rising ground 3 miles south-west of Banbury. 1 The ancient parish, out of which the … Brook in the north and east, and of the River Swere in the south. The soil and scenery are varied: the parish is covered … the most part by Middle Lias Marlstone; in the north and south, where the land lies on the 325 ft. contour, there are …
A History of the County of Bedford
… in the east, and is liable to floods. The slope is from south-west, where it attains 182 ft. above ordnance datum, to … The church stands in a large walled churchyard in the south-east of the village, the road here widening out to form … of Mr. Charles Salusbury Payne and is situated in the south-west of the village. South Mills, where the foundations …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… parish, about 100 ft. above sea level; Gull Field in the south-western part, gradually sloping down to the river Ouse, … comparatively modern times on the declivity facing the south was a large wood which was probably that mentioned in … the 'Cowgaps' whereby cows went from Bluntisham Fen on the south to the cow pastures on the slope. Speed's map of 1610 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… parts, of which the northern is larger than the southern. South Boarhunt is a tiny secluded hamlet lying in the midst … to the west of the bridge by which the lane running south from the Wickham road crosses the river, and probably … To the north stretches the Forest of Bere, while to the south there are spread open to the view Portsmouth Harbour …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Bobbing BOBBING. LIES the next parish south-west ward from Milton last-described, at a very small … near the boundaries of this parish next to Milton. At the south-west corner of the parish, on the London road, is a … his wife, with their two busts in white marble. In the south chancel, memorials for William Tyndale, esq. obt. 1748, …
A History of the County of Worcester
… which human bones have been found from time to time, lies south of Bockleton Court, and there are other quarries south of Birchley Farm. To the south of Pinkey's Common in Hampton Charles there are two old …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… The parish formerly included a peninsulated part on the south, stretching south of the GloucesterCheltenham road 1 and comprising 208 … printed. On the west side of the parish, where Boddington Moor provided a large area of meadow common to Boddington and …