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A History of the County of Surrey
… cent.). Chessington is a very small village about 3 miles south from Surbiton Station, and 2 miles west of Ewell. The … a chapelry to Malden, measures 3 miles from north-east to south-west, and barely a mile in any part from north-west to south-east, and contains 1,645 acres. This includes a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 4 The land rises gradually from just over 200 feet in the south-east to over 300 feet in the north-east. The greater … 1720 and 1726, but it has been much restored and had a new south-east wing added in 1859. 23 It is a twostoried house of … in the early 18th century there was a mansion house at the south-east end of the village. 24 The building and its …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… of Chesterton contains 1,349 acres of land and lies to the south of the River Nene, which separates it from … ft.), nave (48 ft. by 19 ft.), north aisle (8 ft. wide), south aisle (6 ft. wide), west tower (10 ft. by 10 ft.), and south porch. The walls are of stone rubble with ashlar …
A History of the County of Warwick
… block, nearly 4 miles in length from north-west to south-east and 2 miles broad. On the south-west its boundary is for the most part the road from … down in 1802, the only relic left being a gateway in the south wall of the churchyard, of red brick with rusticated …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… House THE PARISH is about three miles long from north to south, and about a mile and a quarter on an average from east … and sister and heir of Gregory, Fynes, Lord Dacre of the south, at which time his father delivered up to them Knole … life, that the eldest son of the late lord Dacre of the south, formerly had and enjoyed. He had been sheriff of this …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… reached from the northern tributary of the Nadder in the south to the watershed of Nadder and Wylye in the north. It … at the watershed on Cratt Hill. 5 The general north-south slope of the land from Cratt Hill, 225 m., to the … Cratt Hill is between steep tributary dry valleys, but south of it the downs, above 183 m., are gentler. Neither …
A History of the County of Surrey
… on the north, Dunsfold on the east, and Sussex on the south. Part of the parish was transferred to the … parish of Grayswood in 1900. The village is 7 miles south of Godalming. The area is 7,036 acres of land, and 7 of … widow of Richard Hughes. 49 Gostrode is now a farm in the south of Chiddingfold belonging to Mr. Luttmare-Johnson. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the Weald. It is about six miles in length from north to south, but not more than two on an average in breadth; the … in the 9th, he was made warden of all the king's forests south of Trent, and in the 11th, admiral of the seas … left two daughters, Anne and Catherine, obt. 1637. In the south isle, a memorial for Anne, wife of John Basset, of …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… very fine earthwork, known as Bussock Camp, at the extreme south of the township of Chieveley, 4 and various Roman coins … organ chamber, west tower 15 ft. by 14 ft. 3 in., and a south porch. These measurements are all internal. The … 1873, may have dated from the 12th century, and the modern south doorway, which is designed in the style of that period, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of the original manor-house. The houses of the village lie south-west of the church and rectory, being scattered along a … while the Downs stretch away behind the houses on the south-east of the village, the Test valley is on the … the same change from hill to valley. The Downs on the south and east are mostly chalk with a chalk subsoil, but …