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A History of the County of Warwick
… the Withybrook, and the eastern by a small stream running south into the Smite Brook, which itself, running westward, … courses of the brook and of a small stream coming from the south to join it, though now covered by the Pool, are shown … of the church of Smite, consisting of chancel, nave, and south aisle, built of red sandstone ashlar, which survives to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Comberton COMBERTON The village of Comberton 1 is 4 miles south-west of Cambridge. The long, narrow parish, covering … 1,954 a., 2 stretches for 3 miles, widening towards the south, between the road from Cambridge to St. Neots and the … in 1839. Comberton yielded to Barton certain land at its south-east corner, across the Tit brook and the turnpike …
A History of the County of Surrey
… parish, 2 miles north-west of Godalming, 4 miles west by south of Guildford, is about 2 miles from north to south, 1 miles from east to west, and contains 1,995 acres. … Common lies east of the village. Northeast of the village, south of the Hog's Back, are two eminences in the sand, one …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… The Roman road from Winchester to Southampton running south-west almost parallel with the Itchen cuts through the … side of the road are the chalk downs which rise to the south of Winchester, Compton Down on the right just outside … 1 Compton village street crosses the Roman road as it runs south-west. The branch which runs west from the main road …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… stables. The height of the land varies from 500 ft. in the south near Perborough Castle to 320 ft. in the centre near … passes through the parish, and the River Pang rises to the south of East Compton village. Compton is rich in evidences … of Roman buildings have been found in the Slade. 2 To the south of Compton on Cow Down is a circular encampment …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… tract of the wolds lying between the river Coln on the south and the main road from Gloucester and Cheltenham to … in the late 18th century as the old London road. 6 The south-east boundary follows field boundaries down to the Coln, which the south-west boundary then ascends to Cassey Compton house. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… lies on higher ground on the Upper Greensand, while to the south the chalk down rises to an average of 600 ft. The soil … lead to the village and parish room at Knighton. 4 To the south-west of the church is a yew tree, and adjoining the … 5 It stands in a wooded hollow on the hill-side to the south-east of the church, and is an interesting twostoried …
A History of the County of Somerset
… between them, and the hamlet of Littleton to the south. 1 A major landmark is the Hood monument on Windmill … is irregular in shape, measuring up to 5 km from north to south and from east to west. Its north-eastern limit follows … top of which is Rhaetic clay, the land falls gently to the moor, the Keuper marl of most of the parish giving way after …
A History of the County of Warwick
… been built round a courtyard, with gate-house towers; its south-eastern elevation had four projecting chimney-stacks …
A History of the County of Warwick
… parish forms a narrow strip, 3 miles from north-west to south-east with an average breadth of mile, between Tysoe on … in the east at Lady Elizabeth's Hill and 730 ft. in the south at Broom Hill, close to the southern end of the parish … be seen from the public roadway from Banbury, which passes south-west of it, until one is within 300400 yds. of it. It …