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A History of the County of Buckingham
… of a hall placed with its greatest length from north to south, and having a slight projection over the west side of … which has now disappeared, and a chamber block on the south, with a vaulted crypt under its eastern end, and a large tower at the south-west with an octagonal stair turret at its north-west …
A History of the County of Somerset
… boundaries were clearly marked by the river Axe in the south and the river Parrett on the east, but less obviously … small plateau above the town centre, 11 very like that of South Petherton. To the north and east of the town the gentle … is some evidence of water meadows in the area. 13 To the south and west the more irregular and dramatic landscape, cut …
A History of the County of Somerset
… (British cruc) below which most of it lies, is at the south-western tip of the hundred of Crewkerne, three miles … parish, 3 with common pasture on the gentler slopes of the south. The Purtington brook was evidently controlled to … and another of 30 a. at Knoll hill. In 1541 the common 'moor' was inclosed and allotted proportionately to each …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… of his capital messuage and of 'all my new garden on the south as far as my old tower.' 5 Lower down-stream is the … the woods of an extensive park, about a mile and a half south-west of the village. The main staircase and some … sold eight messuages, 240 acres of land, 200 acres of moor, 100 acres of pasture, &c., in Croft to Richard Clervaux …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… on the Alton and Winchester branch of the London and South Western Railway. Crondall parish is now divided into … a height of some 600 ft. above the ordnance datum in the south-east. Crondall village lies in the centre of the modern … A. J. F. Nugent, and Redfields by Mr. J. Brandon. Court Moor is the residence of Mr. Edgar Figgess, and Basingbourne …
A History of the County of Worcester
… This parish, covering an area of 1,178 acres, lies to the south of the county, 8 miles south-east from Worcester. The land rises towards the north and west; at the south-east of the parish it is only 51 ft., rising to over …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on the east, and Hanwell and Banbury on the south. 1 Besides Cropredy township the parish included the … tributary of the Cherwell. On the east and part of the south and west the boundaries coincide with the county … the parish, the BanburySouthamCoventry road, running from south to north, and the BanburyDaventry road, running …
A History of the County of Worcester
… (xii cent.). The parish of Cropthorne lies in the south-east of the county and is bounded on the north by the … of the parish lies in the valley of the Avon, but to the south the land rises, reaching a height of 200 ft. at Haselor Hill in the south of Charlton. The chief crops are wheat, beans and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Crowcombe CROWCOMBE The parish of Crowcombe lies on the south-west slope of the Quantocks. Shaped like a lozenge, it … Crowcombe from Bicknoller in the north-west. On the south and south-east the boundary crosses the former common … of arable, 20 a. of meadow, 20 a. of woodland, and 3 a. of moor. 107 The annual value had fallen to 3 2 s. by 1349 and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the plain to the north of the Icknield Way, but to the south the ground rises precipitously to 800 feet on the top … acres which were sufficiently level for cultivation at the south-eastern tip of the parish, the hill part of Crowell is … with French casement windows on the ground floor, and the south-east front has a large half-octagonal bay with a hipped …