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A History of the County of York North Riding
… road passed westward along the ridge from Lythe over Danby Moor, and, from the number of tumuli in its course, is … River Esk. The becks flowing into the Esk from north and south form the valleys known as 'the Dales.' 7 In Eskdale … the building is rectangular in plan, 117 ft. from north to south and 84 ft. from east to west. At the angles stood four …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… to flood, and reaching its highest point on Yafforth Moor 200 ft. above the ordnance datum. The village of Danby … north of the parish. The church and manor-house both lie south of the village, and near them is the rectory, round … North-Eastern railway. The hamlet of Yafforth lies to the south of the parish and on the west side of the River Wiske. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… distinguish it from the neighbouring parish or hamlet of South Darent. This parish, as to its soil, is not very … interspersed along the whole of it, especially at the south end, where they form a hamlet, in which there is a … had lately made in the church of Rochester. 7 About a mile south-eastward from Darent church is the HAMLET of Helles St. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of any blood, except of their leader. 3 About a mile south-westward from the town is the large plain, called … The ROMAN-ROAD shews itself very conspicuously on the south side of the high road between Dartford and the Brent, … it comes to the latter, it shapes its course more to the south south-east, leaving the high road at a greater …
Magna Britannia
… whom they were conveyed to the corporation. The manor of South Town, including St. Petrock and the castle, was given … Lea, in 1599, founded an almshouse for poor people in the South Town, in the parish of St. Petrock. Richard Kelly, in … the deanery of Kenne, is a well-known bathing-place on the south coast, about three miles from Teignmouth, and 14 from …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… station, which is on the Windsor branch of the London and South Western railway, is an endowed Baptist chapel, built in … of the same road are the Slough Water Works. The cemetery, south of the Ditton road, covers 2 acres of land and was … a chapel used for divine service. Southlea, bounded on the south and west by the Thames, is mentioned in the 13th …
A History of the County of Hertford
… from just over 200 ft. in the north to over 400 ft. in the south. The road from Aston to Bramfield winds down the centre … about 50 acres and is watered by the River Beane. In the south the central road is crossed by the road from Woolmer … on the west side of the main road where a lane turns off south-west towards the rectory. The site of the manor-house …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1 The parish makes a rectangle 4 km. by 3 km., with a south-eastern extension. A detached part to the east, 42 a., … possibly at those dates, were added to the parish. The south-eastern extension brought into what was otherwise a … low island formed by the two courses of the river. 7 The south-eastern boundary, with Lyneham, runs along the edge of …
Magna Britannia
… division of the hundred of Powder, lies about four miles south-east from St. Columb, which is the post-office town. … division of the hundred of East, lies about three miles south-east from Callington, which is the post-office town, … of Duloe is divided into three districts; west, north, and south. Almost the whole of the west district is held under …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… church and priory stand on the brow of the hill, on the south-east verge of it, and at a small distance from them the … at the leet or hundred court. The priority joined to the south side of the church; great part of it is yet remaining, … of the mansion of which yet remain, at a small distance south-westward from the church. In the reign of Edward III. …