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A History of the County of Surrey
… Dorking (xviii cent.). Dorking is a market town 23 miles south-west of London, 12 miles east of Guildford. The market … Bookhams and Mickleham, on the east by Betchworth, on the south by Capel, on the west by Wotton. It contains 1,329 … the high ground of the Leith Hill range parts of Broad Moor, Coldharbour Common, and the plantation called the …
A History of the County of Worcester
… from Worcester to Alcester, which runs through it on the south. On a road branching north from this is the small and … stories high with a tiled roof. The principal front to the south has three equal gables, and the wall is protected by … the stories. At each end is another gable, that on the south bearing the initials I.C., for John Callow, and the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… which rises at Lot's Hole north of the village and flowing south past the church falls into Cress Brook. The … an L-shaped plan with wings running north and west. In the south-west block is a small courtyard surrounded by offices. … Adapted from the Inventory of the Historical Monuments of South Buckinghamshire with the permission of the Royal …
A History of the County of Worcester
… is that from Hampton Lovett, on a branch of which to the south is the church of Doverdale. The old Moat Farm, possibly … Aylesbury Roberts and Rowland Hill. 41 Nash states that South Hall, the manor-house of the Braces, was once held by a … ST. MARY THE VIRGIN consists of a chancel, nave and modern south vestry, with a western wood steeple. Some of the …
Magna Britannia
… is a handsome Gothic structure, with a spire. In the south aisle is an ancient monument for Sir Robert Barley of … John Balguy, Esq., one of His Majesty's Justices for South-Wales, possesses and inhabits the mansion which …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… lies at the edge of the Cotswold escarpment 6 km. south-east of Cheltenham. It was recorded from the late 8th … its name to the whole of that estate c. 790 a.d. 6 The south boundary of the parish crossed the river Coln at the … from Withington, land called Rossley ( c. 102 a.) on the south side of the Chelt valley remained a detached part of …
A History of the County of Worcester
… boundaries of the parish. It is crossed from north-west to south-east by the road from Bridgnorth to Bewdley, and is … tiled roofs. The gables of the projecting wings on the south front have original barge-boards with carving in low … chancel, north vestry and organ chamber, west tower and a south porch. The original building, which is said to have …
A History of the County of Somerset
… owners. The ancient parish, nearly 1 mile from north to south and mile from east to west, measured 794 a. until 1885 … of the Wall brook, a feeder of Dowlish brook in the south-east, shared with Cudworth. In the north it impinges … accounted for most of the known arable fields. 5 In the south-west, where the land rises more gradually towards the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Downe DOWNE. SOUTH-WESTWARD from Farnborough lies Downe, which takes its … escutcheon of arms torn off. In the great chancel, on the south side of the altar, a grave stone and brass plate, with … impaling two bends ingrailed and a canton. On the south side, a grave stone and memorial for Edw. Manning, once …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… datum by the River Swale and 1,300 ft. at Whit Fell in the south. The tale is still told in these parts of the … From the main road in the Swale valley a branch striking south rises steadily for three-quarters of a mile until the … and impark his woods here. 13 Higher up, still on the south bank of the River Swale, which forms the northern and …