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A History of the County of Warwick
… 2,195. Alcester is a long, narrow parish extending to the south-western boundary of the county, which is here formed by … discovered in 1925 at Blacklands, a meadow by the Arrow, south-west of the town. 12 Roman tesserae have been found on … poor. In 1872 200 was applied in paying off a mortgage on Moor Fields, interest at 4 per cent. being paid. Samuel …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… to the southeast of the parish and then, turning south-west, forms the south-eastern boundary. The land rises from the Brook, where … Hill and Common Farm on the north-east side, but on the south-west the rise is more gradual, and except at Weybridge …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Aldbourne, a downland parish north-east of Marlborough and south-east of Swindon, includes Aldbourne village, the … Some 250 m. west of Baydon village the boundary turns south across downland and follows a dry valley to the … road. Until 1934 it crossed the road and ran south along a small stream to Preston, where it turned …
A History of the County of Hertford
… rises from about 400 ft. above the ordnance datum on the south and west of the parish to about 700 ft. on the … space with a large pond and one or two elm trees; at the south end of the pond are the old village stocks and whipping … houses in the parish are Tom's Hill (Mr. R. W. Wood), south of the village; Northfield (Mr. John Mead), north-west …
A History of the County of Hertford
… xiii cent.; Audham. The parish of Aldenham lies to the south of the county and contains 6,033 acres of land, of … ft. above the ordnance datum, but at Caldecot Hill to the south-west of the parish it rises to 432 ft. The River Colne … chancel c. 1300. Below it is a modern piscina with an old drain, and modern sedilia, and west of the sedilia a doorway …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… point, over 350 ft. above the ordnance datum, is in the south-west; the land slopes down towards the north, where the … from Basingstoke to Oxford. It is a mile and a quarter south of the railway station and consists principally of a … segmental rear arch. In the still traces of a water drain were found in 1896, and on this authority a modern …
A History of the County of Worcester
… on the east side of the road, and on the same side, at the south end of the village, are two fine 18th-century brick … present house at Upthorpe Farm, near Eatington, 1 miles south-east of the village, is modern, but near it is a large … north transept 18 ft. 4 in. wide by 21 ft. 7 in. deep, south transept of the same width and 21 ft. 9 in. deep, nave …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… 35 miles from London, and has stations on the London and South Western and South Eastern and Chatham railways. The parish covers an area of 4,177 acres. In the south the ground is low, but rises slightly towards the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… elongated in shape, stretching three miles from north to south and averaging less than a mile across. The area of the … up to 1956 were apparently of long standing: part of the south boundary, which follows the Tirle brook, was recorded … with a Norman motte and bailey superimposed at the south-east end. 13 There has presumably been habitation near …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… ALDINGTON, USUALLY called Allington, is the next parish south-westward from Sellindge, being written in the earliest … the course of which is north-west, continue west south-west along the edge of Romney Marsh, of which they are … are six bells in it, cast about twenty-four years ago. The south chancel, dedicated to St. Mary, belongs to the two …