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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… century. 3 It lies east-west and is crossed from north to south by the Christchurch Avon. It contains six settlements … extremities a prehistoric ditch marks the boundary with South Tidworth (Hants until 1992) on Dunch Hill on the east, … Bourne valley further east was turnpiked in 1835. North-south roads linked the villages on each bank of the Avon. …
A History of the County of Warwick
… west by two small streams running respectively north and south from the high ground ( c. 560 ft.) near Blaber's Hall … rectangular block between two small roads on the north and south, linked by a third on the west. The old parish boundary … Brook for a short distance and then north-east over Corley Moor to Red Hill and up Savage's Lane. The village lies …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Edward St. John, and another in 1913, and North Court, South Court, Wyse Hill and Hill Rise have also been erected. … of the backwater of which can still be traced on the south of the stream. CHURCH The church of ST. JAMES consists … and of three lights under a traceried square head; to the south of it is a modern round-headed recess, below which …
A History of the County of Northampton
… consists of chancel 51 ft. by 21 ft., north and south transeptal chapels 31 ft. by 16 ft., clearstoried nave of four bays 80 ft. by 20 ft. 6 in., north and south aisles about 14 ft. 6 in. wide, 123 south porch, and west tower 14 ft. 10 in. by 13 ft. 6 in., …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… in Constable Burton in 1340. 4 The water-mill to the south-east of the village is still in use. On the high road … Studdah, said to have been once a village. 5 Some distance south-east of Constable Burton and near Akebar, which now … rough-cast, but the structure may be of 17th-century date. South of the village is the glebe. Manors In the time of …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… which runs the road from Great Marlow to Oxford in the south-west. The parish is well-wooded, containing some 206 … of Fingest is picturesquely situated in a hollow in the south-west of the parish surrounded by steep hills covered … probably of the 18th century. The church of ST. MARY-LE-MOOR, Cadmore End, built in 1851, is a small building of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 400 feet and falls to about 300 at the Ouse. Except in the south, where there are several plantations, Finmere, Grassy, … council houses borders the Tingewick road to the south. Two houses on the outskirts of the village are of … a twostory building. Finmere House with its 18th-century south front of brick dates from about 1600 and is T-shaped. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Fittleton FITTLETON Unlike its north and south neighbours, Fittleton does not lie across the Avon, but … the valley to the plain is fairly gentle except in the south-west corner of the parish where the slope forms an … the tithings of Fittleton in the north and Haxton in the south. The two settlements, which adjoin and make a single …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Fladdebir (xiii cent.). The parish of Fladbury lies in the south-east of the county between Evesham and Pershore and was … 2 of which 1,573 acres lie in Fladbury, 1,368 in Hill and Moor, 1,522 in Throckmorton, 381 in Wyre Piddle, 1,151 in … is the village of Fladbury. A bridge over the Avon to the south of the village, erected in commemoration of the 1897 …
A History of the County of Hertford
… north and west down to the valley of the River Ver on the south-east. The chalk subsoil yields good crops of wheat, … in 1669 on the north. The fourth side is open towards the south. In the extreme north-east of the parish the hamlet of … some fine oak beams and a panelled parlour. Half a mile south of the church is Trowley Bottom, a hamlet of some size …