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A History of the County of Hertford
… and is surrounded by its own common arable fields. To the south is Cromer Farm, a timber and plaster house on a brick … End, a considerable hamlet in the timbered district in the south of the parish, contains the modern church of St. Alban, … apparently date from the 17th century. The manor-house of Moor Hall, now converted into a farm, is about a mile north …
A History of the County of Sussex
… a hill in the centre of the parish, at a height of 398 ft. South of it the ground slopes down to the Ouse Valley, with … down. At the bottom, at a level of 125 ft., in the extreme south of the parish, is the station, on the branch line of … road ran through the centre of the parish from north to south. The ground rises all the time to the north of the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… The Ridgeway runs along the whole ridge of downs on the south side of the valley. Another road, which has the ancient … was the historian of Wantage Hundred. In the churchyard south of the church is the base and shaft of an old cross. A … piscina with a moulded hood, shelf and circular drain. The 13th-century arch to the south chapel is of two …
A History of the County of Oxford
… pasture: the part near Aves Ditch was known as the 'great moor' in 1685 7 and in the 19th century as the Great Heath. 8 … Furze and Heath Ground, while Pearson's Heath lay in the south, west of the Brackley road, and Margrett's Heath and Little Heath lay in the south-east corner. 9 But by the early 19th century this land …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Bewdley to Worcester runs through the parish from north to south. The village, which is somewhat scattered, contains … three-storied stone house of the late 18th century. On the south front is a central portico with Ionic columns, which … residence of Mr. Edward Alfred Broome, F.R.G.S., is to the south of the church. Walshe Farm, on the south side of the …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… is Yoredale Rocks (with the two exceptions of Hurst Moor and a tract bordering on Dam Rig, which are composed of … a road crosses the Arkle and proceeds over Hope Moor to Barnard Castle. The parish now comprises the villages … to have made unauthorized inclosures on Arkengarthdale Moor. 14 A Wesleyan chapel at Langthwaite was erected in …
A History of the County of Bedford
… The parish is watered by the River Hiz, forming the south-western boundary, and by a smaller tributary on the … H. Carter), the only large house in the parish. At the south end of the long village street is the new church of St. Andrew. The land slopes slightly from south to north, and is well timbered. At the north end of the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Nuneaton, bounded on the north by Ansley, east by Astley, south and south-west by Fillongley, and on the north-west by Over … but the main settlement is now at Gun Hill in the south-east, where the Arley Colliery Co., Ltd., the principal …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… (xvi, xvii cent.). The village of Arreton lies under the south slope of the down of the same name, 4 miles, by road, … divided in 1894 into the two civil parishes of North and South Arreton, 2 and four years later part of South Arreton … small holdings are Blacklands, Duxmore, Fulford, Lyn, Moor, Rat and Stone. MANORS ARRETON was held before the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wetherley hundred and lies on Ermine Street about 10 miles south-west of Cambridge. 1 It is long, narrow, and … shape and contains 1,407 a. The parish is bounded on the south by the river Cam or Rhee and on the east by Ermine … half of the parish lies on the gault. Four small streams drain the parish, running eastwards down the scarp: the most …