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A History of the County of Berkshire
… whilst the fir woods with heather extend from the south of the parish for a long distance to Sandhurst and … was planted in 1788. 6 From the manor-house a lane runs south to the church, about a quarter of a mile distant. There … sales in 1871 and 1874 of part of Half Moon Close and Long Moor Common, constituting the endowment of Alice Allwright's …
Magna Britannia
… L, are now the property of Sir Henry Crewe, Bart. Sinfin-moor, a large common 14, on which the Derby races were … Fiennes, eldest son of Richard, the first LordDacre of the south. Gregory Lord Dacre sold this manor in 1570 to Francis …
A History of the County of Surrey
… the curve which the river makes, first north and then south, opposite Hammersmith, and is bounded by it on three … Bridge, which carries the loop line of the London and South Western Railway, opened in 1849, over the Thames. This … the other turning west and running past the church to the south, and the common and pond on the north, down to the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… or High Barnet now includes parts of the parishes of South Mimms and Hadley. New Barnet comprises the … ecclesiastical parish from Chipping Barnet in 1899, 2 and South Mimms Urban parish was constituted in 1894, 3 and … contemporary with the nave arcades, but having lost its drain. The north doorway is in the west bay of the aisle, and …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… 18023. 5 Old lead shafts exist at Spanham on Scargill Low Moor, but no minerals are now worked. The ancient forests in … parishes of Arkengarthdale and Kirkby Ravensworth to the south formerly stretched over nearly all this region, … of the valleys of the Tees and the Greta, the moors to the south and the Durham hills to the north. Tor had a hall at …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Oolite in the north and centre and Oxford Clay in the south-east. The land is mostly under grass, but hay, wheat, … Spinney. There is a considerable amount of woodland in the south-east of Barnwell All Saints and different parts of this … church of ALL SAINTS consisted of chancel, nave, north and south aisles, and tower with broach spire on the south side …
A History of the County of Northampton
… 117 ft. at the church, and an average of 200 ft. east and south-east of the village. A large tract of land in the north … is liable to floods. From Barnwell All Saints on the south a stream flows northwards through the village of … valley opening on to the main valley of the Nene, to the south-east of the earthwork already described, 1 which is …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… parish of Barrington, containing 2,282 a., 1 lies 7 miles south-west of Cambridge. It extends northwards from the river … buildings may have stood on the moated site by the river south of the village, in a close held by the vicar as … uncultivated land left, apart from the Green, was a town moor of 12 a. 169 Common of pasture was exercised in the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… parish of Barrington was in the north of the hundred of South Petherton, with a detached area in Neroche forest lying about 5 miles to the south-west. Although not adjoining South Petherton parish the … part of the parish in Neroche forest, and parts of West moor. Small areas were inclosed and added to the old fields …
A History of the County of Rutland
… in Northants. The village lies about a quarter of a mile south of the main road from Uppingham to Peterborough. A branch road, called the Drift, leads north to South Luffenham, crossing the main road near the northern … obtained a grant of free warren in Barrowden, Morcott and South Luffenham. 29 He was succeeded in 1298 by his son Guy. …