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A History of the County of Hertford
… reaches a height of 402 ft. near Ashendene in the extreme south of the parish. A small stream which rises near Ashen … leading to Hertingfordbury on the north and Northaw on the south. The village smithy, the school, the vicarage and the … Stocking Lane, which is an old road running north-west and south-east through the parish. Opposite the school is a large …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Rea. Shakenhurst Brook, a tributary of the Rea, forms its south-western boundary, and the Mill Brook, which flows into Shakenhurst Brook, bounds it on the south. Tanner's Brook forms the eastern boundary. The parish … grass, and 221 acres woods and plantations. 1 In the south-east of the parish is Clows Top, a modern flourishing …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… The ground rises from 241 ft. above ordnance datum in the south to 378 ft. about the centre of the parish, from where … under the Local Government Act of 1894. 3 It lies slightly south of the station on the main line of the Great Western … the western Wycombe End, while the road going north and south is to the north of the crossing called Aylesbury End …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Wawen and Langley, on the east by Snitterfield, and on the south and west by Aston Cantlow. The western boundary is … in the north-west at Bearley Cross to about 370 ft. at the south-east corner of the parish, and is open except along its … close to Bearley station, opened in 1860. 2 A little south of the Cross and the station a road runs south-east …
A History of the County of Warwick
… map of 1724; there was also a ford. Two houses on the south side of the street, one of which is called 'Manor … walls, a fine chancel arch, and a doorway now in the south wall and much restored. The only obvious addition is the 15th-century west tower; it was built almost wholly south of the original axis of the nave, into which its …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… 5 His descendant, Sir Ingelram, or Ingram Bruin, knt. of South Okendon, in Essex, died possessed of this manor and the … and Humphry Tyrelle Squires, touching the manors of South Wokington, in Essex, and Bekengham, in Kent, which late … called Langley-house, the park, and also the north and south isles of the parish church of Beckenham, to Hugh …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the 625 ft. contour on Bredon Hill, Bengrove in the south-west reached the 600 ft. contour on Oxenton Hill, and Didcot in the south-east lay on the lower slopes of Dumbleton Hill. The … particularly in areas of old inclosure near Didcot Farm, south-west of Grafton village, and east of Beckford Cross. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the inclosure of Otmoor in 1829 when 1,037 acres of the moor were added to the ancient parish of Beckley. 4 No … same style as the rest of the house. Fine yews flank the south front; an 18th-century stable block and large walled … in, and carried upwards to vents under the eaves. The south front is approached by a double-arched stone bridge …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… in recent years the development has been chiefly to the south along the Ripon Road and on the slope east of the … Bar, where the great Roman road runs north over Aiskew Moor in the north-east corner of the parish. The railway, … a separate parish. It enters Great Crakehall at the south of the square green round which the village is built. …
A History of the County of Surrey
… lies on the Thanet Sands, and the parish extends on the south over the chalk downs and northwards on to the London … the site of the manor of Bandon, is about half a mile south of Beddington Park, on the Downs. The cemetery for … seem to have been scientifically explored in recent days. South of Hackbridge there were remains of a Roman villa and …