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A History of the County of Hertford
… inserted into an earlier building. St. Leonard's, on the south side of the church, was formerly the vicarage. It was … Mr. Abel Smith in 1857. Chapmore End, another hamlet, lies south-west of Tonwell. Near Chapmore End is the Lammas land … of stone now forming the sill allows the old grooved water drain to be seen. On the north side of the chancel are two …
A History of the County of Hertford
… north to meet another branch from the Walkern road, and south towards Hebing End and Whempstead. No railway passes … the parish, the nearest station being Knebworth, 4 miles south-west. The subsoil is chalk and clay. There are many … 2. Hugh Dodd and others, consisting of two closes called Moor's Closes, containing 10 acres, let at 12 a year, …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Whitacre, forms a narrow strip 3 miles from north-east to south-west by about a mile broad. It stands high, being … said to mark the site of Bentley Manor House. One mile due south of this is the ruined chapel of the Holy Trinity, which … 1640). 2 Only the east wall and a little of the north and south walls are standing, the remainder being entirely …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of Bentworth Hall stands on rising ground some way to the south. Bentworth Lodge, originally called Binstead Hill, is I … corner of the parish. Wivelrod, also a hamlet, in the south-east, is mentioned as early as 1259, in which year … shafts with plainly-moulded capitals and bases, and the drain, which is circular on plan and projected from the …
A History of the County of Worcester
… is on the border of Warwickshire, which bounds it on the south and east. The road from Bromsgrove to Henley in Arden runs west to east across the south of the parish, meeting the road from Birmingham to … eastern boundary. The Icknicld Street runs from north to south through Beoley, to the west of the Birmingham Road, and …
A History of the County of Warwick
… The Blythe forms the western boundary of the parish as far south as Bradnocks 2 Marsh Mill; the boundary then runs east … the course of which it follows approximately, running south-east, to Blackhales Farm; 3 then northeast to Burton … north of the centre of the parish where the road running south from Meriden is crossed by one from Hockley to the …
A History of the County of Surrey
… west, by Rotherhithe on the east and by Camberwell on the south. The river frontage extends only from St. Saviour's … the City until the Tower Bridge Road was opened. Now the South Eastern and Chatham railway lines to London Bridge run … fireworks and the price of admission was 1 s. 39 They were south of Spa Road close to the spot where it is crossed by …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Netherberowe, Netherbury (xvi cent.). This parish, in the south-west of the county on its western border, covers an … lying, being only 50 ft. above the ordnance datum on the south-eastern boundary, but the land rises to the western … much earlier period. Berrow Court, near the church to the south-west, has been pulled down and a modern brick cottage …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the soil is in general a deep sand, though towards the south-west part it partakes of the quarry rock, and on the south side of the Lenham river a black moorish soil of fertile meadow ground. This river parts it towards the south from Osham, another smaller stream, which rises near …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… parish, 8.5 km. from east to west, crossed from north to south by the river Till. In the 11th century, when the Till … 7 The parish also had a detached part, 33 a., c. 2.5 km. south of Berwick St. James church: 8 it was transferred to … on its present course in 1773. Where it crossed the river south of the church a new bridge was built after its …