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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… formed an inverted U; its short western arm extended 5 km. south from the top of White Sheet Hill, its broader eastern … 7 The watershed of the Ebble and the Nadder extends south from White Sheet Hill across the western part of the … ridges and dry valleys. The steepest valleys are south facing coombs south of the east-west ridge, Rotherley …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 2 In 1934 the transfer to Hindon of 230 a. in its south-west corner reduced it from 1,144 a. (463 ha.) to 370 … then it was shaped like an hourglass, 3 km. from north to south, 1.5 km. wide at the north and south ends, with a waist of less than 1 km. a little south of …
A History of the County of Worcester
… lies mainly along the Severn Stoke Road, and is in the south of the parish. St. Peter's Church, described by … oriel window and a gable with a cusped barge-board. To the south of the doorway the windows, of 17th-century date, have … or 17th-century window retaining its old glazing. In the south wing is a much damaged Jacobean fireplace, and several …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… boundary of the parish. Its grounds are skirted on the south-east side by the high road from Faringdon to Oxford. … quadrangle, with an L-shaped wing projecting towards the south. Traces of stone foundations 8 are still visible on the … capital of a 12th-century column with a square abacus and drain hollowed in the centre. There is no chancel arch, but …
A History of the County of Surrey
… on the Hill, on the east by Buckland and Reigate, on the south by Leigh, on the west by Dorking. It measures 4 miles from north to south, and 2 miles from east to west, and contains 3,713 … by the River Mole, which runs in a circuitous course from south-east to northwest; and the Gadbrook, a tributary of the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of the grandest apartments are composed of it. On the south-east side of Bull-green is a house, which has been for … THE MANOR OF LOVELACE is situated at a very small distance south-westward from the church. It was in early times the … of Milton, Rochester, and Malling, in this county. The south chancel is called the Lovelace chancel, in which …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and chancel, both which are kept uncommonly neat. Over the south door is a circular arch with a zig-zag moulding. Under …
Magna Britannia
… parliament, passed in 1811. An act for inclosing Highstone moor or common in this parish, passed in 1814. The church of … BOWNESS, in Cumberland ward, lies on the sea-coast, on the south side of Solway Frith, about fourteen miles from …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… to it, by his will, to Jacob Sawbridge, late one of the South Sea Directors. He died in 1748, and was succeeded in … by Mr. Benjamin Huntington, vicar, about 1705. On the south side of the chancel is a consessionary, consisting of … are the following monuments and inscriptions: In the south isle, a mural monument for John Styleman, esq. of …
A History of the County of Warwick
… between Coleshill on the north and Hampton-in-Arden on the south. The Old Chester Road from Warwick to Birmingham forms … the Whitacre and Hampton branch line passes through the south-east corner of the parish by Middle Bickenhill. A road … the houses in the parish are of some interest. The Croft, south-west of the church, retains a little of its …