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A History of the County of Worcester
… Brook is about 400 ft. above the ordnance datum; in the west it rises to a height of over 600 ft. The area of the … a mile south-east of the village, and near it on the north-west is the Church House Farm, a picturesque half-timber … north vestry and organ chamber, aisleless nave with west bell gable, and a south porch. It is built in the early …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… is a small rural parish two and a half miles south-west of Stow-on-the-Wold and immediately north of … survived in 1540 20 and gave a name to Gallows piece south-west of the village. 21 The prison in Lower Slaughter for the … in the parish, with roads leading north, south, east, and west from the village, existed in its essentials by 1539, 28 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Swell LOWER SWELL The parish of Lower Swell stretched west from Stowon-the-Wold, covering 2,347 a., and measuring four miles from east to west and about a mile from north to south. The Foss Way … century. 12 The village of Lower Swell lies a short way west of the river and a mile from Stow, on the main road …
A History of the County of Northampton
… on the east side and one in the south gable; two in the west wall are blocked. There is a wide modern opening on the west side. Near the corner of the road to Aldwinkle is a … the date 1731. The rectory house, standing to the south-west of the church, a substantial stone building in …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the War Memorial. Loxley Hall stands close to the church, west of the green, on the road to Wellesbourne. It is largely … road. It is a T-shaped house with the main block facing west and built of lower lias stone, considerably repaired at … lay all round the village, but extended chiefly on its west and south-west sides, the pasture grounds lying close to …
A History of the County of Northampton
… by 15 ft.; south aisle, 9 ft. 6 in. wide; south porch and west tower, 6 ft. 2 in. by 6 ft. 8 in., all these … modern form. The buttresses and part of the walling at the west end of the nave may belong to the 13th-century church, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… east and was transferred to the parish in 1992. 4 In the west the parish boundary is marked by a prehistoric ditch along a ridge, and the west half of the northern boundary is marked by the bank and … part of the boundary with Hampshire follows a dry valley, west of which the boundary with North Tidworth was on its …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the chalk hills immediately rise, both to the east and west, where, though more barren, it yet becomes more healthy. … fell to ruin. It stood in a field by the road side, on the west side leading from Eynsford to Lullingstone, a few rods … architecture, and built with slints and Roman bricks, the west end being chiefly of the latter, several of which have …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Parishes Luton LUTON With The Hamlets Of East And West Hyde, Stopsley, Limbury Cum Biscott, And Leagrave … the crops are wheat, barley, oats, and beans. In East and West Hyde the soil is sandy loam, and the subsoil chalk and … the ground is irregular; the highest point, in the south-west of the parish, is 534 ft. above the ordnance datum; the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… part of the parish, stretching about 5 miles from east to west, and the trunk of the T extending about 4 miles from … 17 A map of c. 1700 shows the woodland in the north-west corner of Lydiard Park to be divided into three distinct … In 1964 the parish was still well-wooded in the north-west with numerous copses, and a thick belt of trees covered …