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A History of the County of Hampshire
… are woodland. 1 The north of the parish, through the north-west corner of which runs the Roman road from Winchester to … centre of the south. Further south, running from east to west, is the railway line of the Alton branch of the London … Charles Fryer, M.P., as it enters the parish from the west. The house of Worthy Park, a fine mansion of white …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… This parish lies in the valley of the Ure on the south-west border of the North Riding. The ecclesiastical parish, … woods and plantations. 3 Nutwith and Roomer Common, south-west of Masham, covers about 260 acres. An award for … of the 17th century. Streets run north and south from the west end of the square, the former leading to a stone bridge …
A History of the County of Essex
… in that parish in 1883. 2 In 1955 the area was extended west to include part of Harlow parish, bringing the total … medieval origin, at Carter's Green and Matching Tye, south-west of the church, and at Newman's End, north-west of the church. 10 There has been little building since …
A History of the County of Worcester
… cent.). The Worcestershire part of Mathon, now known as West Malvern, forms a parish on the west side of the Malvern Hills. Mathon was formerly partly in … Urban, and the whole was renamed the civil parish of West Malvern. 3 West Malvern is still in the registration …
A History of the County of Bedford
… stands picturesquely on the south of the main road at the west end of the village opposite the road from Haynes, while … ft., north aisle 12 ft. wide, south aisle 16 ft. wide and west tower 10 ft. square. The whole church with the exception … is 14th-century work with angle buttresses and a small west window of two trefoiled lights, under which is a …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 230; 1921, 260; 1931, 259. The parish is divided on the west from Coleshill by the River Blythe as far north as … rises gently from Maxstoke Park and Duke End on the west at about 250 ft. to about 330 ft. at the church in the … (northeast), 'Dairy' (south-east), and 'Kitchen' (south-west). The gatehouse is of three stories. Its inner wall is …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the broad and shallow valley of the river Brue 5 km. north-west of Glastonbury. The parish was irregular in shape and … roughly 6 km. from north to south and 8 km. from east to west at its widest point. Settlement comprised Meare, … Oxenpill, and Stileway in the centre, Westhay to the west, Godney to the north-east, and Marchey farm in the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… the south side and a road crossing the parish from east to west connects the village with Wilby and Sywell. Two gabled … arch. The house was enlarged about 1720 on the west side, but the buildings then erected were pulled down in … the grounds, with terrace and fish-ponds, remains on the west side, and the stables are dated 1647. To the east, on …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… south of the parish and 446 ft. near Holywick in the north-west. The soil is chalk, flint and clay and the chief crops … which is fortified by a rampart and ditch, and on the west side by an advanced rampart; there are several old … a ditch with inner and outer ramparts; the defences on the west side are almost effaced, and on the south side the steep …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… high country which rises north-east of Alresford and south-west of Alton, and slopes down towards the north-west to Preston Candover. Generally speaking the land of the … ordnance datum is near the village, which lies more to the west than the north. The main road from Winchester to Alton …