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Magna Britannia
… the east division of the hundred of Powder, lies one mile west-south-west from St. Austell, which is the post-office town, and … the hundred of Powder, lies about nine miles south-south-west of St. Austell, about four eastsouth-east from Tregony, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… parish of Michelmersh is on high ground which falls in the west to the Test valley. North and north-east are wide … of woodland covering about 520 acres, while in the west near the more fertile valley is the pasture land of … distance over Timsbury and Braishfield; and away to the west, beyond the glittering Test, the village of Mottisfont …
A History of the County of Surrey
… 21 miles from London. It measures about 3 miles east and west and 2 miles from north to south, and contains 2,825 … picturesque (see Frontispiece of Vol. II). On the west side the well-wooded slopes of Norbury Park rise in … mark part of the track which, leaving the main east and west road, called in modern times 'The Pilgrim's Way,' near …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… is chiefly limestone. There is a vein of lead in the north-west, and the Braithwaite lead mine stands just within the … of Celtic type. From here roads lead north, east and west. In the middle of the upper or swine market is an oblong … in 1889, only the stables remaining, stood at the south-west corner of the swine market. Middleham House, just south …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… the whole of this area, besides parts of the townships of West Acklam, Marton, Normanby and Ormesby, is now included in … four streetsNorth Street, South Street, East Street and West Streetrun at right angles to one another, and the … They are entered by a channel from the river, and on the west are approached by the North Eastern railway, which …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1931, 452. The parish of Middleton, 3 miles from east to west and 2 miles from north to south, is bounded on the north … and Warwickshire. To its east lies Kingsbury, and on the west it is divided from Sutton Coldfield by Collets Brook and Langley Brook, which unite not far from the south-west angle of the parish to flow through the large Middleton …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… and Saltergate Moor were inclosed by award of 1872. 16 West Gill and North Gill rise over 1,300 ft. above the … opposite being a field known as Nun's Garth. North-west of Middleton is Cropton. The village is of some size and … 500 ft. high on the moors, the ground sloping towards the west. It is built about lanes which curve from one another …
A History of the County of Durham
… south-east; the adjacent parishes are Low Dinsdale on the west, Haughton le Skerne and Long Newton on the north, and … Convalescent Home, originally founded about 1894. To the west of it is the Tower Hill, the site of an ancient … both sides of the brook formerly known as Hart Burn, are West Hartburn, Goosepool and Oak Tree; this last takes its …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Stoney is a parish of 1,853 acres, bounded on the west by the Aves Ditch, 1 and on the east by the Gagle Brook, … the past been obtained. The parish is crossed from east to west by the road from Lower Heyford to Bicester, and from … 19th century the nucleus of the village lay to the south-west of the Lower HeyfordBicester road, in the vicinity of …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… houses have a very picturesque effect, particularly at the west end, where the houses on each side have small gardens … gable lights. Moulton Hall, Middleton Tyas One mile north-west of the village is Kneeton Hall, now a farm-house, a … and large stone-built chimneys. The southern gable and the west or back of the house have some mullioned and transomed …