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A History of the County of Hertford
… Berkhampstead (xvii cent.). Northchurch lies to the north-west of Great Berkhampstead and borders that parish on the east and west sides. There is a strong probability that before the end … Magdalene's Chapel are found near Rossway to the south-west of the village, and considerable remains of the …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Its site, somewhat difficult of access, is about a mile west of Selly Oak station and close to the northern boundary … by a large and deep moat fed by a small stream on the west. The Birmingham and Worcester Canal skirts its northern … 51 ft. by 23 ft., north and south aisles, south porch, and west tower 15 ft. by 15ft. These measurements are all …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of it has a strong mixture of gravel with it. The north west part of the parish is a low marsh, frequently overflowed … large isles and a large chancel; it has a tower at the west end, which was built in 1717. Among other monuments and …
A History of the County of Bedford
… point above the ordnance datum being 205 ft. in the west, the lowest 74 ft. in the north. The soil is clay and … Biggleswade, 3 miles off. The village of Northill in the west of the parish is comparatively small; the fine church of … in., north and south aisles, each 9 ft. 5 in. wide, and a west tower 14 ft. square. It is a beautiful and dignified …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… lying on the hill-side sloping down to the river from the west, meeting the cottages and houses of Swarraton, among … not what long months or years.' 2 Apart from the north-west corner of the parish, which includes a part of … Swarraton, late the inheritance of Ambrose Tichborne of West Tisted to William Waller of Stoke Charity, saving only …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… administration. The ancient parish was bounded on the west by the Roman Foss way, which was recorded there as the … Foss the north-east boundary follows field boundaries and, west of Farmington village, the ramparts of a hill fort … with Eastington; a small part of Hampnett on the west side of the Foss way, including a former prison, was …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 12 in the other arable area of the parish to the south-west of the Somerton road, were parts of a second open arable … were called Conygar Lane in the 19th century; further west it is known as South Mead drove. 18 There is much … occupation in the parish including many burials to the west of the village. 19 As a suburb largely dependent on the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Cement Manufacturers have large works on the Medina at the West Medina Mills, and there are brickworks at Hillis … century. 4 The parish has a long seaboard as the north-west boundary, which includes the bays of Thorness and … before 1539. 14 Leland speaks of forts both at East and West Cowes, 15 but the former had become a ruin by the 17th …
A History of the County of Hertford
… flow into the Ivel. On slightly higher ground to the west is the old village of Norton. The chief houses are … or the Rectory Farm and Willbury Farm, both in the south-west, were the only dwellings in Norton. But in 1903 the … the shady old village by the road which leads south-west, the other aspect of Norton presents itself. On all …
A History of the County of Durham
… south-east to join the Tees. Blakiston is in the north-west of the parish and Hardwick in the west; between them lie Middlefield and Howden. Ouston Moor is in the south-west corner, Newham and Ragworth lie near the southern …