Search
A History of the County of Bedford
… with an area of 2,902 acres, is situated 8 miles north-west of Bedford. The slope of the ground is from north-west, where the highest point attained is 346 ft. above … the south of this road is North End Farm, whilst further west on the opposite side stands Odell Rectory. Beyond the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… side of a wide road called High Street, running east and west. At its eastern end the road branches into two, one of … Heath, and through Hook to Reading. Another branch leads west to Greywell, and the third is the high road to Alton. … The Prioryso mis-calledformerly the rectory, stands at the west end of the town, on the north side of the road at the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… village 3 miles east of Leamington Spa. On the north and west it is bounded by the river Leam, and on the south by a … 1 The Fosse Way crosses the parish diagonally from south-west to northeast, being a metalled road throughout its … Aylesford, occupies a large loop in the river Leam in the west. The ground rises from 175 ft. above sea level near the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Little Offley. The latter is about 1 miles to the north-west of Great Offley, which is in the centre of the parish. … The house called Little Offley, lying 2 miles to the north-west of the church, is a two-storied brick house of the H … consists of a chancel, nave and aisles, south porch and west tower. The nave and aisles belong to the original church …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… of the same date in the vicinity. Whitwell Farm, to the west of the road, further north. was probably rebuilt in the … aisle (44 ft. by 8 ft.), south aisle (38 ft. by 8 ft.), west tower (10 ft. by 10 ft.), and modern south porch. The … two similar windows and a doorway of the same date. The west wall has no window. The early 16thcentury roof is of …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… Daynes (xvii cent.) The parish lies low, the land in the west along the banks of the Ouse being liable to floods, but … the east side of the river Ouse. The church stands on the west side of the village, separated from the river by the … 3 The east front was rebuilt in the 18th century, and the west front has been partly refaced. The house contains good …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of time; if so, the family of Tresse, so long settled at West Malling and this place, might very probably be a branch … which extend from hence for near two miles, as far as West Peckham and Mereworth. It is commonly said that Jack …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Ogbourne St. Andrew, 2, 180 ha. (5,387 a.), stretches west from the river Og across the downs north of Marlborough … and along its valley. 3 Most of the lands of Ogbourne west of the river became part of Ogbourne St. Andrew, known … Temple Bottom and Dean Bottom and then turns sharply north-west to Hackpen Hill. East of the hill fort called Barbury …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… flows southward to the boundary with Ogbourne St. Andrew. West of the river the land rises to Coombe Down and Smeathe's Ridge. The ridge forms the south-west boundary for 3 km. and the highest point in the parish, … Bottom at the eastern extremity of the parish. North and west of the source of the Og the land is almost flat and lies …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… The arable and pasture land is for the most part in the west of the parish; the woodland, Upper and Lower Lanham … Old Alresford Park stretches to the east, in the north-west of which stands Old Alresford House, best known to fame … by the middle of the nineteenth century. Manor Farm lies west of the village, and still further west, near the Itchen …