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A History of the County of Worcester
… of the river which divides it from Birlingham on the south-west. The rest of the southern boundary is formed by the Mary … Avon. The high road to Upton upon Severn branches south-west from the High Street and passes through St. Andrew's … to the south-east of Worcester, being bounded on the west by the Severn and extending as far south as Strensham. 3 …
A History of the County of Bedford
… on high ground with a manse attached. Chadwell End is west of the village, and Green End is in the south of the … 16 ft. 10 in. wide, a north aisle 14 ft. 2 in. wide, and a west tower 11 ft. 10 in. by 10 ft. 5 in. In the 12th century … windows on the south heightened and the south porch and west tower and spire built. The east half of the chancel with …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of Hampshire. Some two and a half miles to the south-west is Butser Hill (889 ft.), the highest point in the … away eastward in a long line, while on the north-west, at much closer range, the steep wooded slopes of Stoner … side is the main road to Winchester, joined a little way west of the town by the road to Alresford. The importance of …
A History of the County of Surrey
… and by the erection of smaller wings against the east and west ends with a frontage to the south. The length of the … was ruled by the pre-existing stair-hall, but the south-west wing was made larger to include a secondary stair-hall. … niches with busts of Roman emperors, &c., and two in the west wing are of Charles I and Charles II. The 18th-century …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… owner of it. SAPINGTON is a manor, situated in the north-west part of this parish, which was formerly the inheritance … and one chancel, having a square flat tower at the south-west corner, in which are six bells. The church is very neat …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… consists mainly of two parallel streets running east and west; both Hungate to the south and the market-place to the … on the east side of Castlegate is Pickering Hall. At the west end of the market-place the beck is crossed by a stone … 208 Edward grandson of Sir Henry Baynton, Sir Thomas Dereham, bart., and Elizabeth his wife (eldest daughter and …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… by the River Swale, and by Leeming Lane on the south-west. The subsoil of the parish is Keuper Marl, except in the … 100 ft. above ordnance datum, but rising towards the south-west to 125 ft.; it has little woodland, Pickhill Wood to the … the green, though some extend south along the road and west across the railway by a level crossing. The church …
A History of the County of Rutland
… and another road called the Drift running east and west through the parish and joining the Great North Road at … well-defined ridges in a grass field about 400 yds. north-west of the church. Blore in 1811 states that the site was … been found in excavations. About a quarter of a mile south-west of the village on the Casterton road is Top Pickworth, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… that town to Lewes passed over the brow of Lodge Hill, west of the village, by a deep bostal. On the brow of the … early-17th-century date in the village. Half a mile north-west is the manor-house of Deans, a large late-16th-century … stone dressings. The building lies south-east to north-west, the former being the upper end. The original entrance …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 600 ft. on Muswell Hill to the south. It is bounded on the west by the road from Brill to Bicester, with Piddington Wood forming an outpost to the west of the road; farther north the boundary leaves the road, cutting across country to the north-west to join the River Ray, which it follows to Blackthorn …