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A History of the County of Northampton
… chiefly of Oxford clay, but of cornbrash in the north-west, the upper soil being clay. There are here 681 acres of … The chief crops are hay, barley and wheat. In the north-west of the parish where the River Nene separates it from … and tower 9 ft. 8 in. square, surmounted by a spire at the west end of the south aisle. All the above measurements are …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 5 miles from north to south and about 3 miles from east to west. Its southern boundary is mostly formed by the Penmire … largest block of woodland in the parish. A little farther west along Watling Street are Hall End and Holt Hall, and the … out of, or on the site of, the Abbess's Lodgings, west of the cloisters. This mansion was replaced about 1870 …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the abbey is on an hill, about two miles and an half south-west from Dover; a most retired and unfrequented situation. … says, standeth on the toppe of a hille iii litle myles by west and sumwhat by sowth from Dovar. There be white chanons …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… rises to nearly 600 ft. above the ordnance datum in the west of the parish. The main road from Winchester to London passing west of the grounds of Stratton Park rises steadily as it … immediately north and east of the church. Here to the west of the road is West Farm, a rambling old house with a …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… into Portsmouth Harbour from the north. South, east, and west its shores are washed by the tide, while the sides of … above the sea level and consists of two principal streets:West Street on the Fareham road, and the long and straggling … There is a brewery near the junction of Castle Street and West Street, and the manufacture of tobacco-pipes and whiting …
A History of the County of Sussex
… for shutters. Attached to the northern half of the west wall are the remains of a wing which may be medieval but … It is of flint with brick dressings, and the north-west angle remains to some height, traces of 18th-century … in 1427. 45 He was succeeded by his nephew Sir Reynold West, son of his half-sister Joan and Sir Thomas West, 46 who …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… isle and one chancel, having a low pointed tower at the west end, in which hang three bells. At the north-east corner …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Otherwise, with the exception of Bushycommon Wood on the west, the surrounding country is open pasture land. The … the population reside at Sheeplane, a hamlet about a mile west of Potsgrove. Here are Union and Methodist chapels, and … bye-path leads past Whitehouse Farm to a moat in the north-west of the parish. MANORS At the time of the Domesday Survey …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… edge of the Oxford and Kimmeridge Clays of north and mid-west Wilts. 7 The height of the land within the parish varies … (A 360). It is linked by secondary roads to Worton 1 miles west, and Urchfont, 2 miles east. Potterne Wick is mile south … about 200 ft. above sea-level. Bulkington Brook rises in West Lavington, flows north-west through Worton and Marston …
A History of the County of Bedford
… permanent grass. 1 The slope of the land is from north-west to south-east, the greatest height above the sea level … in the east; the lowest point is 129 ft. in the south-west. The greater part of the east and west portions of the parish is arable land. In the south-east …