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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the parish, which is but of moderate extent from east to west; above the church the lands are poor and heathy, where …
Magna Britannia
… yet been made. The great tithes of Allonby, Mealrigg, and West-Newton, belong by purchase to the land-owners. The … the property of Mr. William Glaister. The manor of West-Newton, was given by Alan, second Lord of Allerdale, to … Boustead-hill, Long-Burgh, Moorhouse, and West-end. The total number of houses in the parish in 1811, …
A History of the County of Bedford
… attained above the ordnance datum is 222 ft. in the south-west, the lowest 109 ft. in the south. The River Ouse bounds … The soil is fertile, but various, red and sandy in the west and clay in the south, where there is good grazing land. … road through the parish enters at the south and runs north-west, passing on to Stevington. The village of Bromham is …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Bromham BROMHAM The parish of Bromham lies 4 miles north-west of Devizes and the same distance south-west of Calne. On the west it borders on Melksham Without, … and Wansdyke. There are four lakes formed by the Chittoe brook which rises in the park and which fords a minor road …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of it stands the town of Bromley, having the church on the west side of it. It is built on each side of the high road … spring seems to be about north-north-east and south-south-west, from its aperture; its opening is towards the latter, … the eastern part appearing much the most antient. At the west end is a tower, in which hang five tuneable bells. Among …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… site of an early fortification 8; it is protected on the west by a large pool. The whole village is well wooded, and … is Malpas, 10 while in a similar position in the south-west is the Low Hall, an old building largely remodelled in … the main Pickering and Scarborough road about 1 miles west of Brompton. The church stands by the road, but the Hall …
A History of the County of Somerset
… km. north to south and between 3.5 km. and 4 km. east to west. Most of the western, northern, and eastern boundaries … iron ore. 119 A mine was opened at Yeanon, in the north-west corner of the parish, in 1872 and an engine installed. A … district from 1894 until 1974 when it became part of the West Somerset district. 142 CHURCH. The church at Brompton …
A History of the County of Worcester
… were transferred to Upton Warren. 3 The Spadesbourne brook, rising in the Lickey Hills, flows south-west through the parish, and passing through the centre of … angle are buttresses of two offsets and at the south-west is a doorway with a chamfered twocentred segmental head …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Parishes Brook BROOK Broc (xi and xii cent.); Broke, La Brouke, Brok (xiv cent.). Brook was at one time claimed as part of Freshwater. 1 The … dividing arch, a north chapel and a small tower. In the west wall is a 14th-century window, and the original tower …
A History of the County of Rutland
… forms the boundary between Brooke and Braunston, its north-west neighbour. The highest land, some 500 ft. above Ordnance … the road or path from the south divides, one branch going west and then north to Oakham, and another east and … the south bank of the river about half a mile to the north-west of the village. The site was bought by Andrew Noel in …