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A History of the County of York North Riding
… Swale and extends into three wapentakes, Hang East, Hang West and Gilling West. The river, which flows from west to east through the parish, divides its townships into …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… acres of clay land. The ground rises from the Ellington Brook, forming the northern boundary of the parish, where it … Indications of a homestead moat, a little to the south-west of the church, possibly mark the site of the manor … but has been remodelled and rebuilt. A little south-west of the church are Methodist and Baptist chapels and the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Caxton CAXTON The ancient parish of Caxton lies 11 miles west of Cambridge and 7 miles east of St. Neots (Hunts.). It … over 200 ft. in the north to under 150 ft. at the Bourn brook, and then rising again gently towards Longstowe. A number of small brooks, mostly flowing from the west, and two dry denes, form small lateral valleys. The land …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… small chapel of St. Leonard, of which only the north and west walls remain. The chapel adjoins the house and has a west window of Renaissance character with a central arched … The hamlet of High and Middle Deepdale is at the north-west corner of the parish and just beyond the boundary. …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Court, to the north of which was an ancient tithe barn. West of the village is Hillend, and about half a mile south-west of the church is Newhall, a large brick building of … at one time the residence of the Buckle family. 3 Newhall Brook flows from Poolhay in Eldersfield past Newhall, and …
A History of the County of Worcester
… 2,247 pasture and 242 woodland. 1 The Elmley or Doverdale Brook, which rises in Belbroughton, flows through the south … and cottages of various dates. The church stands on the west side at the south end of the village. In the churchyard … on the north side of the Bromsgrove road to the south-west of the church is the Lodge, the residence of Mr. James …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… above the ordnance datum, while the lowest, at the south-west corner of the parish, is 370 ft. No railway runs through the parish, the nearest station being at West Shefford, on the Lambourn Valley branch of the Great … and the doorway are modern. The house was enlarged on the west side in 1796, when 'a large heap of earth was removed …
A History of the County of Warwick
… corner, and the highest, about 422 ft. in the west of the parish near its northern boundary. The parish is … SAINTS consists of a chancel, nave, north transept, and a west tower. The nave is of mid-12th-century origin and … was refaced externally, and buttresses were added. The west tower is a 17th-century addition or rebuilding, and the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… lies 2 miles northeast of Chard and nearly 3 miles south-west of Ilminster, and had an area of 1,106 a. in 1901. 1 It … south, and between 1 mile and less than mile from east to west. It is bounded on the north by Knowle St. Giles and … freehold of Chaffcombe manor by Joan, widow of Sir Thomas Brook, at her death in 1437. 102 It was inherited by her son …
A History of the County of Sussex
… London to Lewes at the eastern side of the common. To the west of the cross-roads is St. Mary's Church (a chapel of … Common. From the middle of North Common roads run south-west to Wivelsfield Green, and south past Godley's Green to … south from North Common, with Bineham in its park on the west side of it, through the main part of the village, with …