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A History of the County of Surrey
… about 2 miles from north to south and 1 miles from east to west. It contains 1,643 acres, and the population in 1901 was … the east by Caterham, on the south by Blechingley, on the west by Merstham. Although over a large area the chalk is … 'high place 'for both worship and defence. A lane in the west part of the parish, and its continuation near Willey …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… CHALE Cela (xi cent.). Chale, a parish 8 miles south south-west from Newport and some 7 miles west of Ventnor, was established at the beginning of the 12th … year, which is applied for church purposes. The Chale and Brook Shipwreck Fund, founded in or about 1849, consists of …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Inn, a 17th-century house. Stonewell's Farm, to the south-west, is a 16th-century half-timber house, which contains … of two stories. The meeting room is lighted on the west by leaded-light windows with some original glass, and … ft., south aisle 52 ft. 6 in. by 11 ft., south porch, and west tower 12 ft. square. These measurements are all …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 1 There is a detached portion of the parish to the north-west of Chalfont St. Giles. The soil is mixed gravelly loam … main road from Uxbridge to Amersham skirts the park on the west, passing by the almshouses north of the park and … overhanging upper story, to the south of the church on the west side of the road, which may date back to the 16th …
A History of the County of Bedford
… has shifted to the hamlet of Tebworth, a mile to the south-west, where are the vicarage and a mission hall, at which … or about 910 the Danes had extended their territory to the west of the boundary assigned them by Alfred and Guthruin's … north aisle 12 ft. wide, a south aisle 11 ft. wide, and a west tower about 16 ft. square. The oldest work in the church …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… from north to south, is about two miles, and from east to west, a mile and an half. The southern part of it is very … it, on which, at the western boundary, is the village of West Chalk, usually called Chalk-street, where the road … reign. That year, the king granted this manor to George Brook, lord Cobham, to hold in capite by knights service. 2 …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of coppice-wood; great part of that on the north and west parts being called Longbeech-wood, which contains about … whom it was laid into Eastwell park. The house is on the west side of the avenue leading from Challock lees to … of three isles, a high and a north chancel, having at the west end a tower steeple embattled, with a beacon turret at …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… north to the widely-stretching Ditcham Woods, and on the west towards Windmill Hill, while the road which joins the … place-names survive in Chalton. Netherley Farm Buildings, west of South Lane, mark the site of copyhold land called … shops, constituting the older part of the village. On the west side is the Congregational chapel, originally erected in …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… pounds. On the scite of this manor, close on the north-west side of the church-yard, the archbishops had a palace, … alias Royton-heath. ACTON is an estate, lying in the north-west part of this parish, in the borough of its own name, … having a small beacon turret at one corner, is at the west end. There is only one bell in it. This tower was begun …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Charlbury CHARLBURY Charlbury 1 lies 15 miles north-west of Oxford on the River Evenlode, and roughly 7 miles … followed the River Evenlode and its tributary the Coldron Brook on the west and north, an ancient road called, in the 18th century, …