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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… and farm . . . of the Turberviles'; the latter could be East Farm, now wholly modern. The date-stone of 1670 remarked … Whitechurch. (19) Combs Ditch. Cross-section near East Down Plantation. The dyke consists of a bank with a … a maximum of 7 ft. above the present ditch-bottom E. of East Down Plantation. The ditch varies in width from 16 ft. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… acres. There are two very intricate entrances, that at the east end being defended by five, and that at the west end by … has been erected, and the building is ornamented with an east window of stained glass. Winterbourne Dantsey or Dannery …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… large open fields: West (75 acres), Middle (95 acres) and East Fields (84 acres) and Loscombe, a smaller open field to … field system was once larger. It extended S. and E. of East Field, S. of Middle Field and N. of the village in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Skipton; containing 140 inhabitants. It is situated on the east side of the Aire, and intersected by a tributary of that … was formerly of considerable importance; about half a mile east of it, stood the town Ad Abum, which, according to … and S. divisions of Wilts; containing 838 inhabitants. East Winterslow is 7 miles (N. E. by E.), and West Winterslow …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyeston, a township, in the parish of Clayworth, union of East Retford, North-Clay division of the wapentake of … and consists of a nave, chancel, and south aisle, at the east end of which is a sepulchral chapel; there are monuments … Clitheroe: the village is distant about a mile north-north-east from the village of Whalley. The extension of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… is very near the north-west corner and those of Murrow (East and West) are just outside on the south. Some of the … and the landward counterpart to the old sea bank on the east side of Leverington. Fendyke protected the whole … rebuilt. In 1895 the nave roof was reconstructed and an east window inserted in the blocked chancel arch. This arch …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the church and village on the firm silt land at the north-east end, just behind the 'Roman Bank'. The alterations made … suggests that the property lay near Needham Hall in the east of the parish, south of Old Field. The property was … of the chancel which is slated. The chancel has a modern east window of five lights and there are angle buttresses of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… sale may have been occasioned by his being drafted to the East Indies. The estate continued in the Roberts family until … buildings, dovecote (situate near the house, at the south-east corner) and about 38 acres surrounding it. The house … preserved in the parvise. Early in the 14th century the east end of the chancel, the south chapel, and south aisle …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to the Nene outfall and has a station about a mile east of the village, known as Ferry from the former crossing … centre of the parish is crossed from southwest to north-east by the main electricity transmission line from … of the Colvile family were buried in a vault at the east end of this aisle. During the 14th century the arches of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… at Salter's Lode; the Old Bedford River (part of the south-east boundary of Upwell), the main drainage channel, with the … Upwell but now a separate Norfolk parish), about 3 miles east of Upwell and Outwell. As befits a former market-town, 3 … much of the central block running south-west to north-east, with a long wing running north-west at an angle. The …