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A History of the County of Warwick
… This small parish forms a narrow strip, 3 miles from north-west to south-east with an average breadth of mile, between Tysoe on the east and Whatcote and Brailes on the west. The country is hilly, rising from a little below the … from the public roadway from Banbury, which passes south-west of it, until one is within 300400 yds. of it. It is of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1 mile from north to south and 1 mile from east to west. 1 In addition, the parish once included a detached area … parish lies on land sloping down from 720 ft. in the north-west to the upper reaches of the Dikler valley, at about 550 … sometimes called Condicote Camp, lies mile south-west of Eubury Camp, enclosing nearly 4 a.: its banks were …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… (xiii, xiv cent.). The parish of Conington lies on the west side of the Fen and the greater part adjoins the Fen … consisted of a hall with wings on each side; that on the west contained a chapel at the southern end and a chamber … and within the moat, were gardens and yards; at the south-west corner was the vineyard, somewhat northward was the …
Magna Britannia
… is the post-office town, and about the same distance south-west from Penryn. The principal villages in this parish, … of that name, lies about three quarters of a mile nearly west of Tregony. The manor of Grogoth, which was the ancient … lies about ten miles north from Truro and about eight west from St. Columb, which is the post-office town: the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Valley between Hedsor and Maidenhead; the former, to the west, used to be known as Woodside and contains the hils of … called Maidenhead Court border Maidenhead closely on the west and north. The area of the whole is 5,666 acres, of … to Maidenhead and partly upon a road turning off to the west at right angles and leading to Cookham Rise and Cookham …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… farm, and Upper and Lower Bush; about half a mile north west from which, beyond the summit of the high hill, is …
A History of the County of Bedford
… turnips. The village, which is entirely modern, is in the west of the parish. The church of All Saints, in the north of … 9 in. wide, with north and south aisles 9 ft. wide, and a west tower 12 ft. 3 in. square. The chapels appear to be … and an octagonal stair turret at the north-east angle. The west doorway is in two chamfered pointed orders, and the …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… crops are wheat, barley, oats and beans. From the Mile Brook, 1 a tributary of the Alconbury Brook on the west side of the parish, where the land is about 80 feet … to have been the subject of the order. About a mile west of the Ermine Street, on high land, where a by-road from …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… to the parish of Exton. 1 This portion lay to the north-west, and included the whole of the wooded downs of Preshaw … is in the adjoining parish of Droxford. The main road from West Meon to Droxford runs through the village from the … Cleverlys, xviii cent.). Franklin Farm in the extreme west of the parish and Cleverly Wood on the borders of the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… is roughly diamond-shaped, being 2 miles from east to west and 1 miles from north to south. A survey of the bounds … Catesby's wood called Tackeley' 3 to a stream (Breach Brook), including in the parish 'le Hayle (perhaps part of … having fleur-de-lis ends. The middle block and south-west wing have Elizabethan moulded ceiling beams to the lower …