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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… cathedral. It was separated from that part of the estate west of it in the 10th century, and from Bishopstone after … alluvium and gravel extend from the river further on the west side than on the east. West of them the land rises sharply as a bluff and then to a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… a., between the eastern boundary of Sutton Benger and the west bank of the Bristol Avon, called Draycot Sutton in 1778: … lands were divided from those of Kington Langley to the west before the mid 11th century. 9 Footpaths mark parts of the former east and west boundaries. Kellaways Clay and Oxford Clay outcrop over …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Downs, and is surrounded on the east, north, and west by the modern civil parish of Chiseldon. 1 The parish … of pasture. 8 A large bowl barrow lies within the south-west corner of the ancient parish north of Gipsy Lane. 9 A … transects the parish diagonally from north-east to south-west. The southern boundary of Draycot Foliat is formed by …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… 5 The Wiltshire and Berkshire Canal cuts through the north-west of the parish, but is now dry. The village of Drayton … road, while the High Street is a portion of a road leading west from Sutton Courtenay to the main road from Wantage to … present mill is a mile south-east of the village, on Mill Brook. From 1793 to 1823 there were said to be five dovecotes …
A History of the County of Oxford
… parish lies in the Oxfordshire wolds some 2 miles north-west of Banbury. 1 In 1881 it covered 926 a. and in 1932, … branch continuing northwards to Hanwell, the other going west to Wroxton and Alkerton. Banbury way, Bloxham path, and … also included a meadow called 'Parsons Ham' near the mill brook, and there were common rights for 10 cows and a bull in …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… rises from 289 ft. above the ordnance datum in the south-west to 802 ft. in the north-east. The soil of the higher … 7 ft. wide, north porch, south aisle 7 ft. 6 in. wide and west tower 10 ft. 6 in. by 9 ft. 6 in., all these … other Gules two hands cut off at the wrists. At the north-west of the chancel is a late 15th-century low-side window …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… of elevation (500 ft. above the ordnance datum) is in the west. The village, which is small, lies to the east of the … adjacent rectory-house occupies a position to the south-west. There are several 17th-century thatched cottages, and a … chapel dating from 1847. A mound half a mile south-west of the church is possibly the remains of a fortification …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Grange, the only woodland is the copse to the north-west of the village and this is recent: it is not shown on … one to Stadhampton across Haywards Bridge, the other west to Dorchester and Burcot. There are also two unmetalled … Field, had been mentioned in the 17th century, 155 while West Field was the old Town End division. The meadow land …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… boundary of the parish runs along the chalk downs on the west side of the valley, the highest point being 400 feet … to Alton, which here runs parallel to the river on the west, taking an undulating course on the lower spurs of the … two ridges; the houses of the village being to the north, west, and south. Hazleholt Park, the residence and property …
A History of the County of Worcester
… from which other streets radiated to the south, east and west as the population increased and the coal workings … north to south, having the keep on a mound at the south-west angle, the main gateway and barbican projecting from the … trust property now consists of 2 r. 10 p. near Mountsweet Brook, producing 1 1 s. 6 d. yearly, two cottages in Maughan …