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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1 stands by the river Cam almost 2 miles south-west of Cambridge. 2 The modern spelling of its name has … stretched, like the neighbouring parishes to the west, from the road between Cambridge and St. Neots to the Bourn brook. A settlement beyond the down to the north later …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Gratley (xvi cent.). The parish of Grately at its south-west or narrowest extremity touches the Wiltshire border. Its … 320 ft., the general rise of the ground being from east to west. The village lies at the east end of the parish. Three … Western Railway, is three-quarters of a mile to the south-west. There is a corn-mill between the station and Down Barn …
A History of the County of Hertford
… a height of over 460 ft. It slopes down towards the west, but the level of the entire parish is over 300 ft., … with the exception of a small portion in the extreme south-west. The village of Graveley is on the west side of the parish and is situated between Stevenage and …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… formerly spelt Negdon, is a noted estate in the north-west part of this parish, consisting mostly of marsh land, … Mary. The steeple, which is a tower, stands at the north-west corner. In it are three bells. The antient gravestones … rows of gravestones in it, lying three and three. In the west row are now, the first southward, Judge Martyn's; the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… from London and eight from Rochester, the soil towards the west is chalk, and towards the south-east much inclined to … grounds. The town of Gravesend, having the church on the west side of it, lies on a descent towards the river Thames, … of this town being in the parish of Milton, and the west street and the west side of the High-street in that of …
A History of the County of Essex
… parish comprised 1,382 a. (559.3 ha.), bounded north and west by Stifford and east by Little Thurrock. 2 A local … hundred only South Weald and Aveley had more taxpayers. West Thurrock, a parish much larger in area, had the same … north from the Thames to join the road from Purfleet to West Tilbury (now Orsett Road). As late as 1777 the built-up …
A History of the County of Northampton
… 1 miles away from the station, and about 4 miles south-west of Thrapston. A stream flowing into the Nene almost … school (erected in 18734) and the smithy. Opposite, and west of the road, is the Manor House, a good example of … Michelwelle, Westfield on Scitershul (Shooters Hill), Brook furlong. Manors By a very doubtful charter of 833, …
A History of the County of Warwick
… The church and Manor Farm lie north of the road near the west end, approached by a pathway. The Manor Farm has a … and south, almost entirely covered in to the east and west by 18th- and 19th-century additions. It shows some … to which five bridle-paths and trackways converge. At the west end of the village a branch road crosses the Alne by a …
A History of the County of Hertford
… of Little Amwell and St. John's Rural lies to the north-west of Little Amwell. It includes Gallows Plain, and its … need of repair in 1289. 25 Amwell Bury lies to the north-west of the village. Between Amwell Bury and Ware is … period. In 1907 additional class rooms were built on the west side of the quadrangle. Hailey House, an 18th-century …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Little Abington runs along the ancient Wool Street. To the west both parishes are bounded by a branch of the Icknield … to form a canal in the grounds of Abington Hall. 4 Further west a channel north of the boundary was made in the 1650s to … along the street. In each village the church stands west of the street, and in Little Abington the original …