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A History of the County of Gloucester
… lying on the eastern border of the county three miles west of Burford (Oxon.) and six miles east of Northleach, … and the parishes of Sherborne and Windrush on the west follows the River Windrush, as did the boundary between … the green, roughly following the course of the Tight brook. On the south-west side of the green are 16th- and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bourton Bourton chapelry (1,681 a.) lay in the south-west of Cropredy parish between the River Cherwell on the east and the Hanwell Brook, which for a short distance is the county boundary, on the west; the boundaries with Cropredy on the north and Hardwick …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and Little Eversden. The parishes lie between the Bourn brook, which marks the northern boundary of both of them, and … was inclosed in 1814. 6 Eversden wood, in the south-west corner of Great Eversden and extending into Wimpole and … and along the lane that crosses it at right-angles: south-west of High Street the lane was the Wimpole way of 1639, 11 …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… the western slopes of the Cleveland Hills and to the south-west of the most notable hill in Cleveland, the coneshaped … two foot-bridges of wood. The church of All Saints at the west end of the village is no longer in use, but has been … Ayton, where constables were sworn in. 20 Nunthorpe, north-west of Langbaurgh, is separated from Ayton by the little …
A History of the County of Bedford
… in the basin of the River Ouse. The slope is from north-west to south-east, where the land sinks as low as 77 ft. … of this manor originates from its position in the north-west of the parish. It was a younger line of the Crevequer … 13 ft. 2 in. wide, south aisle 11 ft. 5 in. wide, and a west tower 13 ft. 9 in. by 12 ft. 6 in. The church, which …
A History of the County of Northampton
… the greater part and passes by Billing Lings, to the north-west of the village, where Lord John Cavendish, the owner of … on the slope of the hill running down to the river; on the west, at the entrance, stands Billing Hall, surrounded by … Abbey during the Middle Ages lies on the river to the west of the bridge. Part of the parish was inclosed under an …
A History of the County of Surrey
… (xvi cent.). Great Bookham is a village 2 miles south-west of Letherhead. The parish is bounded on the north by … by Fetcham and Mickleham, on the south by Dorking, on the west by Little Bookham. It measures 5 miles from north to … Lawrence's grounds, is the probable line of the great west and east road along the Downs, sometimes now called the …
A History of the County of Rutland
… Great Casterton is a parish situated about 2 miles north-west of Stamford, on the borders of Lincolnshire. The soil is … is also some pasture. The village lies on the east and west sides of Ermine Street just above the Gwash. A line of … daughter Joan, 16 and in 1392 she, with her husband Thomas West, granted the manor and advowson to Hugh Browe of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in the Oxford and Kimeridge Clay region of north and mid-west Wiltshire at a height of between 150 and 200 ft. above … 3 miles north-east of Bradford. Little Chalfield is mile west of Great Chalfield. There is a park to the west of Little Chalfield. Chalfield Brook, which rises in South Wraxall and flows along the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… on the other side of the hill, it is from east to west about one mile. It has no coppice wood in it, three or … three chancels, having a well-built tower steeple at the west end, in which are five bells. The north and south isles … is situated some way down the hill southward, on the west side, about a quarter of a mile from the church. There …