Search
A History of the County of Surrey
… is a small parish inclosed on the north, east, and west by Godalming, bounded on the south by Chiddingfold. It … gules with a bend vair. The old manor house is at the west end of the church. It is now called Court Farm from the … part of Hambledon, and Shadwell is an existing name north-west of the farm-house. These seem to be the latter two. …
A History of the County of Rutland
… town is about three miles distant. The church is at the west end of the street, and near it are some old thatched and … Clement Astley Paston Cooper. Near it, a little to the west, is a 17th-century house known as the Manor, now … Hambleton, comprising a few scattered cottages on the west side of the by-road to Manton. Farther south again is …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… part of which is arable land. Hamerton Grove, on the west side of the parish, with one or two small copses makes up 55 acres of woodland. The Alconbury Brook flows through the village and the north part of the … belonging worth 120 per annum.' The Manor Farm, on the west side of the village, is an interesting brick house with …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Hampnett HAMPNETT The small rural parish of Hampnett lies west of the Foss way 16 km. south-east of Cheltenham and … former Northleach prison and the other buildings to the west of Northleach town, was transferred to Northleach with … with the advowson of the church there by Lawrence of Brook 78 and after William's death in 1290 the overlordship …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… agriculture. In the south and at Irish Hill in the north-west the land rises to a little over 400 ft. above the … here, the nearest being at Kintbury, 2 miles to the west. The Kennet and Avon Canal, opened early in 1811, runs … ft. by 10 ft., south porch 9 ft. 6 in. by 6 ft. 6 in., and west tower 12 ft. 6 in. by 11 ft. 6 in., all these …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… parish of Hampstead Norris lies on both sides of the Pang Brook, and extends somewhat to the south-west. The parish seems to have consisted of several vills, … barley and oats. The soil is very varied. In the north and west it is chalky, often covered with a surface of clay, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was united in 1932. 1 The River Cherwell bounds it on the west and Bletchingdon parish on the north and east. The river … prevented the building of roads direct to the lands on the west bank of the Cherwell, which today are connected with … a wide, flat terrace, which is floored by gravels in the west and elsewhere by Oxford Clay with occasional thin …
A History of the County of Worcester
… parish containing 2,041 acres, 1 watered by the Hampton Brook. The land is undulating, rising from about 100 ft. … irregularities in the east wall of the chancel and the west wall of the nave appear to be due to their being set out … of the chapel, a window there being moved a little to the west and the old doorway walled up from the inside with the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… now occupied by two farms, lies about a mile to the west of Hampton Lucy village. The hamlet of Ingon comprises … road from Warwick to Stratford crosses the parish on the west, down Packsaddle Hill and Rhine Hill. Branching off it … several older houses still remaining. The rectory, south-west of the church, is a late-17th-century house of red brick …
A History of the County of Oxford
… mill stream. 11 Their alignment and situation in the north-west corner of the parish were clearly a response to the need … of friends disguised as country musicians played at John West's manorhouse, where they 'had some money but more drink' … and Sir Robert sold their shares of the manor to John West for 5,000. 65 Katherine, daughter of Katherine Pigott, …