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A History of the County of Warwick
… of a roughly rectangular block, 3 miles from east to west by about 1 mile, with an extension northwards at the … half, adjoining Solihull, being Lug Trout Lane. 1 On the west it is divided from Elmdon by a third stream. The country … by the road from Solihull to Coventry and near the Shadow Brook. 3 The first three of these fields still existed in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… The land rises from a level of 100 ft. to 600 ft. in the west on the summit of Mount Harry. It falls to a level of 50 … probably replaces the original doorway, re-set in the west wall; the ground floor is built of flint with sandstone … northern bays, with wide oak-lintelled fire-places. The west face shows flint with modern tile-hanging above; the …
A History of the County of Worcester
… from Droitwich to Alcester runs through the parish from west to east and meets that from Bromsgrove to Alcester near … ground floor of the centre of the entrance front. At the west end are the stairs, which have carved console spandrel … same manner. Over the fireplace of a small study on the west side of the house is an early Jacobean chimney-piece, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… a mile broad, lying between the parishes of Portslade and West Blatchington, north-west of Brighton. The area was all farmland until a year or … Round Hill, just where the ancient route turns towards the west. The old road, which is believed to have had an Early …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… The long and narrow parish, 891 ha. (2,203 a.), runs east-west and contains Hankerton village and the hamlets of … Hankerton was probably late in becoming a parish. To the west, Hankerton's north and south boundaries were fixed early … and Murcott's followed Braydon, otherwise Swill, brook: 4 part of Hankerton's later boundary with Crudwell …
A History of the County of Worcester
… the River Severn on the east to the Malvern Hills on the west. The parish, exclusive of Malvern Wells, has an area of … a mile from each other. Pool House, Hanley Castle Mere Brook drains the southern part of the parish; it formerly … seems to have followed the usual H-type of plan facing west and east, the end wings, however, having a very slight …
A History of the County of Worcester
… the hall, the billiard room and present dining room to the west, and the library to the south. The arrangement of the … Teme Valley. Through it runs a tributary of the Teme. The west of Hanley William is watered by Pipers Brook, and Shortwood Brook rises in the south of the parish. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the Vale of the White Horse, and includes the townships of West and East Hanney, the chapelry of Lyford, and part of the … wheat, barley, beans and turnips are grown. The village of West or Church Hanney stands round a green on which is a … charities, of which 2 acres represent the endowment of Brook's charity. The land is let at 20 a year, out of which a …
A History of the County of Northampton
… 2 in.; nave, 44 ft. by 30 ft.; north porch and embattled west tower, these measurements being internal. The plan of … the chancel and tower arches. The tower sits over the west wall with external and inner arches, and measures 6 ft. … at sill level goes all round the chancel and nave. At the west end of the south wall is a rectangular lowside window, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… detached portions. Hannington village is in the south-west part of the parish. At its western end stands the church … owner of Malshanger. About a quarter of a mile north-west of Shear Down Farm, and close to the Kingsclere road, is … a square head of 14th-century style, while the other, west of the north door, is a modern lancet. The north doorway …