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A History of the County of Oxford
… is a small irregularly shaped parish lying 3 miles north-west of Banbury. It covers 1,240 a. 1 and no boundary changes … mainly within the 400 ft. contour, but rises in the north-west to about 500 ft. Its landscape is of a typically upland … in Hanwell were the fields around the mill and along the brook in the east of the parish. 137 There is little evidence …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… is held for this manor. POLDHURST is a manor in the south-west part of this parish, the original name of which was … and Sancroft. 7 In the orchard of the hospital, on the west side of it, is a well of excellent water, called the … of a body, two isles and a chancel, having at the north-west corner a low tower steeple, in which hang four bells. It …
A History of the County of Warwick
… near the north-east border of the county, 4 miles north-west of Rugby. The hamlet of Harborough Parva, though nearer … Gorse in the north-east. There is a homestead moat north-west of the village. Among noteworthy men connected with … 71 Church The church of ALL SAINTS is situated on the west side of the village, adjoining the Rectory, and standing …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… and five years later Thomas Marshall and Ralph Marshall of West Chin nock settled an estate in the same places on John … is an ashlar-faced building consistingof chancel, nave and west tower, rebuilt in 1838 in 15th-century style, but part …
A History of the County of Warwick
… about 5 miles south-east of Leamington and 3 miles south-west of Southam. The eastern boundary of the parish is formed by the river Itchen, and on the west it reaches for a short distance to the Fosse Way. At … sandstone, and has a continuous plinth of one splay. The west wing is of two stories, probably to accommodate a …
A History of the County of Northampton
… on the third stage facing the cardinal points, and on the west side of the bottom stage was placed a white marble … which had its home manor here, the manor of COTTON alias WEST COTTON AND HARDINGSTONE. Earl Simon the founder gave it … and south aisles 9 ft. wide, north and south porches, and west tower, 12 ft. square, all these measurements being …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and compact parish of 1,438 a. situated about 5 miles west of Cambridge and having as its northern boundary the … road from that city to St. Neots (Hunts.). To the east and west it shares regular and almost parallel boundaries with … main road, encircled by the three open fields, Wood field, Brook field, and Comberton field. Most of the houses were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… high ground, which falls away to a stream on the west: this forms pools and a pond and makes the whole ground … floor; the roof has been retiled with asbestos tiling; the west gable was restored in 1946. The most interesting feature … bounded by Hardwick Heath; Tinker's Field in the north-west, and Mill Field in the south-west. Posey meadow lay on …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Herdewike (xiii cent.). Hardwick, about 3 miles north-west of Wellingborough station, is bounded north and east by … south aisle, 7 ft. 6 in. wide; north porch, and embattled west tower, 8 ft. 3 in. by 7 ft. 6 in., all these … of two lights. There is a similar restored window at the west end of the south wall and below it a 13th-century …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… been much altered and added to. Manor Farm, to the north-west of the church, is probably of this period, but has been … nave 64 ft. 3 in. by 23 ft., south aisle 9 ft. 3 in. wide, west tower 11 ft. 6 in. by 11 ft. 3 in., and a south porch. … but the upper part seems to have been rebuilt and the west window inserted during the next century. The chancel was …