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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… the distance from Leicester, the eminence over-looking the brook, the mosaic pavements and coins found, mentioned by … tandem A Serenissima Anna clausi A. D. MDCCXII." On the West Side. "Si veterum Romanorum vestigia Quras, hic cernas …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… the 13th century. The broad High Street running east and west was then as now the main thoroughfare, and opening out … in 1226 as witnesses for their fellow-burgesses. 16 At the west end of the High Street was the market-place with the … here in the open air the 'law days' were often held. South-west of the Rye, where Wycombe Abbey now stands, was the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of Thanet. Higham is about four miles in extent from north-west to south-east, and but little more than a mile in …
A History of the County of Bedford
… a north aisle which is merely a passage 2 ft. wide, and west tower 11 ft. square within the walls. The whole has been … to the chancel of late fifteenthcentury date, and to the west of it is a modern twolight window with old jambs. The … are no old windows in the nave, but in the south wall, west of the doorway, the relieving arch of a small pointed …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… by a wood spire. The furniture is all modern. At the west end of the nave is a large Elizabethan monument to …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the chalk uplands of the Downs rise to over 600 ft. To the west the land falls to less than 300 ft. on the flat lands of … (see below), a few cottages and Highway Farm lying just west of the chapel. Highway Farm was probably the manor … comprises chancel, nave, vestry, and south porch. At the west end is a bell-cote roofed with shingles. It was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The river Granta, flowing from south-east to north-west across the centre of the parish, divides it into two … of the river to include the former Hildersham mill. To the west minor branches of the river meander through meadows, one … those opposite Bartlow, survived in Dovehouse close west of the church until 1852. It had once been used as the …
A History of the County of Worcester
… of the county near the Gloucestershire border. The Horse Brook, crossing the western side of the parish, flows south … Manor Farm, formerly known as the Court House, upon the west side of the road about a quarter of a mile to the north … a chancel 24 ft. by 14 ft., nave about 35 ft. by 17 ft., a west tower 8 ft. by 6 ft. and a modern north porch. These …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Its eastern boundary is the Watling Street. The Rains Brook divides Hillmorton from Barby and Kilsby in Northants. … two main streets of the village, running parallel east and west, continued to be known as Upper and Lower Street. The … green, on which stand the remains of the market cross. West of the green there has been much building in recent …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… ridge, which extends from Oxford to Calne. 7 To the west of the ridge the parish just touches upon the Oxford Clay Vale of north and mid-west Wiltshire. To the east of the ridge it crosses the vale … highest point in the parish which is about 600 ft. Cowage Brook runs south-westwards through the parish and forms part …