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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… interspersed with coppice woods of oak, especially on the west and north sides of it, where the soil abounds with iron … of having ever had any inscription on it. Over the west door are the arms of Poynings and Fitzpaine; one of the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… (xi cent.) The parish of Horsenden lies in the south-west of the Vale of Aylesbury. The land is well watered by a … trefoiled lights over and two-centred heads. At the west end of the south wall is the blocked opening of a … and an embattled tower; it extended to about as far west as the present stables of Horsenden House. The tower is …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Shotover in the north across the valley of the Northfield Brook, a feeder of the Thames, to the slopes of Cuddesdon and … the stream which separates the parish from Cowley on the west the land is as low as 257 ft. above sea-level. The … is just below the 400-ft. contour line, a little to the west of the ridge between Horspath and Cuddesdon, and may be …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 11 There is a moat at Horton Manor, another to the south-west of the mills, and the remains of a third at Berkin … transept 19 ft. 6 in. by 12 ft., north porch, south aisle, west tower 15 ft. by 12 ft. 6 in., and south vestry. The nave … aisle having been rebuilt in 18756. The north transept and west tower were built in the 15th century, and the latter …
A History of the County of Northampton
… ft. 3 in.; south aisle, 8 ft. 6 in. wide; south porch, and west tower, 10 ft. 3 in. square, all these measurements being … stages marked by strings, with diagonal buttresses on the west to the height of the lower part of the second stage only. On the west side, near the top of the lower stage, is an original …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… grass. 1 The ground slopes from north-east to south-west, having an average height of 350 ft. above the ordnance … lies in the centre of the parish. The church stands at the west end, and near it are the rectory and school. The Manor … the village and the hamlet of Singleborough in the north-west of the parish contain a number of buildings of the 16th …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and a chancel, having a low square turret of wood at the west end, in which hang three bells. In the isle is an …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… is continually dug by the poor for firing. On the east and west sides of the heath, the latter being called West-street, are two hamlets of houses, which form the … at the foot of the hill, adjoining the Place grounds, near West-street. Between the heath and Potter's corner, towards …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… in the former of which the church stands, and at the south-west part of it, a hamlet called West Hougham. Great part of this parish is full of small … leaving the cliff, on towards Capel, whence including West Hougham, they go down to the Elmes, and the land of …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… with Wyton. The parish of Houghton lies immediately west of St. Ives and has its southern base upon the River … traverses the southern part of the parish from east to west, rising to the slight incline of Houghton Hill (120 ft. … or grounds. Houghton and Wyton, which adjoins it on the west, practically form one village; the road from Huntingdon …