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A History of the County of Buckingham
… Grand Junction Canal passes through the low land in the west of the parish, and, nearer the centre, Whistle Brook, rising near the town, flows in a northerly direction. … in 1804, and a Wesleyan chapel built in 1866. In the north-west, and lying partly in other parishes, is the hamlet of …
Magna Britannia
… and deanery of Trigg-Major, lies twelve miles north-west of Launceston, and ten nearly south of Stratton, which … division of the hundred of Penwith, lies about ten miles west of Truro, and about two miles north-west of Redruth, which is the post-office town. The principal …
Magna Britannia
… Southbrook, Fenbridge, Staplake, Starcross, East Town, West Town, Lyston or Lyson, Heyton, Wilsworthy, and … divine, was rector of Kenton. In the tithing of West Town is the dilapidated chapel of St. Anne, now a … parish of Dodbrook, and the other in the parish of West Allington. The chief exports are cyder, corn, malt, and …
A History of the County of Hertford
… ft. above the ordnance datum, but falls to 300 ft. in the west. The Icknield Way forms the parish and county boundary on the north-west, and near to it on Gallows Hill is a tumulus. The soil … Mayor of London in 1507. 88 Kelshall Church from the South-west Before his death in January 150910 Thomas Bradbury left …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… lies 4 miles north-east of Tewkesbury on the south-west slopes of Bredon Hill. It projected from the northern … charter, the summit of Bredon Hill and the Carrant brook. 3 The southern part of the parish is low-lying at c. … as the result of a considerable battle. 8 On the north-west the ground falls steeply away providing a natural …
A History of the County of Worcester
… is watered by the Severn and a tributary, the Hatfield Brook. The village of Kempsey lies on the high road from … Kempsey House, the residence of Mrs. Boucher, stands west of the high road, in grounds through which flows … is now an irregularly shaped building running east and west with the porch and entrance on the south. It is of red …
A History of the County of Bedford
… a large parish and straggling village adjoining the south-west district of the town of Bedford. By section 36 of the … beans and peas. The slope of the ground is chiefly from west to east, but nowhere attains an elevation of more than … Walter G. Harter, stands in an elevated position at the west end of the village just north of the road to Wootton. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… one isle and a chancel, having a pointed steeple at the west end, in which are two bells. There are but few monuments …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… isle and one chancel, having a small pointed turret at the west end, in which hangs one bell. There are no inscriptions …
A History of the County of Warwick
… only in the north, at Stonymoor Wood, and in the south-west, in Chase Wood. The ground slopes from 430 ft. at its … form the western boundary of the parish; and the Inchford Brook runs from south to north near its western edge and then … place; in recent years there has been more development west of the road to Warwick and near the road to Stoneleigh, …