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A History of the County of York North Riding
… Catterick and Boroughbridge. The ground rises from east to west, and the road, which is at a height of 200 ft. above the … park. A small stream rises here and flows south-west into the Swale. A narrow strip of woodland runs … rectory is on the north side of it and the school at its west corner, where Lumley Lane runs westward to join Low …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… belong to the ecclesiastical parish of Aldborough (West Riding). The parish of Kirkby Hill is situated between … in. by 12 ft. 6 in., north aisle 37 ft. by 13 ft. 10 in., west tower 10 ft. 5 in. by 10 ft. 7 in. and south porch; … may date from the latter part of the 11th century, and the west tower before its recent rebuilding (1870) was of little …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… he repaired the old parts and built the south front and west wing, changing the name to its present one of New … of Mr. G. S. Thompson. A quarry of freestone north-west of New Building probably furnished the building … Thirkleby, and the Isle Beck when it curves round to the west and passes Islebeck Grange. Manors KIRKBY KNOWLE was in …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Clay. The parish is bounded by streams on the south and west. Lund Forest Cottages north of Ryton recall the old … aisle making a total width of 28 ft., south porch and west tower. The total length is 96 ft. 9 in., all the … and white brick and stone, with a three-sided apse at the west end. It has a south porch and a bellcote containing one …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… oats and barley. The parish slopes downward to east and west from a lofty ridge between the valleys. It also slopes … through the centre of the town. Here in a house on the west side of the street George Duke of Buckingham died in … which neither is nor ever was an alehouse.' 1 Also on the west side of the market-place is the 'Black Swan,' a …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… it on the east New Lane runs threequarters of a mile south-west to Ravensworth, a pretty village standing about 700 ft. … a little hilling ground by hit. It is a iii Miles by North west from Richemont, and therby is a praty village . . . and … a rectangular building measuring about 76 ft. from east to west, and 18 ft. in width exclusive of buildings which appear …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… from the rectory, which is situated a little to the west amid a clump of trees. Near the church is the school. … south to the grange of Sowerby. A field-path leads north-west to Stank Hall, once the residence of a branch of the … it appears in the possession of Sir Richard Strangways of West Harlsey. 74 His great-grandson Sir James Strangways …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… datum. It is traversed by the Wiske, which in the south-west joins the Swale, the western boundary of the parish, and … by 13 ft. 9 in., south aisle 42 ft. 6 in. by 7 ft. 6 in., west tower 12 ft. 2 in. by 11 ft. 8 in., a vestry at the east … being a small piece of the original south wall, now at the west end of the south nave arcade, the fine south doorway, …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… with vicarage and school near, and some distance to the west are Dromonby Hall, once the home of the Constables, 2 … in 1815 in the style of the day with chancel, nave, and west tower, the windows all being round-headed with barred sashes, and the tower in a plain Gothic style with west doorway and embattled parapet with angle pinnacles. The …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… with two gabled wings projecting to the east. The main or west front is now largely obscured by modern additions, but … window somewhat restored. In the gardens to the west of the house is a square summer-house of late … 6 The small hamlet of Skiplam and Skiplam Wood lie to the west of Kirkdale valley. At Nawton is a station on the …