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A History of the County of York North Riding
… a cottage where his parents afterwards lived. 3 At the west end of the village is the church with the school, … chapel, built here in 1857. Among extensive grounds to the west lies Gunnergate Hall, the property of Mr. C. F. H. Bolckow. In the hamlet of Tollesby, west of Marton village, is Tollesby Hall, the residence of …
A History of the County of Warwick
… village 7 miles northeast of Leamington Spa. The north and west boundaries of the parish are respectively formed by the … present Marton Bridge crosses the river Leam from east to west just before it enters the Itchen. It has long approaches … wall has been rebuilt from time to time, and on the west with red brick. In 1406 Thomas Palmer of Frankton …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Plain of York. The highest point is a hill in the north-west called Sugar Hill, 200 ft. above the ordnance datum. The … lies almost entirely between two streams. That on the west, flowing south from Easingwold, is the Foss; the other … far as the site of Moxby Priory and then runs out to the west to include the small rectangular tract of land called …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… are woodland. 1 The north of the parish, through the north-west corner of which runs the Roman road from Winchester to … centre of the south. Further south, running from east to west, is the railway line of the Alton branch of the London … Charles Fryer, M.P., as it enters the parish from the west. The house of Worthy Park, a fine mansion of white …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… This parish lies in the valley of the Ure on the south-west border of the North Riding. The ecclesiastical parish, … woods and plantations. 3 Nutwith and Roomer Common, south-west of Masham, covers about 260 acres. An award for … of the 17th century. Streets run north and south from the west end of the square, the former leading to a stone bridge …
A History of the County of Essex
… in that parish in 1883. 2 In 1955 the area was extended west to include part of Harlow parish, bringing the total … boulder clay, with small outcrops of glacial loam. Pincey brook and a tributary stream which rises at the east end of … medieval origin, at Carter's Green and Matching Tye, south-west of the church, and at Newman's End, north-west of the …
A History of the County of Worcester
… cent.). The Worcestershire part of Mathon, now known as West Malvern, forms a parish on the west side of the Malvern Hills. Mathon was formerly partly in … in the 13th century. 8 This district is drained by Cradley Brook, which is joined at Mathon by another brook from the …
A History of the County of Bedford
… stands picturesquely on the south of the main road at the west end of the village opposite the road from Haynes, while … ft., north aisle 12 ft. wide, south aisle 16 ft. wide and west tower 10 ft. square. The whole church with the exception … is 14th-century work with angle buttresses and a small west window of two trefoiled lights, under which is a …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 230; 1921, 260; 1931, 259. The parish is divided on the west from Coleshill by the River Blythe as far north as … rises gently from Maxstoke Park and Duke End on the west at about 250 ft. to about 330 ft. at the church in the … (northeast), 'Dairy' (south-east), and 'Kitchen' (south-west). The gatehouse is of three stories. Its inner wall is …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the broad and shallow valley of the river Brue 5 km. north-west of Glastonbury. The parish was irregular in shape and … roughly 6 km. from north to south and 8 km. from east to west at its widest point. Settlement comprised Meare, … Oxenpill, and Stileway in the centre, Westhay to the west, Godney to the north-east, and Marchey farm in the …