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A History of the County of Northampton
… the south side and a road crossing the parish from east to west connects the village with Wilby and Sywell. Two gabled … medieval but much altered in the 17th century. Swans' Pool Brook, the only stream of any size in Mears Ashby, flows … arch. The house was enlarged about 1720 on the west side, but the buildings then erected were pulled down in …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… south of the parish and 446 ft. near Holywick in the north-west. The soil is chalk, flint and clay and the chief crops … which is fortified by a rampart and ditch, and on the west side by an advanced rampart; there are several old … 149 Woodend House, their residence, is now occupied by Mr. Brook Keen. CHURCH The church of ST. PETER consists of a …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… high country which rises north-east of Alresford and south-west of Alton, and slopes down towards the north-west to Preston Candover. Generally speaking the land of the … ordnance datum is near the village, which lies more to the west than the north. The main road from Winchester to Alton …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… either side of the Royston-Cambridge road c. 16 km. south-west of Cambridge. Until the late 19th century it extended to … It is irregular in shape stretching c. 7 km. from east to west and 5 from north to south. Except at the corners where … 18 a. of oats, 12 a. of pease, and 8 a. of lentils in the Brook or Breakland field, which was tithed at half the tilth …
A History of the County of Bedford
… consists of a chancel, nave, north and south aisles and west tower. With the exception of part of the tower, it was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Meldreth MELDRETH The parish of Meldreth, 1 16 km. south-west of Cambridge, is irregular in shape, stretching from the … and in the south Ashwell Street. Land in the north-west was once intercommonable with Whaddon, and in the … late 19th century cement works were established east and west of the village, and that to the west was still a major …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the north, east, and south sides. On the River Avon, south-west of the town, are 27 acres common to Melksham Without and … boundary fell within the tithing of Beanacre. On the west the boundary between Melksham and the parishes of … is continued by the Avon until it reaches Semington Brook. The north-west corner of the parish comprises the …
Magna Britannia
… parish and neighbourhood Millom), is situated in the south-west angle of the county, on the river Duddon, and at the …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… to Watling Street, north to Lucy Cross, east to Barton and west to the Staindrop road. It consists mainly of two … to the main line of hills and moors trending to the north-west. Gatherley Moor is partly in this parish and partly in … and with regard to this it is noticeable that to the west of the moor in this parish was Didderston Grange, 5 …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… above the ordnance datum, sinking again towards the south. West of the village is Mentmore Park, the seat of the Earl of … it in 1529 to Sir Edmund Peckham, kt., 90 from whom Joan Brook, widow, obtained it in 1546. 91 She conveyed it in the … ft. 6 in., north and south aisles, each 9 ft. 9 in. wide, west tower 13 ft. 4 in. by 10 ft. 9 in., and a south porch. …