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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… across Salisbury Plain from the Christchurch Avon in the west to Hampshire in the east, and it contains two small … long straight lines across the downs, the Avon in the west. Parts of both the northern and southern boundary follow … deposited gravel, on which the two villages stand, and, west of Milston, alluvium. To the east the downland is …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Little Wootton Inclosure, 4 miles from the coast. Walkford Brook, forming for more than 3 miles the western boundary of … the north of the parish is the hamlet of Wootton. To the west is Ossemsley Manor, the property and residence of Sir … Walkford and Gore Farm (xv cent.); Erthe Pitts, Perocke, West Place, Southayes, Libertyes and Pyckerett 9 (xvi cent.). …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… was until the 11th century a chapelry, 2 and on the north-west and north is divided from Drayton by Mill or Ginge Brook, the old 'Lacing.' 3 The area is 1,466 acres, of which … Church From The South-East Milton village, 4 miles south-west of Abingdon, is situated in country gradually sloping …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… being not more than three quarters of a mile, from east to west, and a mile and half north to south. The high London … It is a fair handsome building, with a square tower at the west end of it. 11 In 1792, it was repaired and beautified at … chapel, and a field, called Millers-field, lying at the west side of the parish church, together with pasture for two …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… only a chapel. It has a small pinnacle of stone at the west end, in which there was till lately an aperture, in … to that of Ringwold. He held before, the rectory of Brook, and the vicarage of Alkham, which latter he resigned …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Earl Godwin is supposed to have once stood. In the north-west part of this parish, among the marshes, there is a decoy … extending southward almost as far as Binbury pound, on the west side of Stockbury-valley, for the space of near five … was succeeded by his only son Sir James Peachy, bart. of West Dean, in Sussex, who in August 13, 1794, was created …
A History of the County of Bedford
… south transept 16 ft. 11 in. by 14 ft. 11 in., and a north-west tower 15 ft. square; between the tower and north … wall, over a late 15th-century doorway; further to the west in this wall is a square-headed window of two lights in … with a stone vault. Milton Bryant Church from the South-west The chancel arch is 12th-century work, but has been very …
A History of the County of Bedford
… of the parish are on high ground, whilst the land on the west is flat and low, and is frequently flooded by the waters … of the hill, lies the village of Milton Ernest. To the west is the River Ouse, which the main line of the Midland … is a brick and tile hexagonal pigeon-house. In the south-west of the village a small lane bordered by quaint but …
A History of the County of Northampton
… parts of the parish. Towards the south-east and south-west it is of a light red sandy nature, at the extremity of … Nene with the Grand Junction Canal, borders the north-west part of the parish. Many 17th- and early-18thcentury … Digby. Mary survived her husband and then married Henry Brook, to whom William sold the manor in December 1552. Their …
A History of the County of Warwick
… The old parish of Milverton lies east of Warwick and north-west of Leamington Spa. The River Avon forms its northern and … been the Binsbrook, 2 now built over but commemorated by Brook Street in Leamington. Until about 1840 it seems to have … civil parish of Leamington in 1902. 4 In the south-west corner of the parish was the hamlet of Edmondscote, or …