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A History of the County of Oxford
… Wallingford. The new name, a natural one to adopt as the church was dedicated to St. Leonard, has been regularly used … built since 1945, 16 most of Drayton lies between the church and the river. There are a remarkable number of old … curate's house, which stood on the road south of the church. 21 The oldest and most interesting secular structure …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… an undulating course on the lower spurs of the downs. The church, manor house, and rectory stand in the middle of the … and an effigy of a lady in the south side of Droxford church has been supposed to be that of his mother. 3 John de … horizon. Shedfield village consists of a few houses, with church and school, lying on either side of a cross road in …
A History of the County of Worcester
… 199 It is mentioned as recently as 1804. 200 The priory church and buildings were allowed to fall into decay, and the … permitted various manufactures to be carried on in the church. The priory was situated about half a mile west of the castle, but little is now left of the conventual church and offices. They now form a group of picturesque …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… around the junction with the eastern road, where stood the church, rectory, old vicarage, guildhall, dissenting chapel, … family bought the former Oddfellows' hall, built near the church c. 1925, and gave it, as the Sidney Taylor Hall, for … 1883 and 1896. One large malt-house just north of the church was disused by 1903. 279 Another stood by 1885 near …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… to Basingstoke, leaving the high ground near Popham church, continues north, and running downhill enters the … gate, and east of which runs a narrow grass inclosure. The church, the manor-house, and the rectory are grouped together … which are much frequented by rooks. The simple quaint church, west of which a lane leads off south to Tidley Hill, …
A History of the County of Warwick
… walls and small windows set in deep splays. Close to the church there is a two-story timber-framed house with a … dressings, now divided into two residences, formerly a Church School built in 1707. At the road junction there is a … and Thurlaston. 6 The ground slopes from 400 ft. at the church to just under 300 ft. in the valley of the small …
A History of the County of Oxford
… implying the earlier dependence of Duns Tew on a mother church at Great Tew. It was also known as Chipping Norton … Houses were built in the Middle Ages east and west of the church on both sides of the road passing through the village, … Ridge House, south of the street and south-east of the church, was formerly smaller and was lengthened in the 18th …
A History of the County of Surrey
… due to its having been dug in the neighbourhood of the church until within the memory of persons now living. 6 At … with the rectory manor of Shalford (q.v.). CHURCHES The church of ST. MARY AND ALL SAINTS stands remote from the … elevated above the surrounding country. To the east of the church is the rectory-house, a picturesque gabled and …
A History of the County of Bedford
… middle of the street, but was removed in 1885. Hard by in Church Street, formerly the Icknield Way, stands the church, the chief object of interest in the place, now only … former size, but with a remarkably fine west front. The church stands back from the roadside on a gentle slope, and …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… spot about the centre of the parish. It consists of the church, rectory, and the school, with a few cottages and scattered farmhouses. To the north-west of the church is the Manor Farm, an 18th-century brick house, and … and again in 1322 a windmill in Dunton is mentioned. 50 CHURCH The church of ST. MARTIN consists of a chancel 27 ft. …