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A History of the County of Essex
… has been found near the camp and on the site of the church. 7 Stane Street, a Roman road, forms part of the … Roman pottery has been found near the road, and the church contains Roman brick. 8 The recorded population of … settlement has survived to the present day. The parish church, dating from the 11th century, adjoins Hallingbury …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… from the east wing, and close by to the south is the church of Great Hampden, approached from the road by another … visitation for not always attending his own parish church. His opposition to the Church of England and the bishops had not at this time become …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Kettering to Wellingborough with the road to Olney. The church of All Saints lies south of the Olney road. East of the church is Harrowden Hall, a spacious mansion in the simpler … daughter and coheir of Lord Vaux. 7 To the west of the church is the manor-house. It stands on the road leading from …
A History of the County of Northampton
… on an eminence 260 ft. above the ordnance datum, with its church to the north-west. There were about 40 families in the … stone, stands near the entrance immediately north of the church: there is no record of its erection, but it is … though the occurrence of Nicholas de Audley, parson of the church in 1265, 46 suggests a continuance of the family …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… there are entrenchments and a mound to the north of the church, close to the churchyard boundary. There is a moat at … which it once surrounded have disappeared. Near the church to the north-west is a large 15th-century wooden structure now used as a barn, but possibly once the church house. It is covered externally with weather boarding, …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… a red brick house which stands in a park of 125 acres. The church lies among the fields to the south of the village, but … lord of the manor is Major William Henry Fife, J.P. Church The church of ST. WILFRID consists of a chancel 31 ft. 9 in. by …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Worcester, Gloucester and Hereford. The magnificent priory church, dedicated to SS. Mary and Michael, 5 'the stateliest parish church in England,' 6 occupies a central position in the town. The original parish church, built some time before 1269, 7 was dedicated to the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Major-General Brown and his soldiers were quartered in the church, about which they threw up bulwarks. 9 Another bridge … also a great asset to mediaeval Marlow, which placed its church on the bank near the bridge; but the town did not … bulk of the timbers of the roof were re-used in the new church at Lane End. The vicarage, close by the church in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… bottom of the hill and then ascends again to the medieval church, standing in a commanding position about a -mile from the main part of the village. Near the church are the manorhouse, Romeyn's Court (one of the two … that the medieval village may have once been nearer its church than it is now, but at least by the 16th century it …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Railway, is near the village. The road leading past the church of St. Peter and St. Paul to Chesham turns eastwards … buildings, and contains a good deal of old masonry. The church, which stood to the north of the cloister, is … To the east the ground rises steeply towards the parish church, and at the foot of the slope is the bed of the …