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A History of the County of Hampshire
… of the parish: almost in the centre of it stands the church of St. Lawrence, and close to the church is the school. The philologist Charles Butler, author … years: he died on 29 March 1647 and is buried in the church. Skeyers Farm, near Ewhurst Park, was held of Magdalen …
A History of the County of Warwick
… On a slight rise in the angle of the bend is the church, and north-east of it Wootton Hall, 11 a large stone … of 17th-century framing. In a short lane south of the church is the old Workhouse, now a dwelling-house; it is a … upper story. Wootton Park (farm), mile south-west of the church, was originally an early-16th-century L-shaped …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Word-street, containing twenty-nine houses, having the church close to it, is situated nearly in the middle of the … Upton, situated about a quarter of a mile westward of the church, the estate of which likewise belongs to earl Cowper. … was given by Offa, king of Mercia, in the year 774, to the church of Christ, in Canterbury, L. S. A. as the charter …
A History of the County of Warwick
… inclosure; that he had restored and greatly improved the church and its services; that whereas there had been no … Chamberlain to Henry I, as his son Geoffrey gave the church (see below) to Kenilworth Priory and enfeoffed Richard … with Richard Peche in 1239 in a confirmation of the church to Kenilworth Priory. 41 Ralph died shortly after …
A History of the County of Hertford
… high road from London to Hoddesdon. It now consists of the church and Wormley Bury, the Manor House, the seat of Mr. … by Pope Alexander III, the king granted Wormley with the church to the regulars of the Augustinian order who replaced … of Wormley, with the advowson of the rectory and parish church, was granted, as part of the possessions of Waltham …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… written, Wormshill. THAT PART of it northward of the church, including the borough of Bedmanton, is in the … division of East Kent, but the rest of it, including the church and village, is in that of West Kent, to which … to the northern aspect, it lies very bleak and cold. The church stands rather in the eastern part of it, having the …
A History of the County of Surrey
… north to south in extreme measurement. The village and church stand upon an abrupt hill of Bagshot sand (the … four tithings: Perry Hill, about the hill on which the church stands; Burpham, on the east side; West End; and Wyke. … it is chiefly kept in private hands. Close by Worplesdon Church, on the top of the hill, a tower used to stand with a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… by another running north from Balcombe to Redhill. The church of Worth, with a few houses, lies mile south of Pound … and Worth Park is about a mile to the north. South of the church the ground dips to a stream, to a level of about 250 … leads to the village of Turner's Hill, with the Church of St. Leonard, a separate ecclesiastical parish since …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… and here too are the smithy and the village school. The church of St. Thomas of Canterbury stands to the north, on … out in the village ' which burnt to the ground the parish church, a farm-house adjacent to the parsonage, the White … in Hampshire, Wiltshire, Sussex and Dorset. 5 The church which was subsequently rebuilt was pulled down in …
A History of the County of Surrey
… less. It contains 3,782 acres of land and 14 of water. The church is 3 miles west-by-south of Dorking, and 9 miles … parish then crosses the Upper Green Sand and Gault; the church, manor-house, and such compact village as exists are … access owing to the clay lanes. In addition to the parish church there is a Congregational chapel and a national school …