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A History of the County of Leicestershire
… was 50 in 1931. 14 Wistow Hall, which may be built on or near the site of the earlier medieval house, retains the form … Dames', and Newton Meadow-and a small area of willow beds near the rivers. By 1670 there were only 7 families in the … side of the Sence. The ground rises from below 300 ft. near the river to over 400 ft. in the extreme north. A small …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Norwich to Fakenham, and near the river Wensum, on which is an extensive flour-mill. … been commuted for 132, and the glebe comprises one acre. Near the foot of Cooper's Hill, in a delightful part of the … first arrival in England. The town is pleasantly situated near the confluence of a small stream called the Braine, with …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Parish Church of St. Mary, St. Cuthberga and All Saints, near the centre of Witchampton village, has walls mainly of … is of two stages divided by a weathered string-course. Near the base is an original moulded and chamfered plinth, … sill and part of one jamb of a window. Masonry projecting near the S. corner of the building indicates a former turret, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… rampart and scarp dropping sharply to the marshy ground near the river Brain. The inner work, which stands at a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… St. Paul (Plate 9), formerly a chapel of Beetham, stands near the middle of the parish. The walls are of local rubble …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… and privileges, fishings and franchises in or within or near to the said island, which said several excepted premises … called Holme Island or Holme-uponthe-Sands in the river near Meathop, in the county of Westmorland, containing by … fishings and franchises whatever, in or within or near unto or with respect to the same," to hold to him …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… use of the market; the market-cross, in the marketplace, near the town-hall, was erected in 1683, and repaired in … a population of 22,963. The Roman Akeman-street passes near the town. Witston, or Whitson WITSTON, or Whitson, a …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… (SP 01381803), cut by possibly late Romano-British pits, near Foxcote Manor, was noted in 1935 in the face of a small …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… b(1). Parish Church of St. Peter (Plate 189) stands near the middle of the parish. The walls are of local … the E. light is pointed but the other three are trefoiled. Near the top of the spire are four very small lights with … a similar window, now cut down to form a doorway; a stone near the base of this E. wall has the initials and date: S.B. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… throughout the Middle Ages from the bishop's manor house near Witney church, with its extensive agricultural …