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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Field and N. of the village in the area known in 1840 as North Down. Traces of strip cultivation also cut through … (1903), 834). (d) Two strip lynchets (627900) face S. on North Hill, part of North Down, pasture in 1840. Their W. ends have been cut into …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of a nave, aisles, and chancel, with a chapel on the north side. There are places of worship for Independents, … the gallant Oswald fell: a little more than half a mile north of the church, on the road to Golborne and Wigan, is an … belonging to the family of Legh, and opposite to it on the north side is one belonging to Sir John Gerard, Bart. On the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… with the S. arcade and South Aisle. About 132030 the North Aisle and arcade were built, and shortly afterwards the … windows and on the S. side two windows, all modern. The North Aisle (10 ft. wide) has in the E. wall a re-set early …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by low massive pillars and circular Norman arches; the north aisle of the chancel is in the decorated style, and … Horsham; containing 1807 inhabitants. It is bounded on the north by the county of Surrey, and comprises 8276 acres, of … in the parish of Clayworth, union of East Retford, North-Clay division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… but that of French Drove and Gedney Hill is very near the north-west corner and those of Murrow (East and West) are … Leverington. Fendyke protected the whole district on the north side of Wisbech which includes Tydd St. Giles, Newton, … cluster of houses on the Lincolnshire border about a mile north-west of Parson Drove village. It is first authentically …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… with the church and village on the firm silt land at the north-east end, just behind the 'Roman Bank'. The alterations … name is derived from the common tree, 1 the country in the north-eastern part of the parish is undoubtedly more wooded … trees round the village, and a long shelter belt running north and south along the March road at Coldham Hall, the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Canon Field, Old Eaufield, Elbow Field, Flain Field, North and South Inham, and Parson Drove Fen. MANORS … borne out by two chimney breasts, at the back and on the north side, which are certainly of late 16thcentury date. 98 … the present owner. PARK HOUSE lies in Park Field on the north side of the Gorefield Road. The first recorded owner is …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Hundred Newton NEWTON Newton is a village about 4 miles north of Wisbech, lying just west of the 'Roman Bank'. The … eastern boundary, which is also the county boundary. 2 The North Level Main Drain, the principal artificial watercourse … Dam. The centre of the parish is crossed from southwest to north-east by the main electricity transmission line from …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… they became general in Marshland. 8 As elsewhere in the north of the Isle, inclosure mostly took place gradually as … include much of the central block running south-west to north-east, with a long wing running north-west at an angle. The gatehouse was placed in front of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in an oblong area some 6 miles east to west by 4 miles north to south. The parishes near Wisbech, whose nuclei are … known generically as Wryde Croft, along the road leading north from the main Wisbech road towards Gedney Hill; also at … border. French Drove and French Farm in the extreme north of the parish recall the settlement in the 17th century …