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A History of the County of Northampton
… Little Addington Church: West Tower Doorway The smaller of the Addingtons differs little in its main features from … being liable to floods. The area is 1,134 acres of land and 9 of water. The population was 280 in 1921. The village, … of the church, with thatched roof and lantern, is now in a state of dilapidation. The public elementary school, built in …
A History of the County of Bedford
… (xviixviii cent.). Little Barford is a small parish of 1,200 acres on the Huntingdonshire borders. The western boundary is formed by the River Ouse, and the land here is liable to floods; the south-east is …
A History of the County of Hertford
… LITTLE BERKHAMPSTEAD Berchehamstede (xi cent.). The parish of Little Berkhampstead is bounded on the north by … The area of the parish is 1,581 acres of land and 6 acres of water. The soil is of clay and gravel, the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… LITTLE BILLING Belinge (xi cent.); Billingge (xii cent.). The parish of Little Billing covers an area of 870 acres. It is long and narrow in shape and is crossed by the main road from …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Bookham LITTLE BOOKHAM Bocheham (xi cent.); Bokham (xiii and xiv cent.). Little Bookham is a small parish 2 miles south-west of Letherhead. It is bounded on the north-west by Cobham, on the north by Stoke D'Abernon, on …
A History of the County of Rutland
… Castretone (xi cent.); Parva Castreton (xiii cent.). The parish of Little Casterton lies on the east of the county, … being on its southern border, while the River Gwash and the Great North Road form the south-west boundary. The …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… in antient records, Cert. It lies on the north side of the range of quarry hills, where the soil is mostly the … from the summit of the hill, having the court-lodge and church adjoining to it. The stream, which rises at … confirmed to them in 1044, by one Elgeric Bigge, in which state THE MANOR OF Little Chart remained at the taking of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Cheverell LITTLE CHEVERELL Little Cheverell, 5 miles south of Devizes, is one of a number of villages lying at the foot of the northern scarp of Salisbury Plain. 1 Like most of the others the parish, 1,025 a., is long and narrow. Reaching from Imber in the south to Worton in the …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Minor or Parva (xiii cent.). This small parish lies to the north of Bredon Hill, 2 miles south-east of Pershore, in one of the … to the Wigleys. It is probably of early 17th-century date, and has gabled wings at the north and south ends and a …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1921, 294; 1931, 288. This parish was an isolated portion of the county of Gloucester until about 1845, when it was … the parish boundary. It is hilly, varying between 400 ft. and over 600 ft., the higher land commanding fine views. In …