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A History of the County of Stafford
… with Leekfrith is formed by Back brook, which flows south to join the river Churnet, and two arms of Black brook … 30 a. from Onecote; and 18 a. from Longnor lying on the south side of the present course of the river Manifold east … brook. The land lies at 825 ft. (251 m.) in the south-west corner beside Back brook. To the north and east on …
A History of the County of Stafford
… river Manifold form the eastern boundary with Longnor. The south-western boundary with Heathylee runs along a ridge. On … stands at 1,513 ft. (461 m.). The ridge tapers to the south-east, the land dropping gradually to 883 ft. (269 m.) at the south-eastern tip of the township. The underlying rock is …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in the county after Leek. Alstonefield village, in the south-east corner of the ancient parish, is 6½ miles … is the highest point in Staffordshire, and Flash, on the south side of the hill at 1,526 ft. (465 m.), is the highest … sheep, with most of the farms under 50 ha. in size. In the south-east part of the parish there are numerous Bronze Age …
A History of the County of Stafford
… at the northwest end where by the later 1820s some land south of the river was in Derbyshire. 67 The old course of the river Manifold and a tributary brook formed the south-western boundary with Heathylee and Hollinsclough. The … as the boundary of the civil parish in 1934, when 18 a. south of the river east of Longnor bridge were transferred to …
A History of the County of Stafford
… ft. (513 m.) and is the highest point in Staffordshire. South of Flash the land falls to 1,261 ft. (383 m.) near … stands at 870 ft. (265 m.). Goldsitch Moss, in the south part of the township, is an area of flatter ground, … 86 but was later abandoned. There was a house at Gradbach south-west of Manor Farm possibly by 1374, when there was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Warslow village lies at 984 ft. (300 m.). To the east and south the land falls gently and lies at 662 ft. (202 m.) at … Three Bronze Age barrows also stand on top of the hill south-west of Upper Elkstone village. 39 The position of … House Farm, dated 1742, stands in School Lane, which runs south from the village and formerly continued to Butterton. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN SOUTH-EAST ESSEX. ACCREDITED TO A DATE ANTERIOR TO 1714, … added. The church has been restored in modern times. The South Porch is probably of the 18th century. Among the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to have been built in the time of the Tudors. In the south wall of the chancel, three fine early English sedilia … The living is a vicarage, with the perpetual curacies of South Huish, Malborough, and South Milton annexed, valued in the king's books at 62. 16. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… similarly once had independent fields, presumably in the south-west, but a grant in 1351 of 38 a. 'in either field in … in 1671 they were recorded with the 20-a. Barrel field, south of Alvescot village near the eastern boundary, as a single Lower field. 7 South field, mentioned intermittently from the 17th century, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… stone-built village of Alvescot lies 6 miles (9.7 km) south-west of Witney and 15 miles (24 km) west of Oxford, on … ancient parish was long and narrow, running from north to south across varied soils (Figs 2 and 10). Possibly those … On much of the east they followed Shill brook, on the south a probably ancient route called Calcroft Lane, and on …