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A History of the County of Somerset
… the ground rises gradually towards the summits of Stowell hill to the north (162 m. (530 ft.)) and Bowden hill to the south (145 m. (475 ft.)). 2 The parish covers 773 … running north-south through the parish is known as Slades Hill and Church Hill in Abbas Combe and as High Street in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… was rebuilt by Robert Bromley, Esq., in 1791. On Abberley hill, in the midst of a thickly-planted wood, stands an oak, … land-mark: it is built wholly of freestone dug out of the hill on which it is situated; the roof is finely groined, and … decorated style. Abdon Burf, on the summit of Brown Clee hill, is a remarkable oval inclosure of basalt stones, …
A History of the County of Essex
… the remains of a moat. The Old Manse, formerly known as Hill House, was built in 1851 to the design of the Revd. H. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… throughout the adjacent district. On the south side of a hill, at the base of which flows the Clydach, are the remains … near it, called Brynn y Crogbren, or the "Gallows' Hill," criminals were probably executed; another house in the … styled Secar, signifying the "Exchequer." On the side of a hill called Mynydd Moelvie, or Mynydd yr Ystum, are the ruins …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… addition at the E. end and has been re-roofed. c(17). Hill Farm, cottage, nearly 1 m. N.N.E. of the abbey, is of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… short distance of the house, and nearly on the summit of a hill, is a lofty tower, from which is obtained, on a clear … in colour from a light cream to a dark grey; and in the hill of Priestinch is a quarry of trap, which affords … mansion, beautifully situated on the western slope of the hill of that name, and surrounded with a park containing much …
A Dictionary of London
… of the Abbots of Waltham. On the west side of St. Mary At Hill (Street), south of the church. In Billingsgate Ward. … of the house was acquired for the church of St. Mary at Hill from the Abbot of Waltham, and the south east aisle of … was payable to the king. (Records of St Mary at Hill, I. 240, 391, E.E.T.S. ed.) After the dissolution of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Chapel, the remains of the Abbey and Abbotsbury Castle hill-fort are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical a(1) … a(2) St. Catherine's Chapel (Plate 60) stands on a hill about 700 yards S.W. of the church. The walls are of … Great Barn (272 ft. by 31 ft.) stands on the N. slope of a hill on the S. side of the site about 200 yards S. of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Borough Charters, 10421216 Bamford, H.M., 1976 'Briar Hill. First Interim Report: November 1974March 1976', … Archaeology 11, 511 Bamford, H.M., 1979 'Briar Hill Causewayed Enclosure; Second Interim Report, April … of the Roman Villa and the Discoveries Made on the Borough Hill, the Ancient Bannaventa', Archaeologia 35, 38395 …