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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… one of which, formerly called the King's pit of Sheriff Hill, but now the Stormount Main colliery, has been sunk to a … net income, 100; patron, the Bishop of Winchester. Wreigh-Hill WREIGH-HILL, a township, in the parish and union of Rothbury, W. …
A Dictionary of London
… now covered by the Custom House. Wyeber Alley On Addle Hill (W. Stow, 1722-Rev. of London, 1728). Not named in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… boundary' - diverged northwards from the road at Overley Hill by 975, and southwards around Cluddley, probably by the … outcrop Uriconian Rhyolite, particularly between Overley Hill and Leaton and west of Wrockwardine, and tuff, on which … 28 There was already a hamlet called Lea at Overley Hill in 1817. 29 Overley Hall, a 14-bedroomed red-brick house …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… where was formerly a public well, now filled up. Wrotham-hill, immediately above the town, affords one of the finest …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… oaks and underwood. 65 It was within the royal forest of Mount Gilbert or the Wrekin. By c. 1290 assarting had begun, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Basalt and granite were quarried around Leaton and Overley Hill during the 19th century. Extraction continued on a small …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1688, sold his interest in Wrockwardine to Richard Hill of Hawkstone, the statesman and diplomat, in 1715. 92 In 1722 Hill settled it in marriage on his nephew Samuel Barbour, who took the name Hill. He lived at Shenstone (Staffs.) and died in 1758, when …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in 1851. United Free Methodists had a chapel at Overley Hill from 1862. It was de-registered in 1935 and demolished …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… a. Several Roman coins 1 were found in the garden of Heath Hill House (SP 18472278), mile E. of the Chessels settlement, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… its name from the Saxon Win Munde Ham, signifying "a pleasant village on a mount;" and is indebted for its importance to the foundation …