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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… in which small streams flow S. to the sea. In the W. is Hill Bottom, and in the E. are Winspit and Seacombe Bottoms, … is one of many small hamlets and farms, each with a more or less rectangular area of land, the boundaries of which are … W. may also be of the 17th century. a(18) Elm Cottage, at Hill Bottom (961778), was built as a pair of double-fronted …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Road, were also in existence by 1811, 54 and Gravel or Greville Terrace to the south of it apparently by 1813. 55 … houses of various styles spread up to the summit of the hill, which is over 300 feet high. Many old trees and banks were retained, especially in Salvington Hill. To the north-east in Findon Valley, added to the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Steyne Hotel. 31 By 1859 the number had increased to four or five. 32 In 1802 Thomas Trotter, a travelling … were held only during the season, between July or August and October, 33 and many famous actors played … on the downs above Broadwater, was formed in 1905. 15 Hill Barn municipal golf course was opened in 1935. 16 Both …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… length and one mile in average breadth; it includes Leith Hill, and comprises 4176 acres, of which 563 are common or waste. The soil is various. The lands are watered by two streams rising in the northern declivity of Leith Hill, and which, uniting, fall into the Wey near Shalford: …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… map). The windows have vertical and horizontal sashes, or casements, with wooden lintels. (458) House, No. 7, … a dwelling, enclosing waste land and making a garden (Stamford Baron, Court Rolls, April 1830). Fig. 212 Seal of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the butt of a black oak, cut in imitation of the sigilaria or antediluvian palm-tree; and the clerk's desk, on the … 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 …
A Dictionary of London
… Company, by the name of "Vernon's quay." It seems to be on or near the site of Bear Quay in Horwood, 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 … 94 Most of the rest of the parish lies on boulder clay or sand and gravel, while some terrace gravel is associated …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… comprises 8878 acres, of which 1704 are in wood. Woodland, or Week, now only a hamlet, was formerly a parish of itself. … where was formerly a public well, now filled up. Wrotham-hill, immediately above the town, affords one of the finest … by his successors in the living: the reformer was born in or near this place. Wycombe WYCOMBE, a hamlet, in the parish …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a share in the ploughteams probably implies the recent or continued expansion of cultivation, and Wrockwardine's … of Pengwern 57 - was perhaps one reason why the manor had, or claimed, rights over a large part of the area's economic … Basalt and granite were quarried around Leaton and Overley Hill during the 19th century. Extraction continued on a small …