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Old and New London
… in the luckless rebellion of '45, was beheaded on Tower Hill. In 1743 he was presented to the united rectories of St. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the forest, which probably gave name to St. Leonard's Hill, an elegant mansion built by the Duchess of Gloucester, …
Survey of London
… and John and Joseph Rossington to the Rt. Hon. Richard Hill, the diplomatist, who was then a Commissioner of the Treasury, for 1800. 75 Richard Hill lived in the house until his death in 1727 23 and was … a large share of his uncle's fortune, adopted the name of Hill. 38 He lived in the house until 1769, and was followed …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… remounted at his own charge, and planted upon the Tower hill, may be continued' (Hist. MSS. Com. Dartmouth 1, 134). …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in visceral complaints. On the south-western brow of the hill, and protected on the north and east by the summit of … through pipes to most of the respectable houses on the hill. There are some splendid ranges of buildings, and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and Atherington, 81 lies on brickearth, of which Climping windmill occupies an outlier further east. The rest of the … were grown commercially in 1986. 68 Mills. There was a windmill on the Hospitallers' estate at Ilsham in 1338 69 and a mill on Cudlow manor at the same period. 70 A windmill on Atherington manor is mentioned from 1378. 71 In …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… There is a strong mineral spring at the base of a hill in the western part of the parish, said to be … derivation from the British Cled-dwr, which signifies the hill or rock by the waters, and the final syllable how, a Saxon word for hill; being descriptive of its situation on an isolated …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Clywedog brook, and on the southeastern declivity of Camlo Hill. The name signifies "the green wood," and was formerly …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… vestiges of the moated castle of the barons d'Albini: the hill on which it stood is high and steep, and overgrown with … with a square embattled tower. In a field called Barrow Hill, several skeletons were discovered a few years since. … The village is beautifully situated at the foot of a lofty hill, and surrounded with woods and plantations. The living …
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward I
… by his charter to William de Clervaus, and excepting the windmill, and excepting the lands that Anthony bought of … York, for his service, the manor of Skorreby, excepting a windmill and the lands that William de Clervaus held on the …