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A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16, Henley-on-Thames and Environs
… 16 (1951), 237 D. Roden, 'Changing Settlement in the Chiltern Hills before 1850', Folk Life 8 (1970), 5771 D. Roden, 'Demesne Farming in the Chiltern Hills', Agric. Hist. Rev. 17 (1969), 923 D. Roden, 'Enclosure in the Chiltern Hills', Geografiska Annaler 51.2 (1969), 11526 D. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… side of the South Berkshire country; that is to say, the Chiltern ranges between Nettlebed and Reading, a district … and the writer has on one occasion, when hunting among the Chiltern beech-woods, seen no less than twenty-one magpies on … The nine holes are situated on Peppard Common on the Chiltern Hills, about 380 ft. above sea level. The length of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… I to hunt in Middlesex and Surrey and as far away as the Chiltern Hills. 15 In the reign of George I, 'riding on …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… scattered houses, is on one of the highest points of the Chiltern hills. The manufacture of common chairs is carried …
Swyncombe
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… Swyncombe SWYNCOMBE Swyncombe lies in the Chiltern hills c.5 km south of Watlington and 11 km … and brick industry. More recently the parish's typical Chiltern setting has attracted affluent commuters working in … across the downs to rejoin Icknield Way, leaving the Chiltern foothills (Ewelme Downs) within Ewelme parish. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for sale. Supplies came from the Vale of Aylesbury, the Chiltern Hills, South Oxfordshire, and North and Mid-Bucks. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… most of his lands in the former county lying in the Chiltern Hundreds, 94 the bailiwick of which was later often … honour of St. Valery and the four and a half hundreds of Chiltern was granted to Francis Viscount Lovel. 221 Having …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 6 acres are covered by water. 1 The subsoil is chalk. The Chiltern Hills cross the parish and the village lies over 400 … The town of Wendover is supplied with water by the Chiltern Hills Spring Water Company. The main road from … and other interesting internal fittings, still remain. Chiltern House, originally a half-timber house of the early …