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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 … St. John the Baptist, upon a lofty hill called Lambert's Castle. The summit of this hill, in the form of the letter D, … dam, supposed to have stood for nearly 1000 years. Star Castle, an old manor in the parish, is tithe-free, and …
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 … situated, near the Hull and Selby railway. Wressel Castle was built by Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, who was … divine service was performed in a private chapel at the castle, but the castle was burned down in 1797, when the …
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 … possible prehistoric enclosure lies east of Charlton castle, 4 while other possible sites and scattered finds …
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 … are some remains of a British encampment called Barbary Castle. Wroxeter (St. Andrew) WROXETER ( St. Andrew), a … remains of a strong double intrenchmeut called Desborough Castle, which was probably thrown up by that people to check …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… B/V/6, Wrockwardine, 1701; SA 15504; Barnard MSS., Raby Castle, box 12, bdle. 25, lease, 20 Oct. 1597, for descr. of … Com.), iii. 191. L.J.R.O., B/V/1/8, 11; Barnard MSS., Raby Castle, box 12, bdle. 24, lease, 16 Nov. 1585; [L. Marshall], … Hobson, Wellington Dir. (1898), 58. Barnard MSS., Raby Castle, box 1, bdle. 27, no. 45. Acct. based on Cranage, vii. …
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 … (copies in S.P.L.). Eyton, ix. 32, 36; Barnard MSS., Raby Castle, box 1, bdle. 27, no. 32 and passim; ridge and furrow …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 999/33.4. T.S.A.S. 4th ser. viii. 156. Barnard MSS., Raby Castle, box 1, bdle. 27, no. 46. Ibid. box 12, bdle. 17, …
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 … there. 39 The defended manor house, known as Charlton Castle, was apparently still used as a residence of the lords … m. 4; C 138/59, no. 53, m. 4; E 364/78. Barnard MSS., Raby Castle, box 1, bdle. 27, nos. 62a, 62b. T.S.A.S. 4th ser. xi. …
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 …