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A History of the County of Stafford
… Hurdlow combines Old English hord, treasure, and hlaw, a hill or possibly a barrow. 77 There was a house at Stoney …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Cloth working in that area is suggested by the name Tenter Hill, used by 1775 for the hill between the river and Golling Gate. 13 A pedlar was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… The land rises to over 1,000 ft. in many places. Oliver Hill in Quarnford, at 1,684 ft. (513 m.), is the highest … in Staffordshire, and Flash, on the south side of the hill at 1,526 ft. (465 m.), is the highest village in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… wastes in the township Longnor men had pasture on Fawfield Hill, in Fawfieldhead township. 47 Although cattle were …
A History of the County of Stafford
… England, its school standing at 1,526 ft. (465 m.). Oliver Hill north of Flash rises to 1,684 ft. (513 m.) and is the … again in the west, reaching 1,310 ft. (398 m.) on Gradbach Hill. The underlying rock is sandstone of the Millstone Grit … 17th century, however, three stones on the top of Cheeks Hill at the northern tip of the township were thought to mark …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Upper Elkstone village stands on the east side of a hill which rises to 1,376 ft. (419 m.). The underlying rock … Three Bronze Age barrows also stand on top of the hill south-west of Upper Elkstone village. 39 The position of … as Elkesdon, the name presumably referring to the dun, or hill, south-west of Upper Elkstone village. By the earlier …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… a larger scale and some of the biggest sites, notably the hill-forts, have been reduced to a smaller scale to avoid … of contour strip lynchets, and on the S. side of Church Hill (704034) strip fields have modified 'Celtic' fields … (1617) Round Barrows (16) Bowl (70360355) on Church Hill on a gentle S. slope at 660 ft. O.D.; centre of mound …
A History of the County of Oxford
… farms were vacant, and in 1887 the prominent farmer John Hill was bankrupted. 95 Rent remissions were mentioned in … Witney Express, 20 June 1872; PRO, RG 11/1514; for Hill, conveyance 28 Sept. 1887, among deeds in possession of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 'at green' was recorded in 1351, 76 and the name 'at hill', recorded in 1327, 77 referred perhaps to the prominent … cts). Earliest forms suggest burh rather than beorg (hill or barrow), notwithstanding the medieval surname 'at …
A History of the County of Warwick
… On 20 November 1820 William Hiron, the farmer at Alveston Hill, was attacked and killed near this spot by four men who … now Alveston Pasture Farm), and Thomas Hiron (now Alveston Hill Farm, 275 acres). 34 With the exception of Lifford … and other holdings in Hampton Meadow and under Hatton Hill passed with the site of the manor to the Peers family in …