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A History of the County of Oxford
… intensive. Of new farms created, the most notable were Hill farm, whose farmhouse is dated 1731, and, probably, Windmill Hill farm. By the later 18th century, however, the number of … there were 5 farms c. 1800: Manor ( c. 235 a.), Windmill Hill ( c. 245 a.), Mead ( c. 175 a.), Hill ( c. 60 a.), and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… more steeply to over 91 m. in the north-west beyond Spring Hill. North and west of the village the land is Oxford clay, … in the area known as the Sands, around Begbroke Hill and Sandy Lane. Much of the village stands on gravel, … have been found over a wide area east of Begbroke Hill, 76 and the Sandy Lane gravel workings have revealed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The house was sold in 1965. In 1895 the college bought Hill farm, whose land adjoined Jackson's farm, from Sir …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… forest; the chief are some oak-trees on the West Faldshope hill, but they are more remarkable for their great age than … woodland and plantations, sixty undivided common, and 2522 hill pasture. The surface is generally elevated, rising … and comprises 8400 acres, of which 2000 are meadow and hill-pasture, 100 wood and plantations, 200 undivided common, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… corner takes in the lower, western, slopes of Windmill Hill. 30 Flat and well drained, nearly all Yatesbury's land … and a signals school was built south-west of Windmill Hill and in Yatesbury parish. The station was closed in 1964, … 59 An estate in Yatesbury was held from 1412 by St. Mary's priory near Marlborough. In 1539 it passed to the Crown when …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… (11). Cottage, on the E. side of the road at Perrystone Hill, 1,000 yards S. of the church, has exposed …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… eight yards in breadth, built on the very edge of the hill, with an entrance on the south; within this is another … There are several smaller circles on other parts of the hill, with vestiges of a grove of oaks, strongly indicating … In 1163, Roger and Helwysia de Clere founded a priory here for nine nuns of the Benedictine order, dedicated …
A Dictionary of London
… and P.H. VIII. XIX. (t), p.86). On the east side of Peter Hill (S. 369). York House Wheatley says Baynard's Castle was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the open fields of Hardwick. 23 In 1708 part of Combe hill in Lew was said to be tithable to Yelford, but no later …