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A History of the County of Middlesex
… corne seemeth to extend from Heston to Harrow on the hill, betweene which as in the mid way, is Perivale, more … It may be noted also how nature has exalted Harrow on the hill, which seemeth to make ostentation of its scituation in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Fm., Shelve: ibid. 17 Nov. 1983, p. 16. For the local hill farmers' disappointment when the Clun valley failed to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… about Stadhampton, Culham, Warborough, Nuneham, Forest Hill, Kidlington, Chiselhampton, Sandford, Great Haseley, &c. … to Bicester parish in a similar way at Blackthorns Hill. The result is, the rates are immediately reduced one …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 10 When Edmund Ludlow inclosed common-field land in Hill Deverill, it was credibly testified that 'whereas the … Inclosure Act was passed, and so was most of the Corallian hill district. The greater part of the inclosure of the … lands were sometimes in a three-field course, and hill lands in common-field in a two- or four-field one. 55 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… than had been possible before. 293 E. Rush, of Castle Hill Farm, Eisey, near Cricklade, was a mechanically minded …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from the querns, or millstones, obtained from the how or hill in the parish: it comprises an area of 527 a. 18 p. The … Hall, a neat mansion, with pleasant grounds, is Cloven hill, the supposed site of a battle, and where human bones … but there are no traces of any place of worship. On a hill, which ranges three miles in length, is a Roman camp, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… m. at Aisholt wood, and in the east 220 m. on Hawkridge Hill. The valley bottoms, converging in the north-east where … 24 In the 17th century there were commons at Hawkridge Hill and at Holcombe, later called Aisholt common, small … still 240 a. of common at Aisholt common and Hawkridge Hill. 28 Aisholt common measured c. 171 a. in 1920 and 1986. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Joan, widow of Hugh Malet. 51 In 1431 it was held by John Hill. 52 Roger de Reigny gave land later called EAST … for her life. 58 In 1398 the estate was settled on Robert Hill and his wife Isabel, daughter of Sir Thomas. 59 Robert's …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… refusing to abjure his new religion, was beheaded on the hill called Holmhurst; on which spot the monastery was … of three streets, the abbey church standing on the hill near the point where they meet. That part of it which … Cromer, and includes the hamlets of Alby Common and Alby Hill; it comprises about 840 acres, whereof 634 are computed …
Survey of London
… Rebuilding was carried out in 195152 by Messrs. Higgs and Hill. 130 Apart from war-damage the residential parts of … The Crown Journal (staff magazine of Messrs. Higgs and Hill), no. 65, April 1952. Information kindly supplied by …