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Old and New London
… Place." In the Minories, lying between Aldgate and Tower Hill, there stood, in the Middle Ages, an abbey of nuns of …
A History of the County of Essex
… outcrops were per- manent grass, supporting dairy herds at Hill, Aldham Hall, and Church House farms; the boulder clay … fruit, and vegetables. 92 Dairy farming had ceased at Hill Farm and Aldham Hall by 1955, but continued at Church …
A History of the County of Essex
… in 1498, Fordstreet green near the foot of Fordstreet hill in 1686 and 1708, and South green in Green Lane in 1810. … c. 1801 the gate had been moved to the foot of Fordstreet hill. 15 In the 17th century, lanes led from Fordstreet and … Fordstreet was defended by a road block at the foot of the hill, a pill box and tank trap at the bridge itself; 51 seven …
A History of the County of Sussex
… by the Aldingbourne Rife, which flows southwards past Tote Copse, a circular mound with traces of a moat, adjoining the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is elevated, the celebrated Barr Beacon being the highest hill in the inland counties. The neighbourhood affords a kind … of land. The town is pleasantly situated on the brow of a hill, sloping towards the south, and consists of four streets …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… the earlier and more important. The church occupied the hill to the south-west by the 12th century and is set apart …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and containing 851 inhabitants. On the downs is St. Anne's hill, on which a large fair for sheep and horses is held on … called Barrow Peel, to the west of which is Ridlee-Cairn Hill, supposed to have been a burial-place of the ancient …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… 145. Ibid. Ibid. 148. Ibid. Ibid. 152. Ibid. Rosalind Hill, 'Bishop Sutton and the Inst. of Heads of Religious …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… gifts were Kirkham church and the tithes of Walton-on-the-Hill. But in a charter issued in 1093 or shortly afterwards …
A History of the County of York
… Wood, which is called Hedley, and all the ground to the hill at Oglethorp,' 90 but whether this gift was made to the …