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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, … Mead ( c. 175 a.), Hill ( c. 60 a.), and Yarnton Hill, or Spring Hill, farms ( c. 25 a.). The other farms, besides … were Paternoster ( c. 120 a.), Jackson's ( c. 50 a.) and College ( c. 55 a.) farms. In the north-east quarter of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and more steeply to over 91 m. in the north-west beyond Spring Hill. North and west of the village the land is Oxford clay, … west of the junction of Rutten Lane and Cassington Road, College Mead west of the north end of Little Lane, and Mead …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of cottages, including a block of seven known as the College standing on manorial waste south of Cassington Lane, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the estate, known thereafter as Jackson's farm, to Merton College, Oxford, to provide four scholarships. The farmhouse … central staircase. 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 … John Scott, of Dryhope; Sir Gideon Murray, senator of the College of Justice by the title of Lord Elibank; Dr. John … woodland and plantations, sixty undivided common, and 2522 hill pasture. The surface is generally elevated, rising …
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, … manor. In 171617 and 1719, as presumably earlier, the spring meeting was held with a view of frankpledge. The …
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 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… Cottage, 220 yards E. of (11). (13). Cottage, E. of the Congregational Chapel and 100 yards E.N.E. of (12), was built …