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A History of the County of Oxford
… by will dated 1684 left a rent charge of £7 a year on Windmill field for repairs to the family chapel, with the …
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 … parish, there were 5 farms c. 1800: Manor ( c. 235 a.), Windmill Hill ( c. 245 a.), Mead ( c. 175 a.), Hill ( c. 60 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… had at that time 13 boys and 14 girls. 54 A rent charge on Windmill field of £7 a year, devised by Sir Thomas Spencer …
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, … north end of Church Lane, was formerly a smithy. Hill and Windmill Hill Farms, facing each other across the Cassington …
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
… the east corner takes in the lower, western, slopes of Windmill Hill. 30 Flat and well drained, nearly all Yatesbury's land … the airfield, and a signals school was built south-west of Windmill Hill and in Yatesbury parish. The station was closed …
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
… is an original moulded ceiling-beam. (17). Yaxley Stone Windmill, 600 yards W. of the church, is a round building, …