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A History of the County of Sussex
… village it rises fairly rapidly, reaching 400 ft. on Hat Hill at the north-west corner of the parish. The road from … Hill south-west of Seabeach stands an 18th-century windmill, 5 forming a conspicuous landmark. It is of round … then contained 400 acres of arable, 20 acres of meadow, a windmill, and a pigeon-house; there were 21 freeholders and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… church, have exposed timber-framing at the N. end. a(5). Hill Farm, house, about m. S.E. of the church, was built …
A History of the County of Essex
… may have included greater emphasis on livestock; Hill House farm, a c. 83-a. mainly arable farm in 1877, was a … with attics survives. There may have been a medieval windmill near Boxted Cross, 68 and another at Great Windmill Hill was recorded in 1586. 69 A windmill had been …
A History of the County of Essex
… Topographical surnames such as Wood, Brook, Fen, Pond, Hill, and Down, suggest dispersed settlement in the earlier … or Cheshunts green, east of the village, and Workhouse Hill, near the heath, existed by the 16th century. 82 The … on Straight Road, Chapel Road, Mill Road, Workhouse Hill, Langham Road, and at Runkins Corner. Sixty-seven …
A History of the County of Essex
… 92 The workhouse, on the northeast side of Workhouse Hill, was probably demolished before 1838 when its site was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Buckinghamshire, and is situated on the declivity of a hill, near a branch of the river Ouse, whose source is in the … in length, extends from the bridge up the acclivity of the hill, and contains many good houses, mostly built of stone; … by one of the Norman barons, is still called the Castle Hill. Samuel Clarke, an eminent orientalist, and one of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… occupied the small plot of glebe in Down field called Mill hill in 1632. 44 There was probably still one mill near the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… vehicle from running down onto the horse when going down hill. OED earliest date of use: 1515-24 under Breeching Found …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… water was conveyed by pipes from a spring at Brown Royd Hill into a reservoir at Westgate, capable of holding only … erected at Bierley, Bowling, Buttershaw, Clayton, Daisy-Hill, Denholme-Gate, Eccleshill, Haworth, Horton, New Leeds, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… garden. a(6) Mound (SP 643479), lies on the summit of a hill S.W. of the village, on Boulder Clay at 137 m. above OD. … are not known but it may have originated as the base of a windmill or have been connected with a rabbit warren as the …