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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… In the north of the parish is an eminence called Cissbury Hill, containing 20 acres, surrounded by a vallum, and … called Roche or Rachiche Castle, on the edge of Blackdown Hill. The parish comprises 2012 a. 3 r. 32 p., of which 1043 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of the parish on the eastern side of the steep Bratton Hill. There appear to be no natural boundaries except in the … promontory which reaches to 184 m. (603 ft.) on Bratton Hill, its sides falling steeply to the east and more … abandonment of the earlier course to the foot of Cattle Hill by 1831, but a new route over Cattle Hill through …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… good; interior defaced. Unclassified c(1). Lark's Hill, or Lark's Field, is the promontory of a hill, which runs out, S.E. of the village, between the high … house or farm, is said to have been found somewhere on the hill about 1799; many Roman remains (coins, potsherds, oyster …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… in the N. of the parish on the steep S.W. side of Cleve Hill, on Jurassic Clay between 125 m. and 150 m. above OD. … of the manor house (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1994, 43523). a(5) Windmill mound (SP 54116527), S. of Braunston village on the … 0.25 m. deep, is almost certainly the site of a former windmill for in 1785 (Map in NRO) the small field in which it …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 16 per annum by the late Whitshed Keene, Esq., of Hawthorn Hill. Jesus' Hospital was founded in 1627, by William … situated in the vale of the Derwent, and at the foot of a hill which shelters it from the north and north-east winds. … quality for building is found in abundance, and Tregonning Hill consists almost entirely of granite, which is …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… of 1838. The ecclesiastical parish of ALL SAINTS, Boyn Hill, was formed in 1858. The church consists of a chancel, … tiles. It serves as a chapel of ease to All Saints, Boyn Hill. ADVOWSON There was a church at Bray in 1086. 4 It was … Weyer, by deed poll of 21 January 1900. All Saints', Boyn Hill. In 1876 Emma Lamotte, by will proved at London 14 July, …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Oakley are scattered along the Windsor Road, and Boyn Hill, Tittle Row and Cox Green lie in the west of the parish. … About half a mile from the village of Bray is Canon Hill, once the manor-house of the rectory. Holyport is further to the village of Bray is Canon Hill, once the to the south-west, and has a Wesleyan chapel; …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and the only eminence that deserves the name of a hill, is that of Burghill, to the south of the town. The … on the eastern side, called St. Andrew's, or Ander hill, upwards of 400 feet in height. At the southern … is a lofty elevation called the Ward; also Beacon hill, rising 724 feet above the level of the sea, and which, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… cultivated. The village is pleasantly situated on a hill commanding extensive and finely varied prospects. The … through the village, where there is a station. From Bredon Hill (on which are quarries of stone suitable for building) … Cotswold, including the winding course of the Severn: the hill is crowned by a Roman encampment with a double trench. …
A Survey of London
… be reformed: wherevpon in the yeare 1550. Sir Rowland Hill being Mayor, by the assent of a court of Aldermen he was …