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A History of the County of Buckingham
… and 'Mercury conducting Tragic and Comic Poetry to the hill of Parnassus.' The doorways, which are placed at the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… on the high road running west to Buckingham, is Windmill Hill. The watermill of Thornborough is in the north of the … This parish is entitled under the will of William Hill, dated in 1723, to receive an annuity of 20 s. for a …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… a lane leads north to the church, which stands on a slight hill, with the rectory, built in 1854. to the north-west of … on the Buckingham road, which here passes over Sand Pit Hill. In 18602 the remains of a Roman villa were found in … a claim to right of common for sheep and cattle on Preston Hill and Behind Wood in Tingewick. 8 A similar claim on …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… land called Upper and Lower Wakes Mill and to Old Windmill Hill, together with an existing windmill. 7 The school stands … There are a few outlying farms; in the south Turweston Hill Farm and Grove Hill Farm, and about the centre, on the eastern boundary, is …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… datum in the south of the parish to 382 ft. on Poundon Hill in the south-west. The soil is chiefly a heavy clay. The … during a gale in February 1860. 9 The name Windmill Hill still survives. The hamlet of Charndon (Credendone, xi …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… situation commanding fine views. On the brow of a hill south-east of the The Wilderness, Upper Winchendon, from … was the love of praise.' (Pope, Epistle, 1). Recov. R. Hill. 6 Geo. I, m. 51. Chan. Enr. Decr. 1751, no. 1. G.E.C. …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… in the south-west of the parish to 476 ft. near Waddesdon Hill Farm. The hills in the west and centre of the parish … The Baptists have also a chapel and cemetery on Waddesdon Hill given by Francis Cox of Cranwell, who was buried there … stands in grounds extending over 800 acres on Lodge Hill, half a mile south-west of the village. The house, …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… usual operation of miners,' a shaft being driven into the hill. 12 Lysons, about 1813, stated that at that time only …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Buskes.' 23 The last must have been near the modern Stacey Hill Farm, called in the 19th century Stacey Bushes Farm. 24 …