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A History of the County of Berkshire
… undulating, the highest points being the Copped or Barkham Hill and Coombes Hill. The parish forms part of the forest of Windsor and is … it branches to Arborfield and Swallowfield. From Copped Hill in the village a road runs north to Sindlesham. There …
Magna Britannia
… Bolsover castle, which is situated on the brow of a steep hill, and commands a very extensive prospect, consists of two …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Pl. de Banc. Trin. 18. E. 1. ro. 89. Nom. Vill. In Oct. S. Hill. 10 E. 2. Pl. de quo War. cor. Will. Herle, 3 E. 3. apud …
A History of the County of Surrey
… is now occupied by small houses. Of modern houses Mill Hill is the residence of Mrs. Eykyn; the Manor House was that …
A History of the County of Hertford
… is in the centre of the town, stands on the brow of the hill. The old North Road entering the town from Hadley Green … which is known as the battle of Barnet, took place on the hill on which the town stands. Sir Jeremy Sambrook of North … the work of raising that part of the road near Pricklers Hill to a higher level, and of reducing the inclination of …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… is a drinking fountain raised in 1866. The street climbs a hill, from the top of which fine views are obtained of the … the moors rise to a height of over 1,600 ft., Black Hill being the highest point, and merge in the mountainous … The church of ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS stands on the hill-side to the south of the village, and consists of a …
A History of the County of Northampton
… to the east are Friar's Close Farm, a moat, and Foot Hill Spinney. There is a considerable amount of woodland in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Mare Way, an ancient track along the ridge of the White Hill which reaches eastwards from the west Cambridgeshire … The parish lies on boulder clay overlying chalk on the hill, alluvium and gravels along the river, and gault in … 162 and a white-tawyer in 1558. 163 The cultivation of saffron had been introduced c. 1500, 164 apparently in fenced …
A History of the County of Somerset
… clay. To the south of the village the scarp of Winsmoor hill rises abruptly to a plateau of Yeovil and Pennard sands, … manor claimed an interest there at Cleyhill and Barrington hill, in some 1,200 a. Division took place c. 1631 when part … and added to the old fields on and around Barrington hill in 1833 under Act of 1830. 113 West moor, inclosed in …