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A History of the County of Durham
… from Stockton to Durham. It is bounded by Croxdale, Ferry Hill, and Aycliffe on the west, Sedgefield on the south, … angles. The first runs east and west along a limestone hill. The second runs south from the west end of the first into the valley and up a second hill, on the highest point of which stands the church of St. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Down, and falls to 400 ft. near Horton. On Morgan's Hill in the north-west it is 940 ft. The village of Roundway … these places. The ground is highest in the north: Roundway Hill is 795 ft. In the south the land falls to about 430 ft. … the traditional site of Roundway manor house. 15 Roundway Hill Covert, a wooded plantation covering the steep slope of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 19th century. 17 On the east side of the parish Cleeve Hill provided 1,002 a. of common land on which the rights of … and Woodmancote had rights of common. In the 1830's Cleeve Hill was used for Cheltenham Races, and throughout the 19th … boundaries of Cleeve; 26 round barrows recorded on Cleeve Hill in the 19th century were no longer visible in 1964. 27 …
A History of the County of Warwick
… recorded in 1086. 1 The ground slopes from Christmas Hill 2 (425 ft.) on the western boundary to 269 ft., where … (built by Mr. Miller of Radway) on the very top of Edge Hill, which commands a vast part of this kingdom, for with a … Warw. i, 305. This occurs in 1246 as 'Cristemelhul' (= the hill crowned with a cross): Magnum Reg. Album (Wm. Salt …
A History of the County of Hertford
… 11 the Mercery, 12 the Buchery, 13 Shop Row, 14 Barley Hill and Wheat Hill. 15 The Fish Row or Market which branched off from High … time. From its position on the main road from London to Saffron Walden it cut the communication between those places …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… wood lately fellid ther, the lodge standing faier upon a hill towards the northe end of the parke. A greate wood lying … started from Candover (Cendefer), thence to Bogmoor Hill (Bucgan oran), thence apparently along the northern …
A History of the County of Warwick
… inclosed. A little to the north of the church is Windmill Hill, and there is reference to a windmill belonging to the … according to local tradition once served as a bear pit. Hill Farm, mile south-west of the church, has some … 1923. The churchyard is almost on the crest of the small hill on which the village stands, and the south and east …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and near it the church and court-lodge. On the rise of the hill is the parsonage, an antient building modernized, and …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… are scattered along the road to the south towards Knowle Hill, which rises to a height of about 160 ft. above the …