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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… is sharper in the southern half of the parish. Ragland's hill and the higher ground west of it overhang the river … and there are several steep sided coombs between Throope hill, 154 m., the summit of Faulston down, 171 m., and … barns probably of the later 18th century. Below Ragland's hill near the river a pair of cottages of 17th-century or …
A History of the County of Durham
… of the village, and the ancient earthwork called Castle Hill lies on low ground to the south-east. 1 There is a … St. Peter's Day. The principal antiquities are the Castle Hill and moat above-mentioned. The history of the place has … heirs of Richard Croft, George Todd (owner of the Castle Hill), John Rippon, Thomas Pearson, and Thomasine Beverley, …
A History of the County of Surrey
… poor of Bisley. The land is known as Queen Lane. The Dead Hill estate, producing about 16 a year for the poor, was left …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the third, in the eastern part of it, is called Tyler-hill common. On the east side of Bleane common, on the knoll of the hill, is a good brick house, formerly of better note, though …
A History of the County of Surrey
… an Act of 1810. 1 The prehistoric fortification on White Hill is on the borders of Blechingley and Caterham parishes, … implements, prehistoric or Roman, seem to be recorded. The hill-track called the Pilgrims' Way passes close by the camp, … it. 2 We can only say that there is a trace of a great hill-top camp of refuge of a probably early date. Mr. Flower …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 380 ft. rising to 425 ft. at the highest point, Pebbly Hill. Its eastern boundary, the River Evenlode, is also the … 19th-century, Mickland's Farm which is small, and Pebbly Hill Farm, which has a number of barns. On the other side of … called the Upper and Lower Oars, Quickham Field, Pebbly Hill, Claydon, and Dunstall were inclosed, a total of 1,343 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the strength of local discontent that Enslow Hill (i.e. the high ground east of the bridge) was to be the … that the owners of Constable's Close (4 a.) and Painter's Hill Close (6 a.) endowed his foundation with these lands. … Land with Constable's Close and School (formerly Painter's Hill) Close, was 29 17 s. 392 During the 18th century the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… The downs form the southern part of the parish. Riddle Hill is 467 ft. above the ordnance datum and Lowbury Hill in the extreme south reaches the height of 615 ft. Blewburton Hill on the boundary between Blewbury and Aston Upthorpe is …
A History of the County of Worcester
… 1 lies among the Cotswolds to the north of Bourton-on-the-Hill, and is entirely surrounded by Gloucestershire and … Blockley lies in the south-west part of the parish on two hill-slopes and has a station nearly 2 miles away on the … Paxford, which is in the extreme north of the parish on a hill overlooking the railway line, consists of a main street …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the centre the land rises gradually to 500 ft. at Hobb Hill, which is capped by Oolite rock, and to 525 ft. at Fern Hill and Rye Hill. Between a feeder of the Sor Brook, which crosses the …