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A History of the County of Berkshire
… the parish on the road from Newbury, on the top of a small hill and consists of brick cottages and a few houses, with an …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… ( Early Linc. Wills (ed. Gibbons), 61). In 1528 Thomas Hill left 4 d. to the painting of St. Nicholas and Richard Hill desired to be buried in the churchyard of 'Halowes …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… left in the village after inclosure. Lower, Chalk Pit, and Hill Farms lie north-west of the village, on the road running … tenants of Cokyns and of a piece of waste called Sprotts Hill, whose flock they succeeded in limiting to 180. They … tenants had a customary right to pasture cattle on Sprotts Hill any sheep were there by special permission. 60 In the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… is the very fine motte-and-bailey castle crowning a slight hill just east of the village. It is a very well preserved … street, stands in a small churchyard on the slope of a hill, the ground falling from east to west, its eastern … deserving widows of the parish. Elizabeth Frances Lyne Hill by will dated 29 July 1925 gave to the rector and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… over 120 m., in the north-east and north-west. Sundays Hill, Ramps Hill, and Callow Hill, all in the north, are over 110 m. The part of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 7 The ancient parishes included both valley land and the hill slopes of the Chilterns. Britwell Hill in the south was the parish's highest point: here the … aspect. In 1958 there was only one small wood on Britwell Hill and another on Castle Hill, and these were comparatively …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… above 183 m. The highest hills in the south are Knowle Hill, at 197 m. the highest in the parish, and Knighton Hill. South of them the land slopes more gently to below 107 … parish includes barrows on the northern downs, on Knowle Hill, on Knighton Hill, and near the western edge of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… tithing north-west of the ridge between Broadtown Hill and the earthwork called Bincknoll Castle became the … valley, 4 km. wide between the watershed and Hackpen Hill, which reaches 269 m., the highest point in the parish, … outcrops both in the valley and on the downland of Hackpen Hill, which was used for pasture. Settlement in the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… as Chauncy describes Broadfield as situated on a hill in woods. 2 The soil is generally heavy, with a subsoil … to her eldest son Richard Forrester French of Abbot's Hill, co. Derby. 48 He suffered a recovery in 1793, 49 and …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Foxbatch in the 18th century 3; Rugghey Glebe and Rugg Hill 4 (xviii cent.). Other place-names found in the 18th …