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A History of the County of Oxford
… south of the village street. The village is named 'Bucca's hill' after some early settler. 10 The medieval village …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… it reaches 190 ft. The village is on the slope of the hill facing northeast and lies along the by-road from … at Abbots Ripton. Place-names in the parish include Stone Hill, Bury Leys, Trouds Wall (Walk) and the Mill Wall (Walk) …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Park, crossing a north and south road at Hampton-on-the-Hill at a height of 300 ft. The other branch forks again, the … of the Budbrooke inheritance. The hamlet of HAMPTONON-THE-HILL, alias HAMPTON CURLI, was a member of Budbrooke in the … the property is 'the manor of Budbrook alias Hamptonon-the-Hill'. Supra, n. 51. Recov. R. Warw. East. 1574, ro. 1251. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… a small area of Reading Beds is on the summit of Beacon Hill. Alluvium and gravel have been deposited by the Avon and … 6 Apart from in the south-east corner, where Beacon Hill reaches 204 m., and along the eastern boundary, the … forces, the chalk on a north-west facing part of Beacon Hill was exposed to form the figure of a kiwi. 8 Three main …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… curiosity that belongs to this place.' 'This is all upon a hill,' he says, 'and consists of one hundred acres. . . . … and Sydney Smith christened as 'Exclamation Point' a hill towards Welburn, whence a full view of Castle Howard and …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… old church. The modern church of The Ascension stands on a hill in the north of the parish; near it are the school and … in the parish are Heatherwold in the north, Whitway on a hill on the north-west boundary, Wergs 1 mile north-east of the village and Palmer's Hill. The Methodist chapel, built in 1864 and rebuilt in …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Portsmouth winds between high downs on the east and Butser Hill 1 and Oxenbourn Down on the west, in the midst of wild and impressive scenery. 2 Butser Hill, which here rises some 889 ft. above the sealevel, is … roof of a house. These valleys may be, where they join the hill, three or four hundred yards broad. They get wider as …
A History of the County of Rutland
… stands along the highroad from Oakham to Stretton on a hill which rises abruptly from the vale of Catmose and … Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. 5 Burley-on-the-Hill and its surroundings combine to form the lordliest … of Exton, and built a great mansion on the brow of the hill close to the church. There is not much definite …