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A Dictionary of London
… Lane Bennet's Almshouses On the west side of St. Peter's Hill, Upper Thames Street, a few doors from No. 216 Upper … 1810-Elmes, 1831). In Castle Baynard Ward. Bennet's Hill North out of Upper Thames Street at No. 225 to Queen … First mention : Horwood, 1799. Former names : "St. Benet's Hill " (Leake, 1666-O.S. 1880). "St. Benet's Hill" or "Paul's …
Benson (Including Fifield, Preston, Crownmarsh, Roke)
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… and a sliver of common pasture at Harcourt or Hartocke Hill, confirmed as belonging to Benson in 1594. 12 Benson … left Benson with 2,748 acres. The projection at Harcourt Hill was transferred to Nuffield at the same time. 1 The … reflected the terrain and the soils' varying quality, with hill-names predominating north-east of Berrick, clay-names in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… were built in the first third of the 19th century, notably Hill Top Farm, Barratts Hill Farm, Benthall Hall Farm, Benthall Villa Farm, and … went out of blast in 1821 but the foundry, under Stephen Hill, and the boring mill worked until the 1840s. 93 There …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… miles in circumference; the surface is diversified with hill and valleys, and the general scenery is cheerful. Fairs … inhabitants. This place, the name of which implies "Wooded Hill," comprises 3063 a. 2 r. 34 p. It is pleasantly situated …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and steeply northwards to about 250 ft. at the foot-hill road between Cocking and Harting, and then gently to 130 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of Bere Regis, 1775, D.C.R.O.). The parish church and the hill-fort on Woodbury Hill are the principal monuments. The site of the royal house … 18th-century range of stabling. c(29) House, on Barrow Hill, of brick with a slated roof, is of the first half of …
Old and New London
… the rear of Devonshire House they extended back to Hay Hill, in the south-east corner of the square. In the centre … in Arlington Street." Walpole was attacked at Strawberry Hill by the cold, about the close of November, 1796, and at … to Dr. Doran, the district around the square, Hay Hill, Hill Street, &c., continued to be a dangerous one down …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are nearly 11 acres of glebe. On the top of the western hill are the small but interesting ruins of Marlin chapel, … Berghamstede, is derived from its situation, either on a hill or near a fortress, which latter, from the site of the … by cutting away the turf on the steep brow of the chalk hill above Uffington, and occupies about an acre of ground. …
A History of the County of Hertford
… endowed with land and cottages producing 10 a year. Sarah Hill, by will proved in 1856, also endowed the chapel with a …
A History of the County of Hertford
… (two miles to the north-east of the town on the top of the hill, made into an ecclesiastical parish in 1894 and served …