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A History of the County of Surrey
… parish rises to about 700 ft. above the sea in Winterfold Hill, part of the great stretch of the heath and fir upland … Holdhurst in Cranleigh and the connexion forgotten. Edmund Hill was in possession of the whole of 'Sudton alias Holhurst … dealing with it in 1654, 52 and later conveyed it to John Hill. 53 Bysshe. Or a cheveron between three roses gules. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… rises to a height of about 360 ft. From the top of this hill comes a first glimpse of Crawley village as a group of … Hounds Inn stands on the left hand at the bottom of the hill, and close by is one of the oldest cottages in the … other village inn, 'The Jolly Sportsman.' Further up the hill the road curves to the left, and on the right is the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… through Pease Pottage Forest, sloping upwards to Buchan Hill, 400 ft., and including Shelley Plain, south of it, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… de lis in the base, married Elizabeth, daughter of John Hill, esq. commissioner of the navy, who was widow of Sir …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… (xiv cent.). The most elevated point in this parish is the hill on which Crayke Castle stands, which is 379 ft. above … situated on the southern slopes of the steep Castle Hill. The cottages, of varied form and diversified outline, … now existing of Crayke Castle occupy the summit of a hill of some height: as the site is the most southerly …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… of 164956 states that 'the mansion-house is situate upon a hill with a handsome prospect, but standeth very bleake …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 200 ft. contour, sheltered from the north-east by Bincombe Hill, possibly the 'cruc' which gave the town its name. 10 … survived in the west of the parish at Blackmoor, Ridge Hill, Ridge wood, Shave, and Croft in 1315. The common at … route further south-west, through Hewish and over Shave Hill, has the appearance of a prehistoric ridgeway. The …
A History of the County of Somerset
… at successive points in the parish as Swan Down, Knoll hill, and White Down, forms much of the northern boundary. … 55 The 'Admiral's Seat', a summerhouse dated 1797 on the hill to the north, has architectural fragments, including a … 3 s. There were 200 a. of arable worth 50 s., 20 a. of hill meadow 20 s., pasture in severalty 5 s., wood 1 s., and …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… a huge elm-tree standing in front. A steep escarpment of hill rises immediately behind the village, through which a … like the letter L, the base of the letter facing the hill and the top line representing a chapel at the other end, … name from the village. In the narrowest part between the hill and the river is a triangular field, rough with moats …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Court that of Mr. Frederick George Chinnock. Gaily Hill is occupied by Mr. A. J. F. Nugent, and Redfields by Mr. … Bridge, Vale Parke, Le Forrep Lande, Shamblehatche, Wymble Hill, Thornie Howse, Skalgrove, Le Ursfelde, Le Blacke Lake, … are said to have been formed by a stream from Bourley Hill, which flowed to the low land called Le Flete. In 1505 …