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A History of the County of Hampshire
… thatched and timbered cottages until it turns sharply down hill to the left to the quaint Chestnut Horse Inn with its … Worthy church and village, which lie on the slope of the hill rising from the opposite side of the valley. The soil is …
A History of the County of Northampton
… and Sussex, and of a small coppice of wood at Barmer's Hill. 3 At the close of last century 295 acres were woodland. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… a stiff clay, for this parish is a continued inequality of hill and dale; notwithstanding the above, there is a great …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… picturesque state. In this part of the park is a very high hill, on the top of which is an octagon plain, from whence … and majestic appearance. The view from the top of this hill is very extensive, for from it may be seen the course of …
A History of the County of Bedford
… In a level field south-east of the village Edlesborough Hill rises to a height of 434 ft. Eaton Bray Church from the … boundary. On its banks, slightly north of Edlesborough Hill, stands Edlesborough Mill. Steam is employed here when …
A History of the County of Bedford
… and flows south-east to enter the main stream. On Windmill Hill, as its name implies, is a windmill now supplemented by … village. In its rear and nearer the river is the Castle Hill and site of the old castle, near which stands the Castle … until towards the middle of the 19th century. In 1847 John Hill Day of St. Neots was lord of the manor, which belongs at …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… distant from it on the other side are those of Marlepit-hill and Medhurst-row. The country here, and for the most … his trial, and being found guilty, was beheaded on Tower-hill that year, and his body was buried in the church of the …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… some of the inhabitants remembered 'an inscription on a hill' above the Lodge over what is known as 'Ilfrid's Hole': …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of the Ebble lower, flatter, land lies west of Barrow Hill and is crossed from the south by a tributary stream. The … until inclosure in 1792, were open pasture. West of Barrow Hill the rectangular hedged fields, established in 1792, … are also scattered on the northern downs. On Barrow Hill a Pagan-Saxon grave has been found. 14 The principal …
A History of the County of Worcester
… to the south of the village. The ground falls from Bredon Hill in the southeast, where a height of about 950 ft. is … Hall stands high up on the northern slope of Bredon Hill. 6 It is a stone-built house, L-shaped on plan and … of 'Wolashull's Chappell' as 'below Nafford, on the same hill' (Bredon). 165 The advowson of this chapel followed the …