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A History of the County of Essex
… Farther north, beyond Orsett Road, Brooke Road and Quarry Hill were complete, and building had started in Cromwell, … 32 In 1838 the coach between London and Horndon-on-the-Hill passed through daily. 33 The London, Tilbury, and … was demolished in 1893. 44 North-west of the town, on the hill above Meeson's Lane, was Belmont Castle, built c. 1795 …
A History of the County of Northampton
… driving the mill on the south of the village. At Shooters Hill burials with weapons and ornaments have been found. 1 At … Michelwelle, Westfield on Scitershul (Shooters Hill), Brook furlong. Manors By a very doubtful charter of …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the Arrow, the highest pointseast of Alne Wood and Round Hill in the northern extremity of the parishbeing over the … sand and clay. There is an old stone-pit on Carmore Hill and the stone for Alcester Market Hall was ordered to be … site is the level field on the north side of Lodge Hill on to which five bridle-paths and trackways converge. At …
A History of the County of Hertford
… The village is on an 'outlier' of the Reading Bed. On the hill-side above is the church with the stocks now much … tops Ascends the tall church tow'r and loftier still The hill's extended ridge.' 16 Another poet connected with Amwell … of an estate called Wormley Bury at Wormley. 2. William Hill, will (date unknown) referred to in Parliamentary …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 12 a. of wheat and rye. 272 From the early 16th century saffron was also grown in the fields, and required protection … and lentils, had been added to the traditional crops. 287 Saffron was probably grown on the Jesus College estate from … been traced. A windmill may have stood on or near Windmill hill in Little Abington by 1600, 351 but there was no mill in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… along the hedge to Hardwick gate (at the top of Hardwick Hill on the Southam road), then to Hanwell gate (at the … 1602. Loveday MSS.; O.R.O., Misc. Pe V/9. C.P. 25(2)/1389/Hill. 11 Geo. III. Act for vesting . . . manors . . . of Gt. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… clay is relatively flat except for the spur called Claypit Hill in the northwest corner of Great Eversden. The soil has … which in 1886 ran south from the clunch pit on Claypit Hill 176 may have been for carrying lime. A brick-kiln had …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Cleveland Hills and to the south-west of the most notable hill in Cleveland, the coneshaped Roseberry Topping. It …
A History of the County of Bedford
… John Arnold Whitchurch, is pleasantly situated on a wooded hill about half a mile north-east of the village. The parish …
A History of the County of Northampton
… centre of the parish, lies the village on the slope of the hill running down to the river; on the west, at the entrance, …