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A History of the County of Oxford
… the parliamentary inclosure in the names Sart and Wood Hill and Plain, given respectively to the only open field … in Islip Wood. In 1622 they were finally allotted Wood Hill and Plain as an extra cowpasture. 159 Part of West Field … and shared the responsibility of fencing Sart on the Wood Hill side before Ascension Day each year. The vills of …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… known as the Upper and the Lower Icknield Way. Beacon Hill (762 ft.) and Gallows Hill (615 ft.) are the chief summits in the north of the … the parish, c. 171220, a beacon once stood on the former hill, and the kettle and other materials belonging to it were …
Magna Britannia
… Keylinge and his lady by Lely. On the summit of a steep hill, in this parish, 697 feet above the level of the sea 2, … which commands a fine sea-view. On the summit of a losty hill, about a mile from this house, is a pyramid, erected by … 27. The barton-house of this estate is called Small-hill, and is the property of Charles Chichester, Esq., of …
Magna Britannia
… D., one of the canons of Exeter. The manor and barton of Hill belonged to the family of De la Hill, afterwards to the Haydons, who were of Hill when Sir William Pole made his collections. This estate …
A History of the County of Hertford
… boundary on the north-west, and near to it on Gallows Hill is a tumulus. The soil is chiefly clay or chalk and … James. 53 From him it descended to his eldest son Biscoe Hill Wortham, who sold it to John Phillips of Royston. 54 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of Tewkesbury on the south-west slopes of Bredon Hill. It projected from the northern boundary of … given in an 8th-century charter, the summit of Bredon Hill and the Carrant brook. 3 The southern part of the parish … 100 ft., there is a gradual rise to the foot of Merecombe Hill, and from there the land slopes steeply to the summit of …
A History of the County of Worcester
… time of King Henry III. 43 In 1299 Nicholas de Hulle or Hill held land at Kerswell, 44 and was probably succeeded by … the estate that it passed in the same way as the manor of Hill Croome 50 to Thomas Lord Coventry, who died seised of it … Dep. Hil. 7 & 8 Will. III, no. 18; inform. from Mr. W. Hill. Habington, op. cit. ii, 148. Chan. Inq. p.m. 7 Hen. V, …
A History of the County of Bedford
… modern building situated in well-wooded grounds on a small hill west of the village and south of the Wootton road, is …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… it is low, and within the levels of the Marsh. Below the hill on which the church stands, and adjoining to it …