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A History of the County of Buckingham
… Park, the property of Mrs. Hugh Norris and Colley Hill Farm. The small village of Hedgerley lies in a hollow … of Farnham Royal. The church stands on the brow of a hill to the east of the village. Beyond it stretches … by William Bentinck, the first Earl of Portland. 5 On a hill to the south-east of the house are ancient earthworks. 6 …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… of the smallest in the county, stands on the ridge of a hill within the precincts of Hedsor Park, and is approached …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… of Helmsley. It is built on the high road on the top of a hill, and consists mostly of stone cottages roofed with … Opposite to the abbey rise the wooded sides of Ashberry Hill, and the valley is narrowed in at its lower end by … choked with the ruins of the cottage. On the side of the hill to the left, just before the gate-house is reached, …
A History of the County of Hertford
… old red cottages. Beyond these the road ascends a steep hill, on the top of which stands a large gabled house of … and Boxmoor were said to cover an area of 120 acres; Shrub Hill measured 7 acres, and Bovingdon Green about 4 acres. 6 A … Buryfeld, Erlswood, Lords Harts Grove, Little Vessey, Hart Hill, and Westwick Cross. In 1617 Gallows Lane led from the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… it has come to Charles Dering, esq. late of Barham. On the hill, eastward of Herne street, is a wind-mill, built on the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… rises to a more open and drier country, where on a little hill stands the church, with the village of Church-street … situation this parish most probably took its name of Herne-hill; still further southward the soil becomes very dry and … the hamlet of Staple-street, near which on the side of a hill, having a good prospect southward, is a modern sashed …
A History of the County of Hertford
… of Chertsey. It was afterwards acquired from them by Mr. Hill of Nottingham, who sold it to Mr. George Pearson, father …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Rowland Alston, bart., in conveying the manor to Joseph Hill, 43 probably in trust for George Earl Cowper, whom …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and in others, Evere. This parish lies below the sand hill, and is consequently in that district of this county … Henry VIII. with his attendants, came to the top of the hill, within sight of the castle, he used to wind his bugle …
A History of the County of Hertford
… by the men and women of the place on the slope of Waytyng Hill, the women attempting to pull the pole down the hill in defiance of the men. The game would last some two or …