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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… corner. 10 The highest land is in the west where Windmill Hill reaches 187 m.; the lowest is at c. 105 m. in the … most of the land in the west was arable. 12 Windmill Hill has been in an army training area since c. 1898, 13 and … west boundary, and two Bronze-Age bowl barrows on Windmill Hill, attest prehistoric activity on what became Ludgershall …
A History of the County of Bedford
… the valley and the steep wooded rise known as St. Anne's Hill, which overlooks the town from that direction. The main … Hoo parks to the south and on the slopes of St. Anne's Hill to the east. To the north and north-east the chalk downs … standeth yet. It is set on a Hille not far from St. Anne's Hill.' 372 At the present day the ruins consist of a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the fields. Some are described as lying upon the hill, suggesting that here, as in other parishes in the … Flaxlands in the north-west corner of the parish, at Hazel Hill to the east of this, at Hook, and at Chaddington in the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… barrow. To the north of the village is Mount Royal, a hill so named by George III during one of his visits to the … in imitation of Horace Walpole's villa at Strawberry Hill and is the residence of Mr. Herman Barker-Hahlo. High … Col. Fenwick Bulmer de Sales La Terriere, J.P.; and Park Hill of Mr. Charles Edward Ridout. Sir John Colborne, Baron …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… priory, including its demesne lands. 8 The name 'Clack' (hill), a word of uncertain origin, first occurs in the parish … by the reduplicative name of 'Lousy (teutonic 'lloew' = hill) Clack', a tradition perpetuated in the local rhyme, … the parish, while a third flows southwestwards from Middle Hill, past Preston, and thence to Littlecott. Most of the …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… he was routed and fled to Mulgrave, and 'was buried in the hill here between two solid stones near seven feet high, … of this charity, which, with 1 received from Michael Hill's charity, mentioned below, is carried to the poor and … 42 19 s. 9 d. consols with the official trustees; Michael Hill, by will 1657, yearly sum of 1, part of rent-charge of 2 …
Magna Britannia
… or Nestus, a little mining village at the foot of a high hill on the north side of the old bath. Matlock is supposed … itself is divided in moieties. An old mansion at Allen-hill, in this parish, was long the residence of another …