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A History of the County of York North Riding
… a hundred years ago. Through the valley between this hill and the rising ground north of the village a narrow lane … 5 A lane runs westward from the village up Whinmoor Hill to New Building, which is on the site of the castle said …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… 2 The moat of the castle can still be traced on Vivers Hill, a name possibly a corruption of 'Vivaria'; the ponds … the end of the 17th century in the possession of William Hill, who left to his four daughters 'that dwelling-house …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… composed of the townships of Dalton, Gayles, Kirby-on-the-Hill, New Forest, Newsham, Ravensworth and Whashton, of which … takes place. Following the road north-west from Kirby Hill the small village of Gayles is reached, spread along the … brutes, turning his back on the church and wandering over hill and dale.' On one Sunday, however, extending his …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… from South Otterington and Maunby to Newby go on to Sowber Hill. 20 There are a Wesleyan chapel at Maunby, a Church … rights have lapsed. The Hon. George Lascelles of Sion Hill has been succeeded by his son Capt. David Lascelles, and … his only daughter, who married in 1901 Major Alan Richard Hill-Walker, V.C. (formerly Hill). 83 Mrs. Hill-Walker is the …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… two more buildings. South-east of Dromonby House is Mill Hill, perhaps the Windmill Hill of 1479 3 and the site of the mill of 1311. 4 The …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… taste to suit its pretty background of rock and wooded hill.' 197 This was done by the addition of three tall wooden …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… green is lined with trees, and leads a short distance down-hill and then across Healam Beck to Kirklington Hall, the … of earthworks connected with the series round Camp Hill in Carthorpe (q.v.). The barrow known as Stapley Hill, half a mile east of the village, was opened in 1903, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 13 There were certainly two fords over the CherwellWhite Hill ford at the mill and Catsham ford just west of … the common fields until the 18th century. In 1738 Ramley Hill, above Northbrook, was planted with 'saint foyn' for ten … in the East Field and seven, or eight including Ramley Hill, in the West. 170 At least five quarters were named; …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… retained it from 1832 to 1848. In 1849 it passed to Biscoe Hill Wortham 71 (d. 1895), whose son and successor, the Revd. … owned by the Orables, which probably stood by 1349 on Mill hill in the south field, 129 was perhaps that acquired by …