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A History of the County of Hertford
… to John Grey of Wilton, who in 1496 sold it to Richard Hill. 73 Richard settled the manor to the use of his wife …
A History of the County of Essex
… lay 1 km. to the south, including Little Parndon and Rye Hill commons and Fosters and Dorringtons farms. The two parts … Weald Bassett. 4 The southern end of the parish, at Rye Hill, is over 100 m. above sea level. The terrain slopes … southern, detached part of the parish Fosters Farm, at Rye Hill, occupied a moated site extending into Epping parish. It …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… landscape. Little Rissington village is half-way down the hill towards the river, 'seated on a pleasant slope, with a … houses in the village lie along the road that runs up the hill through it, making a rightangle bend at the middle. At … and the 'south side of the town' the lower field and the hill land were differentiated. 117 This quartering of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… It is very flat, rising little over 15 m. except at Cockle Hill, c. 30 m., near the south-west corner of the parish. It …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… northern boundary, the road leading south from it as the Hill and the Street through Great Somerford towards … main route north from Little Somerford village until the Hill was turnpiked, but afterwards declined in importance … was settlement around the junction of the Street, the Hill, Clay Street, 19 so called c. 1513, 20 and Dauntsey …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1975. 8 Little Tew, 1742 The field names Anelaw and Barrow Hill Furlong, 9 both in the south of the parish, may refer to … until after inclosure, a crossroads. At the bottom of the hill from Great Tew the road continued straight on past the … Other leys, at Oxendon in the south-east, Ayleborough Hill in the west, and on the Heythrop boundary, lay on …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… The higher is known from its shape as the Harp, or Round Hill, and in 1716 as the Welsh Harp. It was then stated that … had been found there. 14 The other, Sinodun, 15 has a hill fort. 16 There is a local tradition of a battle on Castle Hill, and a fosse, known as the Money Pit, on its eastern …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… antiently was owned by a family of that name. Above the hill, south-eastward from hence, there is a great deal of … which the road leads to Wickham. At the bottom of Fishpool hill is the valley called the Ponds, now entirely covered … This parish extends across the river eastward towards the hill, and takes in great part of Lower Garwinton, and part of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… the short village street of Littleton. From the top of the hill the roofs of the thatched cottages and farm buildings …