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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… from Cocksheath, romantically on the steep ascent of a hill, at the foot of which is the church in the middle of it. … mentioned stream receives another, which rises on the hill just above the church, and then having crossed the road, … of this place; the latter, situated on the side of a hill, having a pleasing view over the country northwestward. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… two detached parts, the 144 a. of Fir (or Slaughter Hill) farm on the north and the 8 a. of Little Aston Mill and … 19th-century park-land reaching into the parish from Copse Hill in Upper Slaughter. Although three ancient roads (the … soon after inclosure in 1731, and Fir Farm, or Slaughter Hill Farm, c. 1800. 13 As the site of the manor to which the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… buildings in the west of the parish, including Swell Hill Farm, Swell Buildings Farm, and houses at Chalk Hill (Choakwell in 1790), 34 were put up in the 19th century. … Sir John Murray Scott and occupied as a private school (Hill Place School) since 1947. 35 In the same corner of the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the valley on its southern side. From the ridge, at Long Hill overlooking Goldicote, there are extensive views of the … of bridle-road, at Blackwells Coppice and descending the hill to Oakham Farm. From the corner near the churchyard a … fields to Hunscote and Charlecote. 6 At the foot of the hill on the Stratford road is a lane branching westwards, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… about a mile northward of the high London road from Judde-hill, the southern part of it reaching up to Bizing wood, … the rest of it. Part of Preston parish lies near Davington-hill; Upleez farm, the property of lord Romney, which lies …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… words, leod populous, and dune collis, i. e. the peopled hill, alluding to its situation in this hilly country. …
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 …