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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 …
Magna Britannia
… of Week St. Mary, extends into this parish. Langford-hill was formerly the seat of the ancient family of Langford, … death of Mrs. Isabella Charlotte Wollocombe, of Langford-hill, niece of Roger Wollocombe above-mentioned, this estate …
Magna Britannia
… whom it passed, either by purchase or alliance, to Robert Hill, made one of the justices of the Common Pleas in 1408. Judge Hill's posterity continued here for eight generations, after … married Revell. The co-heiresses of Revell married Hurst, Hill, and Fountayne. Two parts of this estate became vested …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… MALMESBURY The Town of Malmesbury stands on a steep hill almost encircled by the Tetbury and Sherston branches of … villages or hamlets of Milbourne, Whitchurch, and Blick's Hill to the east, Burton Hill immediately south of the town, and Corston and Rodbourne …