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A History of the County of Hampshire
… greatest height, with the exception of the rise on Green Hill in the west of the parish, near the village, which stands on the crest of a hill towards the north. The main road from Winchester to … steeply into Owslebury parish. At the bottom of the hill two or three thatched cottages and the Shearer's Inn …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 5 miles north of Cheltenham on the west side of Oxenton Hill, a northern outlier of the Cotswolds. The parish was … is a steep rise to the flattened northern spur of Oxenton Hill, and beyond that a further steep rise to the summit of the hill. The name of the village originated in the use of the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the land lies between 270 ft. and 300 ft., rising at Herd Hill, a mile north-east of the village, to 400 ft. A small … Abbey. 4 There was probably once a windmill on Herd Hill above Windmill Farm. The soil is chiefly clay with a …
A History of the County of Surrey
… purpose. The village lies on the lower slope of the hill rising from a small stream running north and south. The … of stone steps. These and the cottages lower down the hill stand high above the road, which is here in a cutting. …
Magna Britannia
… pulled down the old mansion of the Francis's. At Knowle-hill, a little to the south-west of Foremark, was a house …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The road from Stump Cross to Newmarket and the road from Saffron Walden to Cambridge, which crosses the south-west … junction of Brewery Road and the road from Cambridge to Saffron Walden, was open by 1841 27 and survived in 1973, as … were barley, some of which was malted, and rye. 105 Saffron was grown by 1527, and until the early 18th century. …
Magna Britannia
… side of the mouth is a block-house, and on a rocky hill hard by it is a strong castle quadrate, having on eche … was sent a prisoner to London, and suffered death on Tower-hill. About the beginning of September, 1643, Colonel Digby …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… of Whitchurch. The right of common of pasture on Shooter's Hill was mentioned in the 16th century. 2 The chief houses … village. Roman remains have been found at Shooter's Hill, drift implements in the Thames, and miscellaneous …