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A History of the County of Oxford
… but in the north west, on Iron Down and its outlier Hawk hill where the ground rises to c. 140 m., there are patches … of the parish at Ilbury 9 may have a counterpart at Hawk hill where there are earthworks of unknown date. The …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of the capital manor. In 1768 the estate contained 21 rack-rent holdings which yielded a yearly rent of 709. The … was occupied by William Sutton, who held another 30 a. at rack-rent; and one of 102 a. was farmed by Joseph Legg. …
A History of the County of Essex
… part of an earlier house of one storey with attics. Hill House Farm is a tall timber-framed house of the late 17 … on lease; the larger farms were Netteswellbury (297 a.), Hill House (180 a.), and Old House or Mangers (160 a.). The … Goldings had been enlarged to 155 a., but Netteswellbury, Hill House, and Old House were still the largest farms, and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… temperance meetings in Nettlecombe Park and on Brendon Hill in the 1850s and 1860s attended by as many as 1,500 … held by Joan Huish, 107 but it came into the hands of the Hill family, probably by 1442, and was in the possession of … 8 s. 10 d. in 1773, of which just under half came from rack rents. 137 Farming of the home estate, not easily …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… building has lately been carefully renovated. At Spital Hill, Broughton, stood the hospital or almshouse of St. Mary …
A History of the County of Warwick
… side of the 200-ft. contour line, but in the north Ashorne Hill and on the east Bromson Hill rise a little over 300 ft. On the east the boundary is …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of the 17th century, lies west of the church on a hill. At the foot of the hill, to the east, a modern settlement has developed. Little … church of ST. BOTOLPH stands just below the summit of a hill in a small churchyard. It dates from the 15th century …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… 109 Nearly all the land in Ventnor was sold in 1820 by the Hill family to John Hamborough and building speculators, 110 … the former, comprising Winford, Queen Bower, Borthwood and Hill Farms, was sold in different lots in 1787. The latter, … situated on the top of that much admired and delightful hill called Node Close between Upper and Lower Ride, &c.' …
A History of the County of Surrey
… 1663. 72 In 1694 the manor of Greenes was conveyed by John Hill of Hurstpoint, gentleman, and Mary his wife, the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… westwards from the old bridge towards the church on the hill, just below which it receives the main road from Lewes. … bank of the river, and towards the headland of Castle Hill, at the summit of which is a large fort erected in 1864. … chapel, a Baptist chapel, and two Methodist chapels. The hill behind the church, an outlier from the Downs, rises to …