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A History of the County of Oxford
… may be Sciena, whose burial mound may have been Shenlow Hill. Alternatively the name may mean beautiful hill ( scenan dune). 3 The Sor Brook divides Shenington from … between the 500 and 625 ft. contour line, but Shenlow Hill, notable for its wide views of eight counties, rises to …
A History of the County of Hertford
… to parks, at Broad Colney, Shenley Lodge, Shenley Hill, the property of Mr. Frederick Hore, Shenley Grange, the … in the parish which, it is stated, extend to Brockley Hill. 6c MANORS We find from the Domesday Survey that in the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… other Wortham estates in Shepreth. 57 James's son Biscoe Hill Wortham succeeded him in 1844 58 and died in 1896. 59 … sold in 1897, 60 and B. H. Wortham's son, the Revd. Biscoe Hill Layer Wortham, inherited property to the value of 200 a … and barley, wheat, and oats were favoured. Before 1626 saffron had been grown. 211 In the late 18th century about …
A History of the County of Somerset
… boundary follows in part an ancient road between Ham Hill and Castle Neroche, and in the extreme south-east there … had sold the manor by 1710 to John Johnson of Syon Hill, Isleworth (Mdx.). 47 The property was held in 1741 by … freehold was occupied by Stephen Salisbury with 72 a., Hill farm had 70 a., and the manor-house or Shepton farm, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… small houses built in the 19th century, when also Sandy Hill Farm, on the road to Clapton, and Hill Barn Farm, on the road from the east end to the main …
A History of the County of Warwick
… varying from 145 ft. to 291 ft. at the top of Sherbourne Hill, from which extensive views of the Avon Valley and the …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Neolithic flint implements, however, occur near Holmbury Hill, but five parishes were formerly so closely intermixed … very large cellars (excavated easily in the sandy hill), which are far too large for any honest purpose, and … the rest of Holdhurst (see under Cranleigh), but Richard Hill died holding Downe in 1551, and his son Edmund Hill was …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… being 272 ft. above the ordnance datum at Sherfield Hill in the southwest. The village lies along the main road … of the adjoining land of Mr. Henry Lannoy-Hunter of Beech Hill. 5 St. Leonards was purchased about two years ago by Mr. … House. Near it is Sherfield Hall, formerly known as Hill House, and Sherfield Hill Park. This estate, formerly a …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Between 1609 and 1612 leases of one windmill with Windmill Hill on which it stood, of another windmill and of three …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… is at 213 m. The downland north of it, where Stony Hill reaches 201 m., is broken by deep dry valleys, but north … in the coomb southwards as far as the foot of Stony Hill. A narrow strip of alluvium lies beside the Wylye, which … intersects, and on the downs between Park bottom and Stony Hill there are prehistoric field systems on the eastern and …