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A History of the County of Hampshire
… Some two and a half miles to the south-west is Butser Hill (889 ft.), the highest point in the county, with the … at much closer range, the steep wooded slopes of Stoner Hill (770 ft.) and Wheatham Hill (813 ft.) look down on the town. To the east the ground …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Walpole clearly preferred the sham antiquity of Strawberry Hill to the genuine antique. The situation of the house is … of the house was close to some cedars on the slope of the hill. The present Petersham Lodge, a handsome Georgian … by Sir Max Waechter to preserve the view from Richmond Hill, and presented to the Richmond Corporation, who leased …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… from Chartham for the length of two miles, on a side hill facing the south, as far as Lower Hardres, along the … to Elmsted and Hastingleigh, with the church on the hill at a small distance from it. From a pond in the village, … Shalmsford, and thence into the river Stour. On the hill, at no great distance westward from the village, is the …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… From Eastgate the market-place is reached by way of Smithy Hill and Birdgate, both so called in 1476. 10 The … century. The present market cross in the centre of Smithy Hill was erected in 1912 to commemorate the reign of Edward … by is the station of the North Eastern railway. Potter Hill, the main street west of the stream, is mentioned in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… parish is in the neighbourhood of Hoddern Farm and Lodge Hill, north of Peacehaven, where the land rises to a height … road from that town to Lewes passed over the brow of Lodge Hill, west of the village, by a deep bostal. On the brow of the hill is 'The Lydds', a hummocky area believed to mark the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ft. on its northern boundary to about 600 ft. on Muswell Hill to the south. It is bounded on the west by the road from … tip of the parish. The southern boundary runs over Muswell Hill and includes Muswell Farm. The soil of the lowlands is clay, with clay subsoil; Muswell Hill, the western extremity of the range including Brill, is …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… is no woodland, but a few copsesHill Close Spinney, Stroud Hill Spinney, Dovehouse Close Spinney, where there are the … and Little Wood Spinney stand on the northern slope of the hill crossing the parish from east to west. The greater part, … of Somersham. The village of Pidley stands on the top of a hill along the road from Huntingdon to Chatteris. Church End …
A History of the County of Hertford
… of the villagers, and so came to be called Toot Hill. The village is now outside this inclosure, principally …
A History of the County of Worcester
… end of the parish. The church stands on the top of a hill with the village to the north of it. The rectory is some … Stockyng 3 (xiv cent.); Suttongate, 4 Wryghts, Bromptre Hill, Sidelyngdowne, Lonynge, Asteforde, Janynsheyre subtus … m. 210; Trin. 11 Geo. III, m. 223; Inform. from Mr. John Hill. Feud. Aids, v, 306. Chan. Inq. p.m. 21 Edw. IV, no. 56. …