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Magna Britannia
… of which a field adjoining the church-yard, called Castle-hill, exhibiting the traces of extensive buildings, is … from whom it passed, by a female heir, to the family of Hill. John Hill, Esq., about the year 1770, bequeathed this estate to a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to the east and Cowley to the south extended up Headington Hill as far as Pullen's Lane and followed the line of Gipsy … to a height of 300 ft. on the gravel uplands of Headington Hill. The eastern approaches to Oxford converged in the main … for Oxford buildings. The steep gradient of Headington Hill, the difficult subsoil of the valley and its liability …
A History of the County of Somerset
… and beyond the river rises steeply north-west to Cleeve Hill, the site of Daw's Castle. 9 The cliffs, largely of blue … as a holiday village. Earthworks surviving on Cleeve Hill, near the boundary of Old Cleeve parish and known as … the burh of Watchet recorded in the Burghal Hidage. 64 The hill appears to have been occupied in Roman times and perhaps …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Stoke House, the residence of Mrs. Addison. Great Wallop Hill Down, west of Stoke, preserves the name of a former lord …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… 17th century. 97 Six carucates in COLD INGLEBY or INGLEBY HILL (Calengilbi, Engelby Loreng, xiii cent.; Cald Ingleby …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… as well as the country, are equally poor. It has continued hill and dale in it, the greater part of it is coppice wood, … round Starchfield-green, lying near the summit of the hill, on the road to Charing, at the south-west part of the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… east of the village, Pockendon, Pudding Dane, and Cobbin's Hill on the east of the river, Puckeridge, Stanboro, … bank of the river to the east of Youngsbury), Gunpowder Hill 5 (about half a mile north of Thundermarsh), Noah's … of the manorial park, to the west of the lordship, Park Hill on the east of the lordship, Old Lawn, Balsoms Park and …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and very wet. The soil is very clity and poor near the hill, where the ground lies higher, but lower down it becomes … the Stone-street way from Canterbury, and over Hampton hill, leads through this parish towards Newinn-green, whence …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… to Pangbourne crosses the lane from Beenham to Burnt Hill a little north of the village and both traverse the …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Orlton's Crosse, Cockshout Gate, New Mill Gate, Share Hill, Baltentree, Betton's Hill (xvii cent.). 7 MANORS The manor of STANFORD ON TEME was …