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A History of the County of Sussex
… of a mile east of Three Bridges station, at Pound Hill, the greater part of the village is situated, and here … of Worth, with a few houses, lies mile south of Pound Hill and is reached by two roads. Crabbet Park is situated in the north-eastern angle of the crossroads at Pound Hill, and Worth Park is about a mile to the north. South of …
A History of the County of Surrey
… of the Tillingbourne rise in the northern slopes of Leith Hill, and run first from south to north and then east to west … at Wotton House. The streams on the other slope of Leith Hill run to the Arun. The parish has the usual apportionment … in miniature. Passing on by another hamlet, King George's Hill, so named from a now extinct public-house, the path …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Gilman, Elizabeth of John Catlin, and Sarah of John Hill. 50 The thirds of the manor thus divided were re-united … acquired two parts by fine from Richard Gilman and John Hill and their wives in 1678, 51 and the remaining third in …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… summit of which this parish extends northward. From this hill, called here Wrotham hill, which is here luxuriantly cloathed with fine spreading … right towards Ightham, the antient Roman camp on Oldberry hill, and over Seal chart to Sevenoke and Westerham. On the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… corner of the parish lay on the lower slopes of Swindon hill, the geology of which has been discussed elsewhere. 6 … from the north on a direct course from Swindon up Ladder hill. By the later 18th century, when the road was turnpiked, … Swindon the road had been diverted westwards down Brimble hill. 40 It began to lose its position as a main road to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a sandstone plateau covered by red loam, rising at Claydon Hill, its highest point, to 550 ft. Precipitous ravines, like … of 17th- or early-18th-century origin. A barn at Raydon Hill farm is dated 'W.L. 1677'. The 19th and 20th centuries … known in the 17th century as Padgeon, Courseway, Rudon Hill, and Rowlow. 179 Owing to the unequal distribution of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… to the sea-shore at Folkestone. On the summit of the hill, at the eastern extremity of this parish, is … According to tradition, it stood antiently on a little hill just at the entrance into the town from the river, and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in 1645, and bishop of Salisbury 16657. 233 Thomas Hill was the minister in 1650: he or his curate preached … was charged with failing to read parliamentary orders. 234 Hill was instituted in 1660. 235 In 1662 the church had no …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… and Portsmouth after its sharp descent from Portsdown Hill. To the south, east and west stretch tracts of low-lying … was attainted for high treason and beheaded on Tower Hill in 1510; the attainder was reversed, however, in the …
A History of the County of Bedford
… W. G. Goosey of Kettering and Mr. J. G. Goosey of Forest Hill. The manor of Wymington appears to have been …