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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… more than a mile across each way; it lies mostly on the hill, where the country has but a rough and lonely … situated, with the church close to it, on the brow of the hill, having a fine view from it over the valley southward; … called Smeeth, alias Hatch heath. Near the foot of the hill southward is Scottshall, which stands some way down the …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… 11th century. 2 Close to the western boundary are Windmill Hill Plantation and Pokeham Brow. South-west is Sneaton High …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of Luscombe), Stonehill, Whornhill, Merce Field, Black Hill (on the borders of Hampton Lucy), and Pale Lane Field, … Snitterfield', and of lands called Comyns Field, Pardies Hill, and Hollow Meadow, 'reputed to be the manor of Comyns'. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… with ashes was discovered in digging for chalk on the hill above this place, a sure token of the Romans having … it from the spring rising at the foot of Holborough hill, and others thereabouts, by a cut or channel through … mill on the stream, named Holanbeorges bourne, and on the hill belonging to the king fifty loads of wood, and likewife …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… angles a road from Grenville Hall at the bottom of the hill. Soberton Towers, the residence of Mrs. Bashford, which … of the village to the west of the road. At the top of the hill, by the White Lion Inn, a path runs off west from the … the road overlooking the river valley. Further down the hill are the schools, built in 1875, and opposite them a row …
A History of the County of Warwick
… two daughters and the inscription commemorating William Hill ( d. 1549) and his two wives, Isabel and Agnes. In the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… angle formed by the Langport road, extending to Somerton hill, and the High Ham road. Southwest field lay immediately … to the west of St. Cleers Farm. South field occupied South hill and the southern slopes of the parish. These fields were … Langport entered the town by the long slope from Somerton hill and joined the built-up area at Shorn Tree. 38 The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to flooding. Several springs rise on the edge of this hill and run into the Cherwell; noted for their fossilizing … of the parish. It straggles up the slopes of the steep hill above the banks of the Cherwell: the main village street … The church has a commanding position half-way up the hill. 13 It is possible that the medieval village lay to the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… there are the Wilderness, Earley Whiteknights, Fox Hill, all erected from designs by Mr. Alfred Waterhouse, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… two farms and the remains of a chapel. On Whitefield Hill, still further north, is a windmill used for pumping. …