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A History of the County of York North Riding
… cases surrounded with canopy work. To the west on Gospel Hill is a tumulus. Watlass Moor, to the south, extends into … are Doddesworth Closes, Sandy Brigworth and Monser Hill. Manors Before the Conquest two 'manors' and 6 carucates …
Magna Britannia
… fur from the entrance of Dovedale. The remarkable conical hill called Thorpecloud is in this parish. The manor was in … of his son, Winfield Halton, Esq., at the bottom of the hill. A description of the present state of the ruins of … Ible, Ivenbrook, and Middleton, the villages of Bull-hill, Steeple-house, and Wigwell, and the chapelry of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… is along the valley of that stream and on the slope of the hill to its south-east that the village of Thriplow has grown …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… above sea level varies from about 500 ft. on Thruxton Hill to 2 30 ft., with a downward slope, in general, from … leaving it just by Thruxton Down Farm, crosses Thruxton Hill and passes Thruxton Farm on the north. The village is …
A History of the County of Hertford
… appearance. To the south of the church is Thundridge Hill, the slope of which is occupied by a long field planted …
A History of the County of Bedford
… 48 He was attainted for high treason and executed on Tower Hill 17 May 1521, his lands escheating to the Crown. 49 …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the land poor and slinty; on the edge of the summit of the hill are the remains of Thurnham castle, an account of which will be given hereaster. From hence, on the hill northward, the country is wild and dreary, lying high, … family: the lady Northwood standing on a precipice of the hill, to see a fox dug out, the earth, being loose and sandy, …
Magna Britannia
… family, and of a daughter, married to Holme of Holme-hill. A tombstone in the church-yard records a remarkable …
A History of the County of Surrey
… ft., above the sea. The road winds below the top of the hill along the edge of the great hollow called vulgarly the … of England. Though not so extensive as that from Leith Hill, which including the Tower is 60 ft. higher, the … is overlooked northwards. The advanced position of the hill, jutting out southward from the Green Sand range of …