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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… with Fonthill Gifford follows the contours round Beacon Hill. Another part of the boundary with Fonthill Gifford, … the land slopes gently from 137 m. west of Beacon Hill to below 107 m. beside the Sem. The clay has been … a corruption of the earlier Low Stone field. An Iron-Age hill fort was called Oakley castle in the 14th century and …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… the Meon close to Place House bears the date 1625. West Hill, a large house on rising ground west of the town, … of modern red-brick cottages straggling up the stretch of hill which leads from the railway station to the Southampton … Curbridge is a tiny hamlet in the north of the parish. Hill Head consisted, till lately, of a few cottages and …
A History of the County of Northampton
… but they did not include the Chapel itself and the Chapel Hill, which were held by James Pickering, the second son of … again to the Pickerings. 146 Bridges mentions the Chapel Hill in the centre of the village in the early 18th century. …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Norroy. Esc. 14 R. 2. Ex Coll. J. B. Pip. 13 E. 2. Fin. Hill. 50 E. 3. Clausi 40 E. 3. n. 1 et 2. Esc. 14 R. 2. Ex …
A History of the County of Surrey
… part of the parish is on the Chalk Downs, which at Botley Hill and Coldharbour Green are from 850 ft. to 881 ft. above … repeated, a camp has been supposed to exist on Botley Hill. The statement probably refers to the entrenchment in … Worms Heath, both in Chelsham. The alternative name Battle Hill for Botley Hill is a corruption. A John de Botteley had …
A History of the County of Rutland
… many years ago near the Grange, and on levelling a hill near the church a stone coffin was found. Manor At the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… narrow valley, which is flanked to the north by Grittenham Hill (in Brinkworth). The main railway line from Paddington …
A History of the County of Bedford
… an artificial mound, encircled by a moat, known as Gayer's Hill, 3 and another mound of similar character, though rather … of Strafford circa 1745. Some assign the site to Conger Hill near the church. Matth. Paris, Chron. Maj. (Rolls Ser.), …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… allotted to the land holders, 156 and in 1730 Dunsden Hill was divided among the proprietors 'for improving its …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… be seen before under Bapchild. SIR WILLIAM STEDE, of Stede-hill, gave by will in 1620, 101. per annum, to be paid out of …