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A History of the County of Hertford
… Baldock. The village has a plentiful water supply, and the hill on which it stands is almost surrounded by the Cat … Farm. Below these the street follows the slope of the hill in a north-easterly direction, and at its centre the … of Clothall by an open roadway. In its centre, at Metley Hill, is a tumulus of unknown date and origin. At the present …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Wadnall. On the other side of the valley, on the opposite hill, stands the church, with the village called Kakestreet, …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… various cross-roads from Maidenhead, Here Hatch and Knowl Hill, Twyford and Southlake meet in the village. The Straight … removed to Bracknell. Interesting place-names are Waycock Hill, Blazes (a corruption of Borlases) and Paradise. A few … is the following: 'The gieft of John Abeere of the hill 1681 and He Boult CW.' The plate consists of a chalice …
A History of the County of Somerset
… arable fields, which rises to 77 m. (253 ft.) on Walton hill and then falls in a steep scarp overlooking Sedgemoor. … in 1808. 19 A road further south along the scarp of Walton hill, probably Roman in origin, 20 was turnpiked through the … 1815, and Ivythorn and Middle Ivythorn c. 1830 on Walton hill. 40 In 1842 there were over 120 houses in the village 41 …
A History of the County of Surrey
… where the ground rises to the higher level of St. George's Hill and the adjacent common, the soil is Bagshot sand. The scenery here is very picturesque. The hill is only 255 ft. above the sea, but it is of irregular … century when he was improving the park. 4 On St. George's Hill is a very considerable fortification. It covers 13 acres …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Parishes Walton-on-the-Hill WALTON-ON-THE-HILL Waltone (xi cent.); Wauton (xiii cent.), Waleton and … (xiii and subsequent cents.). Walton, called Walton-on-the-Hill to distinguish it from Walton-on-Thames, is a village 5 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… SW. of Lower Wambrook, takes its name from 'the hill called Lullindone', mentioned c. 1200 (Lyllyngedoone in … Box was mentioned in 1838 and is now known as Mounters Hill, and Shaggs Flood is so called from the Segge or Shegge … 12 a. of meadow, 20 a. of inclosed pasture, and 200 a. of hill pasture. 74 The value fell slightly in 1468, to 13 6 s. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… from the Marsh, through Warnage, to the foot of Kite Hill, the southern boundary by Rotten Row, and the eastern by … which lies along Ermine Street at the bottom of Callas Hill. Among these are two thatched inns, the 'Plough' and the … there are a few thatched cottages of earlier date. Kite Hill, which runs parallel to Ermine Street and is one of the …