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A History of the County of York North Riding
… round the curve of the road is the Congregational chapel. Hill House, lying among fields to the north of the village, … while Ingram High and Low Granges stand higher up the hill-side and further south. Manor In 1086 the two 'manors' …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… parish near the ancient chapel of ease on the top of the hill where two ancient highways crossed one another. The … beds of gravel at the top of the plateau and on the hill-top at Easton, as well as in the valleys of the Kennet …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… that of the manor until 1901, when the farm of Mowbray Hill with the advowson were bought by Mr. Thomas Arton. The …
A History of the County of Worcester
… le Hooke wood 6 (xvi cent.), The Mere and the Vicar's Hill 7 (xvii cent.). MANORS The manor of WELLAND formed part …
A History of the County of Oxford
… between 133 and 165, the greatest part of which came from rack rents. 135 Early in the century copyholding was the … lives. 136 By the 1750's leaseholding had increased and rack-renting had begun. In 17534, for example, there were four tenants at a rack-rent, and the nine other tenants, three of whom were …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… a single street lying along a limestone terrace on the hill-side, not uncommon in this district. The greyness of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of Roman pottery have been made on the summit of the low hill which marks its extreme northern limits. 1 Most of the … on the lower slopes of such a spur, descending from Round Hill and the Dyke Hill, along which there appears to have been a way leaving …
A History of the County of Somerset
… within the parish of East Pennard, lies south of Pennard Hill, 6 km. south-east of Glastonbury. It contained three … been increased by 1770; even small holdings were let at rack rent. 94 In 1835 31 a. of orchard was recorded with c. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of a ridge of Middle Lias, rising to 216 ft. at West Camel hill. There is evidence of quarrying and limeburning at West Camel hill, Steart hill, and Annis hill during the 19th century. 3 North of the …