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A History of the County of Hampshire
… a separate ecclesiastical parish was formed of Woolton Hill, originally in the parish of East Woodhay. Index Map to …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… in Knaptoft (Guthlaxton hundred), (iii) Illston on the Hill was a chapelry of Carlton Curlieu, and (iv) Market … settlement in the parish of Great Bowden; Illston on the Hill, which was at one time a chapelry of two adjoining … Marefield, and the ancient parishes of Burrough on the Hill, Knossington, Owston with Newbold, and Pickwell with …
A History of the County of Essex
… north of Stane Street. Iron Age remains, including a hill fort in Great Hallingbury, have been found in several … became the manors of Hayleys and Madells in the Rye Hill area of that parish. Most of Epping was in Waltham hundred, but Rye Hill remained in Harlow hundred. 2 An estate in Nazeing seems …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… name from its high situation, Hou, in Saxon, signifying an hill. The hundred of Hoo contains the parishes of 1. Hoo, ST. …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… the Hursting Stone or the Abbot's Chair situated on the hill called Hurstingstone Hill at the highest point of the road from St. Ives to Old … to touch the stone. The gallows were on Hurstingstone Hill, and here in ancient times dogs were sent to be …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… The hundred court was held in the open air on Nothing Hill, 24 near Frobury. 25 Except Ecchinswell, which till 1852 … Hen. VIII. This is said to be a corruption of Mote-thing Hill.' A. T. Finch, The Ancient Church at Clere, 1. …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of which the meeting-place may have been at the Moot Hill, just to the east of the church of Lighthorne. 1 It …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of 'Stanlei', of which the centre was no doubt Motslow Hill in Stoneleigh, lay to the west and that of 'Meretone', … and townships as owe these dues assemble on Knightlow Hill (in Ryton-on-Dunsmore) round a large stone, the base of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 2 Sheep farming was extensively practised, since the hill slopes provided plenty of rough grazing. The marginal character of some of the hill land probably accounts for the early disappearance of … of Lewknor. The name means 'Leofeca's slope', and the hill now called 'The Knapp', just south of the village, where …