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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… parts: the view to the south and east is quite into a hill country, peak rising behind peak, and range behind … with the name of the Emperor Aurelian. On the adjoining hill called the Stiperstones, a labourer, a few years since … 400 acres are leased to William Stavert, Esq., of The Hill, who has essentially improved the property, and built a …
A History of the County of Essex
… A windmill first recorded in 1575-6 stood on Windmill hill south of Chapel Lane. 8 In the 1690s George Osborne held … paid a yearly rent of 6 d. for a new building on Windmill hill, but it had been abandoned by 1843. 10 Springett's mill, …
A History of the County of Essex
… the parish was woodland and its name, meaning 'copse by a hill', may describe the woods of Bergholt Hall. 20 The whole … Bronze-Age cemetery, and Iron-Age pottery from Chitts Hill, south of the Colne, also imply early settlement in that … There are large areas of undated cropmarks to the south of Hill House farm, west of Armoury farm, and east of Bourne …
A History of the County of Stafford
… godly persons, aged widows or poor, residing at Golds Hill'. In the 1960s the annual income was just over £5 from … from £1,000 to 'dissenting poor' attending the chapels of Hill Top Wesleyan Methodist circuit. In 1968 the income was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… The 1,746 signatories included the vicar of St. James's, Hill Top, and (reluctantly, it seems) Lord Dartmouth. The … century. Holy Trinity was opened in 1841, 67 St. James's, Hill Top, in 1842, 68 St. Michael's, John Street, in 1866 … in 1868. 12 A house on the Sandwell estate, Coopers Hill House, was originally provided for the minister by Lord …
A History of the County of Stafford
… there is a reference to the 'hollow way' down Finchpath Hill to Wednesbury Bridge; 44 it may have been cut to … parish by 1756. 51 By 1771 there were also tollgates at Hill Top by the junction with New Street and Coles Lane; at … the junction with Sandwell Road. 53 The steepness of the hill at Holloway Bank was an obstacle. Coach passengers often …
A History of the County of Stafford
… as Gnarpanell field in 1516, 46 as variations of Knapeney Hill field between at least 1526 and 1709, 47 and as Napney … were living at Holton (Oxon.), the tenants of their Balls Hill property had to promise to ensure that no damage was … Sandwell Park, and Ridgacre Coppice to the south-east of Hill Top. 11 Ridgacre Coppice was cut down apparently in the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in 1893 with the opening of Beeches Road Board School. 36 Hill Top Wesleyan Methodist School, later Hill Top Temporary Council School. A day school was built at Hill Top in 1844 by the trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the borough was divided into six wards—Sandwell, Lyndon, Hill Top, Greets Green, Town Hall, and Spon Lane. West …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 20th century it has been almost completely built over. 38 Hill House at the north end of Dagger Lane dates from the … 1830s and by Charles Cotterill in the mid 19th century. 43 Hill House was eventually bought by West Bromwich … corporation. 44 Part of it was still tenanted in 1971. Hill House: ground-floor plan d d, former doorways; z-z, line …