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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… the E.; and emparked the land to the N. around Johnson's Hill, surrounding the new intake with a belt and planting … almost flat, but to the S.E. the gentle declivity of Lamp Hill provides effective background to the prospect from the … by Greening and Brown, took in the stream and Johnson's Hill; at this stage the N.W. boundary was fixed approximately …
A History of the County of Somerset
… spread eastwards up the south-western side of Windmill Hill (139 m. (456 ft.)). 90 The route through the town was … 1700 as 'a steep precipice, all rocks', 91 and part of the hill was quarried from the earlier 18th century until 1900. … buildings were removed to make way for housing. Windmill Hill was the site of a Bronze-Age beaker burial, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The town is pleasantly situated on the declivity of a hill rising gently from the river Cale, and consists … a parish, in the union of Horncastle, hundred of Hill, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 2 miles (N. W. by … may be still discerned in various places; and on Catherine Hill, within a mile of the city, are vestiges of a Roman …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… (16 miles N. of Cirencester) The alleged 'camp' on Langley Hill (SP 008290) cannot be accepted as a hill-fort on the basis of the visible remains (see p. xxxiv). …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… estate belonging to the hospital consists of the Magdalen Hill Farm of 48 acres, 35 acres of land at Easton, houses in … by 293 11 s. 10 d. consols. 7. In 1891 Miss Matilda Hill Newbolt bequeathed 100, income to be applied for the … applicable on 17 December yearly. 9. In 1891 Miss Matilda Hill Newbolt bequeathed 100, invested in 104 14 s. 3 d. India …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… The church of ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, on the slope of the hill at the east of the city, consists of chancel 22 ft. by … on the south side of High Street, near the foot of the hill, consists of chancel, nave and north and south aisles, … (patrons the Abbot and convent of Hyde); St. John on the Hill, St. Peter Cheesehill (patrons the Prior and convent of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… feast and morrow of St. Giles, to be held 'on the Eastern hill of Winchester.' Henry I extended the fair-time for a … year set out their goods for sale in the booths on the hill. The most important of the English traders were the men … city fathers in their train to the Pavilion on St. Giles' Hill, where the seneschal and justices held a sitting of the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… walls. From the low-lying land at the foot of St. Giles Hill, which rises abruptly east of the city near the river … Alfred, who stands facing the city with his back to the hill in the Broadway, 74 near the abbey grounds. On his left … of the municipal authorities to move it to St. Giles Hill, Winchester citizens have shown themselves determined to …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… another in Kingsgate Street, and another on Southgate Hill, nearly half a mile away. A little later almost a new … St. Cross ( vide infra). On the summit of St. Catherine's Hill are a bank and ditch, within which the foundations of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of the Cheyney Court 50 at the pavilion on St. Giles' Hill on the first day of the fair to summon 51 the free … sites of mills within the soke, but shops on St. Giles' Hill, were constantly recovered by the use of the 'stake' in …