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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of Richard II; in the 16th century this mill with the rack meadow and tenters was farmed by local clothiers 1 and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in Washern Street. On the north side of South Street the rack-mead and millham of Isembard's mill extended to the …
Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516
… 1339 25 396300 127100 Swindon 1275 16.5 415400 184400 Tan Hill 1499 408500 164300 Tilshead 1086 70.5 403500 148000 …
The Environs of London
… Wimbaldus occurs. Dune in the Saxon language signifies a hill. Situation, boundaries, and extent. Wimbledon lies in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… about 100 acres, much of it wooded, on and S.E. of Rye Hill (centre 043101). Most of the perimeter is still … ft. (86) Bowl (01761604); diam. 67 ft., ht. 5 ft. Handley Hill Group (8789) comprises five barrows near the summit of the hill. Three of them are in a line and two of these are in …
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. … fewer than 30 ha. (74 a.). 39 Trade and industry The name Rack Haies, recorded in 1558, implies cloth finishing 40 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 …