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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. Tunsted, a hill in the township, is supposed, from its Saxon etymology, … in the argillaceous stratum. On the crown of Woodbury Hill are the remains of a British camp, comprising an area of … by Owen Glendower in his war with Henry IV., and Abberley Hill the station of the king, as several cannon-balls have …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… is a parish 4 m. N.E. of Hereford. The church and Thing Hill Grange, which retains much of its 14th-century roof … with slightly curved braces. ConditionGood. a(4). Thing Hill Grange, house, nearly 1 m. N.W. of the church, is of two … or brick in the 18th century or more modern times. Thing Hill Grange, Withington The house is of interest as retaining …
A History of the County of Oxford
… William Wady the younger (ending c. 1499), and to Richard Hill (ending c. 1524). 16 In 1524 the two Woodford corn mills …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the 1840s and 1850s, 69 and the Union quarry near Tower Hill, opened for building Witney workhouse in 1835, 70 was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 32 Holloway's newly built house at the bottom of Woodgreen Hill was given as a schoolhouse, part to be occupied by the … 60 A second National school, in rented premises on Narrow Hill, was set up by the curate of Holy Trinity chapel at … both sexes, was opened in 1930 in Batt House (formerly The Hill) at Market Square, given to the rector and churchwardens …
A History of the County of Oxford
… together with built-up areas along Newland and Cogges Hill, north of Woodgreen, in Hailey Fields, and west of Corn Street and Tower Hill; the northern and eastern boundaries passed near … if not earlier the route ran from Corn Street up Tower Hill, which formed the park's eastern boundary. 56 Eastwards …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was also recorded in the houses of poorer men. Nicholas Hill, baker, with possessions valued at 33 in 1590, seems to … parlours, that in the new parlour valued at 8. Nicholas Hill in 1590 had his buttery divided from his hall by two … included houses at Highworth Place in the Crofts, and at Hill Close on Oxford Road. 150 Private building did not …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the mid 20th century. 227 The new union workhouse on Tower Hill, built in 18356 with accommodation for 450 inmates, … the bridge'. 257 48. The burst UDC water tower at Tower Hill, 1904. Schemes for piped water were considered … at the junction of Burford Road and Razor (later Tower) Hill. The tower's tank burst the following year, prompting …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Primitive Methodists' Corn Street chapel and Daileys Hill mission hall being retained alongside the former … Methodist; a new manse for the second minister, on Tower Hill, was bought in 1939. 128 Membership of the combined … by 'some hundreds'. 144 A new mission station at Daileys Hill, between Burford Road and Dark Lane, was opened about …