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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… is an estate, the house of which, though now only a farm-house, was, as early as queen Elizabeth's reign, the …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Red Sandstone, interstratified with cornstone at Pippin's Hill in the north. The chief crops are wheat, barley and … at the cross-roads, which is now ruinous. Near Redmarley Farm, where there was formerly an ancient farm-house, there is a curious periodical spring known as the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… is very low lying but rises in the north-east at Acton Hill to 375 ft. and in the south-east to 600 ft. The … The Old Schoolhouse lies 200 yds. north-east of Moat House Farm. It is a T-shaped timber-framed house of the late 16th … 48 and has descended in that family, 49 the Earl of Lichfield holding such manorial rights as still existed in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 400 ft. contours and the landscape is one of undulating hill and river valley. Generations of landowners and tenants … Cobbs, and perhaps of the Danvers family, and also many farm-houses. Adderbury East in 1665 had nearly as many … the uses of her will, which made Edward Henry Lee, Earl of Lichfield, her residuary legatee. After Anne's death in 1696 …
Magna Britannia
… to George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland, subject to a fee farm rent of 100 l. Francis, the succeeding earl, sold these …
A History of the County of Surrey
… church there seem to be traces of earthworks, and Castle Hill preserves the name of the castle which Robert Aguillon … The site of the castle lies half a mile east of Castle Hill Farm and occupies a spur of rising ground 400 ft. above the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of Addington place, pleasantly situated on the side of the hill, having a lawn and avenue down to the road, from which … A. M. presented July 1741, obt. 1768. 11 Daniel Hill, A. M. 1768, the present rector. 12 See Mr. Colebrooke's …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… which the road leads, in the middle of it; near it, on a hill, stand the church and courtlodge. There are two hamlets … grace and gaiety. It is an uneven surface, of frequent hill and dale; but the valleys, though noble and wild, are …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… in the south-west to over 750 ft. at the top of Adlestrop Hill in the north-east. Two ridges, the more northerly known … as Horn Down, 5 project towards the river from Adlestrop Hill so that the centre of the parish forms a valley through … live in the village. Away from the village, two farm-houses were built to the north, following inclosure in …
Magna Britannia
… the property of Mr. Chilcot. The mansion is occupied as a farm-house. The church of St. Agnes, a daughter-church to … the house to decaye; and Penwarne, the house of Mr. Otwell Hill, was builded with Polruddon stones. The howse (as by the … are now the property of Charles Rashleigh, Esq. Under the hill, upon the same estate, is the chapel-well, over which is …