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A History of the County of Oxford
… a line of hills, formed by the denudation of the Upper upon the Middle Lias plateau, runs across its northern half. … Hill. 12 A Roman road from Droitwich through Stratford-upon-Avon and Eatington (Warws.) seems to come to an end near … of local stone, and roofs of timber, bought at Stratford-upon-Avon by John Wiltshire, the carpenter. There was an oven …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Hyde (d. 1722), owner in 1685, devised the manor partly upon trust for sale and partly upon other trusts, in accordance with which it passed …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… by her father-in-law Sir Thomas Unton, who settled it upon Sir Alexander and his second wife Cecily Bulstrode in …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… of Swanbourne bequeathed 'the old windmill standing upon church hill,' to his son John, and the 'new windmill' to … a soul pleading for admission and our Lord placing a crown upon his head; (3) probably denotes the souls of the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Mr. Lambarde, who seems loth to give it up, have looked upon this story as a mere fiction. Mr. Somner, in particular, … royal; in Swanscombe wood. Rheseda Plinii, Italian rocket; upon the upgrounds above Greenhithe Cynocrambe, dogs mercury; … rod; in Swanscombe wood. Pneumonanthe, Calathian violet; upon the chalk cliffs near Greenhithe. Speculum veneris …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… there, and on which a watchman used to be posted to spy upon smugglers. 2' The great ditch' lies within the northern … in 1537. In 1538 the earl settled it in fee-tail upon himself and his wife Mabel, with contingent remainder to …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… sociates, justices itinerant, anno 7 Edward II. the abbot upon a quo warranto, claimed and was allowed in this manor, … of the hundreds of Blengate, Westgate, and Canterbury, upon their oaths, found as aforesaid; and that the abbot had …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… of two chamfered orders. The two eastern arches rest upon an octagonal column with moulded capital and base, and …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… in a very lonely and unfrequented country, most of it is upon high ground. The church stands in the north-east part of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 4 Small brooks, notably Crowell Brook and its continuation Kingston Brook, as they were called in the 18th century, 5 … when Robert Munday, a prominent yeoman, founded his Kingston Blount charity. 175 During the Commonwealth period … Munday of Sydenham, yeoman, left a house and 23 acres in Kingston Blount open fields in Aston Rowant parish. The …