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The famous street Steep Hill, the most aptly named street in England, is down to the right.

They were escorted over the hills by the Earl of Ilchester's Yeomanry after spending a couple of nights at Melbury House.

The famous street Steep Hill, the most aptly named street in England, is down to the right.

The first settlement in this central valley was 'Aemethyll' in Old English, which translates to 'ant-heap' or 'ant-infested hill'. As

I confess I am surprised at it, for I did not expect it; but God's will be done, and Your Lordships, I will not murmur at it. God forgive those that have sworn falsely against me.'

We cannot leave Berkhamsted Place without mentioning the Great Barn at Castle Hill Farm, the home farm of Berkhamsted Place.

profitable use for the local land had swept away the old rabbit warrens by 1800; the only trace of them left is the reference to the Warren Footpath on old pictures of the riverside from Marble Hill

Edgeside Estate developed over and around it, sad to say swallowing up a horse trough which was fed from a spring in the hills and was thus never empty.

Oak Hill Park was Accrington's second park, and the land was purchased bu the Corporation from Reginald Hargreaves for £12,000 in 1892.

The focal point of Forty Hill in the 16th century was the great house of Elsynge, which lay between the site of Forty Hall and the Turkey Brook.

His brother Michael joined in 1953, going to work on Whipperley Ring school at Farley Hill. Like their father, they had trained at Regent Street Polytechnic.

This hotel nestles at the foot of Box Hill, alongside the rushing traffic of the main London to Dorking road.

Locally named the Pepperpot, it was erected in 1850 on Hoad Hill to commemorate Ulverston-born Sir John Barrow, a founder member of the Royal Geographical Society.

(Marion Hill) The Pennyland Boat Basin.

The name Corless is associated with the family who lived at Springfield House, Pilling.

The market was closed in October 1886 and trade moved to join the Sheep Market, which was already well established in Market Hill.

In 1960, at nearby Stoney Hill, bricks were still being made by hand. Four brick makers were moulding and firing about 3,200 bricks per day.

Harder red Devonian sandstones make up the hills around Minehead. This is difficult to cut and forms rough 'rubble' building stone, often used in outbuildings and garden walls.

Three acres of rundown cafes, souvenir shops and a wooden arcade were cleared, and a new dual-carriageway swept down the hill offering a clear panoramic view of the sands and bay.

Situated away from major routes, the town has derived its fame from the Battle of 1485, when Henry Tudor, later Henry VII, defeated Richard III on Ambion Hill to its south.

Prehistoric Cams Most people enjoying a round of golf on the Cams Hall Estate today are probably unaware of the existence of the 429 pieces of worked flint that were recovered during topsoil stripping

There was still a religious element, as the day started with a service for the Alderley Oddfellows at St Mary's, after which they paraded up the hill to the Wizard, where there was a mixture

On the top of Ashcombe Hill (now Ranmore Hill) there was a farm; here, perhaps, John Denby lived, a one-time farmer who was referred to at a Court Baron held in 1555.

Its ancient parish, one of the largest in the country, stretched right up to Rainow and Kettleshulme in the hills, north as far as Poynton, and out in the south and west to Bosley and Chelford.