A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LEITH-HILL, an eminence in Wotton parish, Surrey; 4 miles SW by S of Dorking, and 4 N of the boundary with Sussex. It has picturesque skirts; rises to an altitude of 993 feet above sea-level; commands a magnificent view, as far as to Essex, Oxfordshire, and Hants; and is crowned by a tower which serves as a landmark to mariners. The tower was built in 1766, as a prospect-house, by Richard Hull, Esq., of Leith-Hill Place; was used as Mr. Hull's tomb, at his death in 1772; and was afterwards repaired and heightened by W. P. Perrin, Esq.; but the entrance to it has long been walled up. Coins of Henry VIII., Edward VI., and Elizabeth were found in an earthen jar, on the S side of the tower, in 1837. LeithHill Place stands at the S skirt of the hill, and is now the seat of J. Labouchere, Esq.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "an eminence" (ADL Feature Type: "mountains") |
| Administrative units: | Wotton CP/AP Surrey AncC |
| Place: | Leith Hill |
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