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EDGE See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
HILL , an elevated See also:ridge in See also:Warwickshire, See also:England, near the border of See also:Oxfordshire. The See also:north-western See also:face is an abrupt escarpment of the See also:lias, and the See also:summit of the ridge is almost level for nearly 2 m., at a height somewhat exceeding 700 ft. The escarpment overlooks a See also:rich See also:lowland watered by streams tributary to the See also:Avon; the See also:gentle eastern slope sends its See also:waters to the Cherwell, and the ridge thus forms See also:part of the See also:divide between the basins of the See also:Severn and the See also:Thames. Edge Hill gave name to the first See also:battle of the See also:Great See also:Rebellion (q.v.), fought on the 23rd of See also:October 1642. See also:Charles I., marching on See also:London from the north-See also:west, was here met by the See also:parliamentary forces under See also:Robert Devereux, See also:earl of See also:Essex. The royalists were posted on the hill while the enemy was in the See also:plain before Kineton. But the rash See also:advice of See also:Prince See also:Rupert determined the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king to give up the See also:advantage of position; he descended to the attack, and though Rupert himself was successful against theopposing See also:cavalry, he was checked by the arrival of a See also:regiment with See also:artillery under See also:Hampden, and, in the meantime, the royalist See also:infantry was driven back. The parliamentarians, however, lost the more heavily, and though both sides claimed the advantage, the king was able to advance and occupy See also:Banbury.
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