A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HERMITAGE, a seat in the Isle of Wight: under St. Catherine's Down, 1¾ mile NNW of Niton. It was built by Michael Hoy, a Russian merchant; and is now the property of T. Hawkins, Esq. A Roman Doric column, 72 feet high, surmounted by a ball, is on the down above it; bears the name of Hoy's pillar, or the Alexandrian pillar; was erected by Hoy, to commemorate the visit of the Emperor Alexander of Russia to England in 1814; and forms a conspicuous object in an extensive landscape.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a seat" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Hampshire AncC |
| Place names: | ALEXANDRIAN PILLAR | HERMITAGE | HOYS PILLAR |
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