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... the extraordinary influence of the National Trust as an agricultural landlord, and considers its future challenges HEN Octavia Hill and her enterprising companions laid the strong foundations of the National Trust by the Soil Association. It is a very ...

Published: Thursday 05 April 2007
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 203 | Page: 108 | Tags: none

'Such careful investigation from so independent a source brings real pressure on the Government'

... of climate change; w hich will have a huge impact on its properties. This is a subject that would never have occurred to Octavia Hill and her founding partners, but whicli•will guide much of the Trust's agricultural policy in the future. ~ 'Such personal ...

Published: Thursday 05 April 2007
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 578 | Page: 109 | Tags: none

LANDOWNER, GRASP THESE NETTLES Because the National Trust is one of the great British triumphs, its actions are ..

... ideas pretty startling to many of those wedded to the traditional view of private land ownership, but the trio themselves- Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Canon H . D. Rawnsley-were out of the ordinary mould. They set up the first nationwide conservation ...

Published: Thursday 18 May 2000
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2012 | Page: 103 | Tags: none

Soclal Welfare

... 41. pbk £5.00 Institute for the Study of Civil Society (5.2000) 1 903386 86 1 Hill, Octavia. Octavia Hill and the Social Housing Debate: Essays and Letters by Octavia Hill. 21cm.viii, 136 p. n.e. Rediscovered ...

Published: Friday 14 July 2000
Newspaper: Bookseller
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2432 | Page: 76 | Tags: none

Leicestershire, Drayton Uppingham 6 miles, Market Harborough 8 miles, Kettering 12 miles Handsome country house ..

... lives, and beauty is vulnerable to short-term commercial pressures. You can see that this was important to our founders-Octavia Hill talked about certain landscapes as open-air sitting rooms for the poor. This lies at the core of everything we do, even ...

Published: Thursday 05 April 2007
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 7039 | Page: 109 | Tags: none

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... ideas pretty startling to many of those wedded to the traditional view of private land ownership, but the trio themselves- Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Canon H . D. Rawnsley-were out of the ordinary mould. They set up the first nationwide conservation ...

Published: Thursday 18 May 2000
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 8951 | Page: 109 | Tags: none

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... ideas pretty startling to many of those wedded to the traditional view of private land ownership, but the trio themselves- Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Canon H . D. Rawnsley-were out of the ordinary mould. They set up the first nationwide conservation ...

Published: Thursday 18 May 2000
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 42877 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

Bath King of the hill

... Bath King of the hill City centre about 1 mile. In all about 0.8 hectares (2 acres) An impressive Victorian period house set on the top of the popular Bathwick Hill with far reaching views over the City of Bath. 4 well proportioned reception rooms, 6 ...

Published: Thursday 14 December 2006
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 9040 | Page: 39 | Tags: none

Hertfordshire - Bucks Hill, Chipperfield 3 reception rooms Landing with Study area 5 bedrooms 3 bath or shower ..

... Hertfordshire - Bucks Hill, Chipperfield 3 reception rooms Landing with Study area 5 bedrooms 3 bath or shower rooms Barn com·ersion Carden pavilion formal gardens, orchard wildtlowcr meadow/woodland In all about 6.2 acres ( 2.Sha ) Kings Langley station ...

Published: Thursday 15 March 2007
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 6892 | Page: 69 | Tags: none

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... associated with economy tests, such as driving at 30 mph, coasting down hills and pulling back the wing mirrors to reduce drag. It was a scenic but demanding route, with plenty of steep hills and in some places quite deep standing water. But it shows that this ...

Published: Wednesday 01 November 2000
Newspaper: Market Rasen Weekly Mail
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 558 | Page: 44 | Tags: none

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... associated with economy tests, such as driving at 30mph, coasting down hills and pulling back the wing mirrors to reduce drag. It was a scenic but demanding route, with plenty of steep hills and in some places quite deep standing water. But it shows that this ...

Published: Friday 17 November 2000
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 258 | Page: 36 | Tags: none