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Ham Hill is managed as a Local Nature Reserve, under Section 21 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, because of the rare calcareous grassland which supports a wide variety of plant and animal species and it's wild flower meadows and wide open grassland areas such as Witcombe Valley.
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In the countryside surrounding the town, there is evidence of iron age cave dwellings in Ham Woods, to the north-west, and a number of burial mounds have been identified at Beacon Hill, a short distance north of the town.
To the northwest of the town are Ham Woods, within which are the Windsor Hill railway tunnels and a viaduct, remnants of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.
It provides the foreground of the scenic view from Richmond Hill across Petersham Meadows, with Ham House further along the River.
“ Wharf Hill ” was the waterfront location of the beginning of the industries of Smithfield, which would evolve into “ The Peanut Capital of the World ” and “ The Ham Capital of the World.
The Leland Trail begins at King Alfred's Tower on the Wiltshire / Somerset border and finishes at Ham Hill Country Park.
London Underground's District line connects with c2c at Tower Hill ( for Fenchurch Street ), West Ham, Barking and Upminster.
Between Dorking and Leatherhead the Mole cuts a steep-sided valley ( the Mole Gap ) though the North Downs, carving a high river cliff on the western flank of Box Hill and a smaller cliff at Ham Bank in Norbury Park.
The building was designed by Sidney Smith, architect of Tate Britain and several other Lambeth libraries, using red brick, terracotta and Ham Hill stone, with a balcony above the entrance loggia.
After Ilchester the Fosse Way is followed by a section of the A303 under the ramparts of the Iron Age hill fort of Ham Hill, occupied by the Second Legion after the conquest of the Durotriges in Dorset.
Ham Hill is a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSI ), Scheduled Ancient Monument, Iron Age hill fort, Roman site, Local Nature Reserve and country park, to the west of Yeovil in Somerset, England.
From Ham Hill the Mendip Hills and Blackdown Hills, Quantock Hills and Dorset Downs are all visible.
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" Farmer Giles of Ham " is a Medieval fable written by J. R. R. Tolkien in 1937 and published in 1949.
Farmer Giles ( Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo, " Giles Bronze-beard Julius Farmer of Ham ") is not a hero.
In the coastal regions of Croatia ; Istria, Dalmatia and Croatian Littoral, as well as in Lika a form of Ham known as " Pršut " is made.
Bayonne Ham or Bayonne is an air dried salted ham that takes its name from the ancient port city of Bayonne in the far South West of France ( Le Pays Basque or Basque country ).
Éisleker Ham or Jambon d ' Oesling is a speciality from the Oesling region in the north of Luxembourg.
Ham is further implied to be the middle son in Gen. 9: 24 ( which says Noah realized what his " younger son " had done to him.
The image is further connected to the Biblical, post-Edenic stories in that a mythological story attributes the violent children of Ham becoming the Tartars, and that Tartarus, derived from the location, became a synonym for hell.
" This pun uses " sand which is there / sandwiches there, " Ham / ham ", " mustered / mustard ", and " bred / bread ".
* January 31 – Ham the Chimp, a 37-pound ( 17-kg ) male, is rocketed into space aboard Mercury-Redstone 2, in a test of the Project Mercury capsule, designed to carry United States astronauts into space.
The Ham Radio Global ALE High Frequency Network, which began service in June 2007, is the world's largest intentionally open ALE network for internet connectivity.
Historically, much of the city's industry was based on this rich agricultural hinterland and it is particularly noted for Limerick Ham.
The Brue Valley Living Landscape is a conservation project managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust and nearby is the Ham Wall National Nature Reserve.
The Ham Wall National Nature Reserve, west of Glastonbury, is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
What is now a stained glass studio in Ham Lane was formerly a coal store attached to a stable which belonged to the public house next door, The Butcher ’ s Arms, which ceased trading in 1860.
For instance, in the Table of Nations ( Genesis 10: 7 ), Sheba, along with Dedan, is listed as a descendant of Noah's son Ham ( as sons of Raamah son of Cush ).
In Shem, the elder brother of Ham and Japheth, first born son of Noah, is referred to as the father of the sons of Eber ( עבר ), which may have a similar meaning.
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