CHARNWOOD See also:

• FOREST

FOREST  , an upland See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract in the N.-W. of See also:

• LEICESTERSHIRE

Leicestershire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . It is undulating, rocky; picturesque, and in See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PART

part barren, though there are some extensive tracts of woodland; its See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation is generally 600 ft. and upwards, the See also:

• AREA

area exceeding this height being about 61oo acres . The loftiest point, Bardon 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, is 912 ft . On its western flank lies a coalfield, with See also:

• COALVILLE

Coalville and other See also:

• MINING

mining towns, and See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite and See also:

• HONE (in O. Eng. han, cognate with Swed. hen ; the root appears in Skt. gdna, co to sharpen)
• HONE, NATHANIEL (1718-1784)
• HONE, WILLIAM (1780-1842)

hone-stones are worked .