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CUCKHAMSLEY, or Scutchamfly Hills, a range of hills, about 800 feet high, near Farnborough, in Berks. It was the place of a famous fair, abolished by James I. in favour of East Ilsley; and is crowned by a large tumulus, alleged to be the burial-place of Cwichelm, King of the West Saxons, who is said to have fallen in battle here against Edwin, King of Northumbria.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a range of hills" (ADL Feature Type: "mountain ranges") |
| Administrative units: | Berkshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | CUCKHAMSLEY | CUCKHAMSLEY OR SCUTCHAMFLY HILLS | SCUTCHAMFLY HILLS |
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