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A History of the County of Oxford
… found before 1629 and 1631, when the Earl of Lindsey's timber agents are known to have been staying at Garsington. … wrote from there about the price and condition of local timber, and were presumably interested in Garsington timber though we have no precise details. 5 In the 18th …
A History of the County of Hertford
… stands here, is a 17th-century house of two stories. It is timber-framed and plastered outside with a central porch and … tower has a modern embattled parapet and a small octagonal timber spire covered with lead; on the south side is an …
A History of the County of Rutland
… with plain continuous chamfered arches. The modern open timber roof is of four bays. At the south-west angle of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the lord of the manor required a royal licence to sell timber from Glympton Wood, and a view of the assarts in … of poaching venison and of taking too much wood and timber from the forest. 110 John of Bath and William de Bray … manor courts. 112 The wood was still a valuable source of timber in the early 16th century when Anthony Lydeard …
A History of the County of Surrey
… and the cross streets abound with old houses, some of timber and plaster, some tile-hung, and others with 18th and … water-mill, and in Church Street, where are some ancient timber houses with projecting upper stories. Owton or Hart Lane, now called Mint Street, has some ancient half-timber work. The White Hart Inn, in the High Street, near the …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… side of East Street is a range of three picturesque half-timber houses with overhanging upper story and an overhanging … two dwellings. In West Street are some 17th-century half-timber houses, and on the outskirts of the town is a timber and plaster house, formerly the 'Shepherd and Dog' …