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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… which has been carried to a great extent; the farm-houses are substantial and well fitted-up, and about half of … nearly at right angles by others of inferior note. The houses in the main street are spacious, and of ancient … mansions of the principal landed proprietors. The ancient houses of Newhall and Balcomie have been demolished; of the …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… of Leiston was dissolved early, being one of the lesser houses, that had not 200 clear yearly revenues, and granted, … its now ruinated church, and the foundations of many old houses which are frequently discovered. Tradition assigns the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… called the Gate, and the ruins and old foundations of houses in other parts, the village of Corton is presumed to …
A History of the County of Somerset
… in 1327. 50 The Portmans extended and rebuilt many houses on their estate including some in concrete although … poll tax and subsidy payers. 56 There were said to be 60 houses in the later 18th century but no families 'of note'. … the fields but some young girls were occupied in gloving. Houses and cottages, especially on the freeholdings, were bad …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… indeterminate earthworks which may be the sites of former houses. Though these remains are slight, they emphasize the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… to Potterspury in 1882. 5 In 1720 Bridges noted that four houses in Old Stratford, the village that grew up to the … Passenham, lay in Furtho parish, although the rest of the houses to the east of Watling Street were in Cosgrove, and three houses in Cosgrove village were said to be in Furtho. 6 In …
A History of the County of Somerset
… to be 26 households in the parish and in the 1780s c. 33 houses. 19In 1801 the population was 237. It rose each decade … later Cossington Grange, and the Grove. 2Local authority houses were built north-west of the village beside the … for a construction company, and other buildings, including houses, have been erected within the curtilage from the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a fertile district, containing a number of scattered houses extending from the hamlet of Littleworth, on the … foot of the Wolds, and contains several highly respectable houses: there are two breweries, and a carpet manufactory; …