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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Almeley 2 ALMELEY (B.d.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XVII, S.E., (b)XVIII, S.W., (c)XXIV, N.E., … made on the N.W. of the original hall. Some refacing in brick has been done in modern times and the porch added. The … with cellars and attics; it has been largely refaced in brick. The Barn, W. of the house, is weather-boarded. b(17). …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Almshouses Ludlow (Hosier's) ALMSHOUSES 31. HOSIER'S ALMSHOUSES, LUDLOW These almshouses were founded by John … each of two bays. The front and side walls are of red brick with a stone cornice and wood casement windows. The …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Almshouses Shrewsbury 33. THE MERCERS' (OR ST. CHAD'S) ALMSHOUSES, SHREWSBURY These almshouses were founded in … under the provisions of an obit agreement at the foundress's death, the endowments were vested in Thomas Attingham, … to designs by John Carline the younger. 99 These were brick-built in the Tudor style and comprised 18 two-story …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… parcel of the possessions of the abbey of Bury St. Edmund's, except a portion that belonged to Richard Fitz-Gilbert, … in June. The living is a recrory, valued in the king's books at 11, and in the gift of the Crown: the tithes have … the vicar. The chapel, dedicated to St. George, is a plain brick building, erected by subscription in 1799. There are …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Alphastone 3. ALPHAMSTONE. (B.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)xii. S.E. (b)xvii. N.E.) Alphamstone is a parish … except the S. wall of the chancel, which is partly of brick; the dressings are of limestone and the roofs are … The North Porch is timber-framed on modern dwarf brick walls. The timber-framing is partly of the 15th century …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Alresford 4. ALRESFORD. (E.d.) (O.S. 6 in. xxxvii. N.E.) Alresford is a parish on the left bank … is now visible on the site except loose fragments of brick and some tesserae. The corridor was 162 ft. long by 10 … probably the date of most of the structure, but the Roman brick quoins of the N.W. angle of the Nave are of the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 73 The name Alstonefield is Old English, meaning Alfstan's feld or open ground and perhaps reflecting the situation of … inns in 1818, the Red Lion, the George, and the Harpur's Arms. 79 The Red Lion, rebuilt c. 1840, became a temperance … front was refaced probably at the same time; it is in red brick with a rusticated door surround and quoins. In the 19th …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 14th century, when the bounds of land belonging to Hawk's Yard, west of Bank House, included places then called … 19th century. The inhabitants may have been stone and brick workers, as later in the century. 73 A workhouse opened … in 1851 thirty men worked for John Lomas, a stonemason and brick and tile maker of Reaps Moor. 8 In the early 1850s a …
A History of the County of Stafford
… suit at the manor court in 1769 was 58. 72 The township's population in 1801 was 391, rising to 467 in 1811. It was … side of the market place which has a western block of red brick with ashlar quoins. The latter is an inn called the … the market place called the Board in 1850 and the Butcher's Arms in 1860 became the Grapes c. 1866. 81 A horse post …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was opened north-east of the village in 1959. 18 A Women's Institute was formed in 1962. 19 The belief that coins were … may have originated in the early 13th century, when Hugh's grandfather owned a park in Quarnford. 23 Hugh Despenser … 1901. The church of 1744 was a single-cell building of brick with stone dressings, entered through a west door. 99 A …