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A History of the County of Essex
… Ongar 34for the provision of a school 35 and a rent-free house for the church clerk, and for the benefit of the poor. … was held for educational purposes except the clerk's house and a small yearly sum for its maintenance. The house left for the clerk was the smaller of the two tenements …
A History of the County of Essex
… of Fyfield for payment of the annuity of 40 s. due to his house. 17 In 1427 the church was still taxed on the valuation … periods. Running from front to back in the centre of the house is a medieval timber roof, probably representing part … are additional wings of later date at the west end of the house. In the 18th century the whole front was faced with red …
A History of the County of Essex
… it to the east are the parish church and the ancient manor house of Fyfield Hall. There are hills rising to about 260 … of the road to Folyats, an irregularly shaped roughcast house built about 1914 by J. W. Newall of Forest Hall in High … on the ground floor having large decorative lintels of stone or cement. There is a brick single-story addition at …
A History of the County of Essex
… rent of 342 a year. 46 Fyfield Hall 47 is a timber-framed house of various dates. The plan is complex, having at the … at different dates. One, at the north-west corner of the house, contains the staircase and is probably of the 16th or … were added after 1945. In the garden to the east of the house there is a rectangular fish-pond known as the 'Catholic …
A History of the County of Essex
… In 1585 a man was presented for 'keeping bad order' in his house. Towards the end of the 16th century the number of … overseers paid to the churchwardens £11 a year. 2'Street House' and a house on the east side of the churchyard were occupied …
A History of the County of Essex
… In 1687 Dr. Anthony Walker, Rector of Fyfield, devised a house and about ½ acre of land in Fyfield and a farm of 56 … was held is not clear; it may have been in the master's house. By 1818 the managers were planning to expand the … surplus of the charity income. It was behind the master's house in Fyfield Street, had a playground attached, and could …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Ct Rd, London, carver (1778). In 1778 insured his house for 200. [GL, Sun MS vol. 262, p. 606] Gaillard, James … & Boards, Tool Chests & Tools, Three Benches, Grinding Stone, Sofa Frame etc. [D; Liverpool freemen reg. and … workshops also produced a considerable range of work in stone, particularly for Blenheim Palace, some of which is …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Ayr, and consists simply of a group of cottages. Gadgirth House is a plain modern mansion, of an oblong form, standing … statement of the fact that, seventy years ago, only 722 stone of wool were used by the clothiers, and scarcely as … that 243 packs of wool, each pack containing twelve stone of twenty-four lb., were purchased by the …
Alumni Oxonienses
… i.e. chaplain of marines, chaplain to the speaker of the house of commons, vicar of Lindridge, co. Worcester, 1700, … Kent: preacher of Lincoln's Inn 1699, chaplain to house of commons 1701, and to Q. Anne 1711, bishop of Chester … matric. 14 July, 1702, aged 15, B.A. 1706; M.A. from Peter House, Cambridge, 1710, rector of Sywell, Northants, 1710. …
A Dictionary of London
… Quay South out of Lower Thames Street, east of the Custom House and Wool Quays (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward. …