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A History of the County of Bedford
… rising ground to the south-east stand the remains of the hall. The stone bridge crossing the river at the north end of … undertenants. 4 The Bishop of Bayeux was the Conqueror's half-brother, and when he died in 1097 his land in Carlton, … de Pabenham held land in Carlton by one-fifth of a knight's fee, whilst an inquisition taken regarding the property of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 13th century. It then adjoined the lord of Little Carlton's wood, 19 later called Lophams wood, covering 32 a. in 1612 … Furthest south, by the boundary with Weston, was the king's wood. Henry III granted it in 1227 to the Templars, 22 who … 36 apart from the isolated farmsteads such as Lophams Hall and Cockshot, 37 later Cocksedge, 38 Farm. Furthest west …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Adjoining the churchyard on the east is an 18th-century butcher's shop, two stories high, built of brick with a tile roof and … and at the wall head is a moulded wooden cornice. A public hall in the village was built in 1874. A school board was …
A History of the County of Northampton
… on the Northampton and Peterborough branch of the L.M.S. railway. The soil is of a fertile mixed character on a … is made a septum for beestes'. A few years before Leland's visit the estate had been bought, in 1512, by William … of the period. There was a main block containing the great hall, kitchens, and family rooms, and from it, on the south …
A History of the County of Warwick
… in 1698, 6 and still existed in 1810. 7 The original Hall was erected presumably by Edward Devereux, who was … in Bromwich and neighbouring hamlets constituted a knight's fee held of Roger de Somery as of his castle of Dudley by a number of tenants. Among these at the time of Roger's death in 1291 were Anselm de Bromych who held 1 hides in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… feeding the castle moat, which meet south-east of Camps Hall farm to form a small brook which runs north-westward … It has been suggested that such parishes along the county's eastern edge were originally settled by men moving westward … Skrene, serjeant-at-law, 148 to whom William Olmstead, butcher, released the manor in 1417. 149 Skrene died after …
Magna Britannia
… Argent. Croglin was purchased of the Duke of Wharton's trustees, by Charles, Duke of Somerset, from whom it … it is now the property of Mr. William Clarke of Wall's-end. Croglin is in the diocese of Carlisle and deanery of … Richard Brathwaite, Esq. to Sir George Fletcher, of Hutton-Hall, ancestor of Sir Frederick Fletcher Vane, Bart. the …
A History of the County of Surrey
… 1 The open ground near the Harrow is now called Platt's Green. The old village lies at the head of the valley, high … is divided into five wards. Public offices with a memorial hall (in memory of the late Mr. W. Garland) are now in course … of the Viscountess Sherbrooke; Essendene of Mr. W. S. Warren; Arthur's Seat of Mr. A. W. Long Parkhouse; …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… farmhouse, and beyond it the house known as St. Catherine's, for long the property of the Barnes family, and at present … the home of the famous Hambledon Cricket Club. Shrover Hall, the residence of Sir William Pink, is in the west of … Wood, Blendworth Common, and the Queen's Inclosure, and beyond them can be seen the well-wooded …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Killerby, Colburn, Hipswell, Hudswell and St. Martin's on the right bank, Ellerton on Swale, Scorton, Uckerby and … west from Catterick through picturesque grounds to Brough Hall, an 18th-century building in the classical style, now … extended westward into the present orchard. St. Martin's Priory, Catterick The north wall of the wing has a portion …