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A History of the County of Warwick
… buildings to the west of it are of the same character. The Hall, nearly mile north of the church, may be a 17th-century … Sherwyn, and its demesnes to Roger Walford. 14 Sherwyn's widow Alice sold her interest to George Throckmorton; he … of Galton in the same year in accordance with his uncle's will. Mr. Wheler-Galton died in July 1935, and the manors …
A History of the County of Oxford
… confirm the local tradition that it was the Knibb family's house. 31 Sundial Farm, also on the east side of the main … and 18th centuries. 41 Elizabeth Beere, a Claydon publican's daughter, mistress of one of the infamous 'Culworth gang' … left the village. In 1966 Claydon lacked a proper village hall, but had a cricket and football club, and a revived and …
Magna Britannia
… the family of Nutcombe, are now vested in the chancellor's three daughters and coheiresses. In consequence of his … century. Sir John Popham, Chief Justice of the King's Bench, purchased it of the coheirs of Lord Dinham, or their … It now belongs to Mr. John Carnal. The Rev. Dr. Robert Hall in 1667 gave a rent-charge of 15 l. 13, payable by the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… small chamber which may have been a kind of buttery for a hall on the site of the modern wing to the south. The chamber … of the manor being Col. Sir William Campion, K.C.M.G., D.S.O. Browne, Viscount Montagu. Sable three lions passant … for cattle, sheep, and hogs were still held on St. John's Common, on July 6th and Sept. 26th, in 1835, 20 but these …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 1926. 7 It bought agricultural land in Clayton in the 1930's for housing, 8 and before 1939 another council estate had … Road in Clayton village itself also dates from the 1930's. An estate was built in Clayton Lane after 1945, and … War for the Fleet Air Arm, which also occupied Clayton Hall; the hangars were subsequently converted into a Royal …
A History of the County of Worcester
… to Cleeve Prior and enters the village close to the 'King's Arms,' where the beehive yew-tree and quaintly cut bird above the hedge emulate the glory of the 'Prior's Garden' at the manor-house. The older houses and cottages … the east. The oldest portion appears to be the entrance hall, with the apartments on the south side, the walls of …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… and peas. The highest point in the parish is St. Leonard's Hill in the south-west (294 ft.), and from there the land … northern boundary the level falls to 67 ft. St. Leonard's Road, in which are the hospital and church of St. Agnes, … remains, and there is a moulded beam in the entrance hall. 4 Standing back on the east side of the main street is …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… called in antient records, Clive, and sometimes Bishop's Clive. It is likewise called Cliff at Hoo, from its … lying in ruins. A fair is held in it, on St. Pelagius's day, October 19. There is another village, not far distant, … monks of Christ church; but the premises, called Priors-hall, Hersing, East marsh, Bishop's-marsh, and others, he …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… built at the same period and a building used as a village hall was converted into cottages. In 1927 two groups of … of the village street and the Campden road in the 1950's and several private houses were built about that time on … there were said to be two or three houses there. 19 Monk's Barn, where a farm-house was built probably in the 17th …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… an half. The Land was five Car. There, when the Conqueror's, great Survey was made, 1 William Peverell his natural Son … one Mill 12d. and twelve Acres of Meadow. In the Confessor's Time the Value was 19l. in the Conqueror's but 9l. with the … Hugh Cressi, by whom he had Hodsack, in this County, Downe-Hall, and Creat-Hall, in Cleypole, in Lincolnshire, and …