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A History of the County of Hampshire
… stonework is all modernized, but the inner quoins are old; the third window is of 12th-century date like that … The south doorway has modern stonework outside but old inner quoins and segmental rear arch; the outer arch is … wood, on a low stone base; a few of its timbers seem to be old. The font, which stands in the tower, has an old round …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… a plain high ground in the midst of the town and is a very old house covered with slate and greatly in decay. There is an orchard of about an acre growing no fruit. Also an old kylne house at the back and a gate-house at the entry, … Valle Close and Shakehill; the lord had also land in the 'old car' in the south field of the vill. 3 The open fields …
A History of the County of Oxford
… disposed of in 1954 for building purposes. In 1956 the old building and Balfour's additions were demolished. The … remains. The fate of the dovecot is in doubt. Two other old buildings, lying close together, are situated just south of the Abingdon-Dorchester highway. The Old Cottage, formerly Burcot Cottage, is a timber-framed …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… western boundary. In the centre of the parish stands the old church of All Saints, and close by is Burghclere Manor … of Mr. P. H. Woods. Burghclere Farm is north of the old church. The modern church of The Ascension stands on a … Treget, who held Earlstone as half a knight's fee of the old enfeoffment of John de Monmouth, was succeeded in its …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the Rev. Sir James Stuart, bart., is near the church; the old manor-house stood on the site of the present rectory. … said to have been granted by Queen Emma to the old abbey of Winchester, 3 and in the time of Edward the Confessor Abbot Elsi held it 'under the old minster of the Church of Winchester.' 4 On his outlawry, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… road, and at the easy distance of 58 miles from London. An old mansion in a state of decay had been converted into the … 'Mercator' held three parts of a fee in Mapledurham of the old enfeoffment of the earl of Gloucester. 58 The one … a recusant, writes as follows in June, 1586:'At length old Mr. Titchborne, being then prisoner in the White Lion, in …
A History of the County of Rutland
… that year may be taken as approximately the date of the old house, the royal visit being perhaps an august … in Miss Pearl Finch's History of Burley-on-theHill, the old house, with a large outer court on its east side, … the north. The survey shows the position and shape of the 'old house,' which it is difficult to reconcile with Thorpe's …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of dry cattle, excepting Warehorne, which was 2d. and Old Romney, of which nothing was then found; and it was then …
A History of the County of Warwick
… a curved hood. The roof is covered with stone tiles. The old Manor House, south-west of the churchyard, appears to be … of the original stone mullioned windows with labels. The old plan was a half-H shape with the wings projecting to the …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… quotations in Latin. Further to the west of the village is Old Hall Hill, where are traces of earthworks. There is a … is a fair-sized hamlet a mile south of Burneston. The old chapel, transformed into a cottage, stood at the eastern … but the four easternmost stone corbels on either side are old; they are carved as human heads or grotesque beasts. The …