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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… HIGH WYCOMBE. (O.S. 6 in. xlvii. N.W.) Roman (1). Dwelling-house, in Great Penns Mead, about mile S.E. of the church, … the Ordnance Survey place a 'Roman Fortress' N.E. of the house, but no proof of it has been found, and the site is … of a Roman floor were found about 100 yards N. of the house and may represent a dependent dwelling. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… stronghold early and became little more than a manor house. Various documents record buildings associated with the … was some time a very fayre and large castle, a mansion house how raysed to grounde whose rubble and old foundations …
A History of the County of Northampton
… the Great Lodge of the Park which fell into decay with the house. The park was at one time surrounded by a ditch. The … south end of the park. 5 The present Old Hall, now a farm house, was possibly built on a new site when the Great Lodge … the 18th century the Great Lodge was known as Higham Park House. The park was said in 1649 to be well wooded and to …
Old and New London
… Redcap"The Blount FamilyHornsey Road and "The Devil's House" thereinTurpin, the HighwaymanThe Corporation of Stroud … John of Jerusalem, at Clerkenwell, purchased an old manor house here, as a summer residence, and it was afterwards … to Highbury; and, to beguile their way, it was their custom in turn to bowl a ball of ivory at objects in their …
Survey of London
… named Le Roy. J. F. King was an official at Somerset House from 1820 to 1830. These drawings, mounted on rolls, … value is difficult to overestimate. The Kentish Town House estate, covering some nineteen acres, formerly extended … [ Plate 104] was built from the Model of Wanstead House by direction of an eminent Solicitor named " Bateman," …
Old and New London
… as an arch; and he tells us that it extended from the gate-house on the west side of the road to the old burying-ground … was taken round through a yard in the rear of the "Gate House Tavern," on the site afterwards covered by the Assembly … in Hertfordshire, to be imprisoned in the Tower. THE GATE-HOUSE, HIGHGATE, IN 1820. ( From an Original Sketch.) Norden, …
Old and New London
… Lane) formerly called Swine's Lane, Highgate." The house in which he resided has long since been pulled down, … spread a salubrious fragrance, and purify the air. This custom is practised also in the Middlebourg and Society … till morn." Byron. Charles KnightSir John WollastonThe Custom of "Swearing on the Horns"Mr. Mark Boyd's Reminiscence …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… incumbent, the Rev. John Dolignon, who has erected a glebe-house, and whose glebe comprises 56 acres. The church is … for 1600, and the glebe comprises 85 acres, with a house. The church is a spacious structure, chiefly in the … with the addition of 20 derived from pew-rents; a glebe-house adjoins the church. There is a place of worship for …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Knt., during the parliamentary war, garrisoned his manor-house for the king; it was, however, taken by assault and … 9246 inhabitants, of whom 3219 are in Uxbridge. Hillingdon House, the residence of Mr. Cox, was partly destroyed by fire … commanding an extensive view, are the remains of Belmont House, a large mansion commenced by Sir James Johnstone, but …