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A History of the County of Buckingham
… Place, and half a mile south near the winding Long Bottom Lane is the vicarage. Farnham Royal was inclosed in 1821, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… others made up the barony of Arsick, being held as of the castle of Dover in capite, by barony. Of him those … king Henry VIII. 8 when it was found to be held of Dover-castle, by castle-guard rent, and was esteemed as one knight's fee. He …
Magna Britannia
… of Matthew Earl Fortescue, who is the present proprietor. Castle Hill, the seat of Earl Fortescue, is in this parish. The old mansion at Castle Hill was much altered by Hugh Fortescue, Lord Clinton, … II., to the ancient family of Prouz or Prous, who had a castle here. This elder branch became extinct in the reign of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Diggs, esq. second son of Sir Dudley Diggs, of Chilham-castle, and master of the rolls, who had settled it on his … be exonerated from all rent to the constable of Dover castle. THE TOWN OF FAVERSHAM is situated close to the east … to the abbey, gave three small tenements in Church-lane for poor widow, to be nominated by the vicar. ROBERT …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… one of his privy council, and made governor of Dover-castle, knight of the Garter, and lord warden of the five …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Water. Of many little paths leading down to the shore, one lane leads to Ashlett, where a natural creek has led to the … narrow strip of shingle connects the mainland with Calshot Castle, a small fort built by Henry VIII with stones from the … 'E.R.' on a waterspout, witness to later work on the castle. The unstable character of the shingle on which it …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… to Fawley Bottom, where there is a chalk-pit. Benham's Lane leads south-east from the village past another chalk-pit …
A History of the County of Worcester
… by cottages, known as 'The Square.' At the bottom of a lane leading westwards from 'The Square' is the old grammar … Hill 23 (xvii cent.). Lovelyne survives in the modern Love Lane Farm. MANORS FECKENHAM, which like Bromsgrove was given …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… in payment for his work in improving the gardens of Castle Ashby. 1 He died in 1783, and there is a monument to … for the county. Not far from the Manor House, in Church Lane, is a 16th-century timber-framed house with projecting …
A History of the County of Surrey
… been found. It may be noticed, however, that Deadwoman's Lane, near Hawkshill, was named from a recent suicide, and …