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A History of the County of Gloucester
… in the park, but they had gone by 1611 when there was a long dispute among lessees of the manor about cutting the … with narrow frontages and coachhouses at the ends of their long gardens. In 1880 the Vicar of Prestbury said that the … was divided and sold. 160 The older part of the house is a long rectangular structure of timber-framing and stone with a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… The medieval parish of Preston formed a rectangle, 2 miles long from east to west and rather less than a mile wide, … north of the parishes of Hove and Brighton, and sending a long tongue eastwards along the boundary of the latter to the … of the front range of rooms. The building was about 50 ft. long and half as wide, with walls a little over 2 ft. thick, …
A History of the County of Rutland
… design, its massive character giving great dignity to the long symmetrical south front, which faces directly on to the … to both chancel and nave. The aisles are 52 ft. 3 in. long and cover the chancel for about a third of its length, … wrought stones have been re-used, one of which, over 3 ft. long, forms part of the seat below the easternmost window. It …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of it, into the king's hands, where they did not remain long, for the king settled them by his dotation-charter, in … that parish and this of Preston, but that it has been of long time separated into moieties. Of the moiety in … of it, into the king's hands, where it did not remain long, for the king, in his 33d year, settled it by his …
A History of the County of Warwick
… steep declivities on all sides except the north. It is a long rectangular structure divided by a modern chancel arch … straight joints at the foot of the wall, with some long stones, probably indicate the original position of the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… at Preston Candover, estimating it as probably a mile long, 'each containing as nearly as I can guess from twelve … of Preston Candover with all manorial rights to George Long. 15 The new owner, a stout adherent of the Parliament, … Mr. Perkins offering a larger amount than that paid by Mr. Long, was allowed by the Parliamentary Committee to buy back …
A History of the County of Northampton
… right of John Hertwell was based solely on a debt of 500 long since paid. 40 In 15 27 John Hertwell made a settlement …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 2 North-east from the Stour the parish stretches in a long and irregularly shaped tongue, with parts of its … overlying Lias clay. 7 The greater part of the land has long been agricultural. In the extreme north-east, however, … from the roads on the north-east and south-east sides by a long wall. Part of it was under the plough in 1964. From the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… dean and chapter of Oxford, 80 but they forfeited it not long afterwards. Edward VI on his accession to the throne …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… at the Slade in the parish of Priors Dean. Almost as long a connexion with the parish as the Sylvesters' was that …