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A History of the County of Buckingham
… of ST. MICHAEL having fallen into disrepair in 1765 the old nave was pulled down, with the western tower, leaving … 45 ft. by 20 ft., with a western tower built from the old material of the nave. It is lighted by five windows, all … a squint, at one time opening into the south aisle of the old church. A description of this church is preserved in a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… spring, the source of the Hollow Brook, which rises near Old Horspath Farm. This site is just below the 400-ft. … once two field systems. There is an arable field called Old Horspath, a mile east of Horspath village, and near the … to the north-west and south-west are 'furlongs shooting on Old Horspath'; on the northern edge of Old Horspath Field …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Castle. The church stands on the south side of the village street in a large churchyard, where there are two ancient yew … about the middle of the 19th century on the site of an old house, supposed to have been that rented by Milton's … and the ceiling of the lowest stage of the tower, are of old timbers, the nave having roughly finished tie-beams and …
A History of the County of Northampton
… rebuilt. The small trefoil side-lights of the porch are old. No porch is mentioned by Bridges. Bridges speaks of an …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and manor of Horton, in marriage, to Samuel Michel, of Old Windsor, who died within a few years, leaving Anne, his … on a mount vert. Paul, the second son, was of Bathurst-street, in Nordiam, and by Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of … viz. that which the vicars there were accustomed of old to inhabit, with all its rights whatsoever; and that he …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… houses, built after the destruction of the entire main street by fire in May, 1781, 'the greatest part of the town … James the Apostle. 16 The fair or feast is now held on 'old' St. James's Day, early in August. After the Conquest … and jambs of two continuously hollow-chamfered orders. The old studded door of wide battens has its original strap …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… along the western part of it, upon which stands Maypole-street, one side of which only is in this parish, the other … further in the valley, close to a rill of water, stood the old palace of Ford, and several houses near it; a habitation, … it, though large, yet as very inconvenient, being an old, decayed, wasteful, unwholesome, and desolate house; for …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and west sides of the heath, the latter being called West-street, are two hamlets of houses, which form the scattered … foot of the hill, adjoining the Place grounds, near West-street. Between the heath and Potter's corner, towards … Prerog. off. Cant. Before rector of St. Dionis, Fenchurch-street, which he exchanged for the donative of Upton Grey, in …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… it, one of whom, Richard de Siberston, as appeared by an old dateless deed of that time, demised it to John Monins, in …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… water meadows, and crossing the Test passes by the old Houghton mill, which stands on the left, and is now used … on the west side of the road, and becomes the main village street. On either side of the long village street are grouped … A high hedge on the north shuts in the rectory, a fine old eighteenth-century house, which is approached by a drive …