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An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Flegg Hundreds, West and East Ness NESS Is a common and general name for lands that project towards the sea, or … in Essex, had a grant of this light-house and that of Orford Ness in Suffolk, with divers privileges, and one penny …
A History of the County of Sussex
… West Grinstead Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1215 the manor of WEST GRINSTEAD … called West Grinstead Park, built to the designs of John Nash on higher ground to the north-east. Of sandstone cut …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Walter Pavely acquired from Monkton Farleigh in 1320, 64 and formed part of his estate at Brook on his death in 1323. … a number of small estates in 1599, three fulling mills and a grain mill were included in the Brook Farm estate … of Tinhead, in 1599. From Jeffery it descended to his son Nash, and from Nash Whitaker to his son Geoffrey. 43 Only one …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Middle division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, Pershore and E. divisions of the county of Worcester, 4 miles (N. E.) from Tewkesbury; containing 340 inhabitants, and comprising 871 acres. There is a place of worship for … a school, and 100 towards its endowment. Weston, with Nash and Tilsop WESTON, with Nash and Tilsop, a chapelry, in …
Old and New London
… Westminster Abbey Chapels and royal tombs CHAPTER LIII. WESTMINSTER ABBEY.THE CHAPELS AND ROYAL TOMBS. "A feeling sad came o'er me as I trod the … the first wife of Sir Robert Walpole, afterwards Earl of Orford, and that " 'Horace, her youngest son,' consecrated …
Old and New London
… pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof; By its own weight made steadfast and … statue erected by Mr. Horace Walpole to his mother, Lady Orford, than with any of the piles erected to great men." The monument of Lady Orford is in the south aisle of Henry VII.'s Chapel, which we …
Old and New London
… 1700. "The pillar'd dome magnific heaves Its ample roof, and luxury within Pours out its glittering stores." Thomson. The Palaces of England and France comparedThe Mulberry GardenJohn Dryden's Fondness … the present edifice was commenced, from the design of John Nash, by command of George IV.; but as William IV. did not …
Old and New London
… Park in the Reign of Henry VIII.Rosamond's PondCharles II. and his Feathered PetsDuck IslandLe Notre employed in Laying out and Improving the ParkThe DecoyThe King and his … appeared in the Middlesex Journal, addressed to Lord Orford, the ranger of the park, complaining bitterly of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Whaddon 220. … roofs are covered with lead, except those of the chancel and N. chapel which are tiled. Part of the walls of the Nave … roofs are thatched. a(7). Cottage, on the S. side of the Nash road, 120 yards N.W. of the church; the walls are …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… E.) from Stony- Stratford; containing, with the hamlet of Nash, 910 inhabitants, of whom 544 are in Whaddon township. A … prior to the time of Henry III., by Ralph Martel, and at the Dissolution had a revenue of 24. The prior, in … secretary, was frequently here. It was purchased and occupied about a century ago by Browne Willis, the …