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A History of the County of Essex
… parishes. William a Birches manor lay in the south-east extremities of Birch and perhaps also in … Honfield wood were recorded. Chestwood extended into north-east Birch from Layer-de-la-Haye. 71 About 1800 there were … 72 In 1841 there was 143 a. of woodland, mostly in the east of the parish. 73 Heathland, probably former woodland, …
A History of the County of Essex
… or earlier. 50 Birch extended about three miles from east to west and was a very irregular shape with detached … and coinciding with natural features only on part of its east side where it followed Roman river. In 1610 the rector … of the parish by rebuilding Birch Hall, the school, St. Peter's church, a new rectory house, 9 and by adding some …
A History of the County of Essex
… manor. 27 Birch Castle, which stood a few yards south of St. Peter's church, was probably a motte and bailey castle. … storeys with dormer windows behind a plain parapet. The east and west facades were each of seven bays, with the … there was a garden divided into symmetri- cal plots to the east, 44 and by 1800 outbuildings between house and church, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Stortford on the E. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin stands in the middle of the village. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Hall and Eagle Farm. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Augustine stands in the village. The walls are of stone, … chancel-arch is modern. Birdbrook, the Parish Church of St. Augustine. The Nave (64 ft. by 20 ft.) has, in the N. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… by a short road eastwards with the main road running north-east to Chichester past Manhood End, where the farm-house is … Thomas de Chesney, 6 who later surrendered it to William St. John in his court of Halnaker, 7 after which it became … was acquired by John Downes. 20 An estate in Birdham and East Itchenor, consisting of a messuage, a mill, and 2 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the latter for the Leeds market. The church, dedicated to St. Paul, was erected in 1829, at an expense of 2929, by the … in the name of the site, at present occupied by the Smithfield market, and which for many years has retained the … noble organ, and handsome stained-glass window at the east end, representing the Ascension. The living is in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Peter (Plate 6) stands in the middle of the parish. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 438 inhabitants. This chapelry is bounded on the east by the river Soar, and comprises 1128 acres of arable … whole of the chapelry is exempt. The chapel, dedicated to St. James, was in 1823 severely damaged by lightning, which … with Buteland, 472 inhabitants. It is situated on the east of the North Tyne: the land in the northern part is …
Survey of London
… and Date of Structure. Bisham House stood until 1884 south-east of the Gould Charity property (see Section II), within … that the adjoining houses have been rebuilt, those to the east being traceable in the Court Rolls as early as the … at Highgate on 17th September, 1683 (see p. 20). In St. Michael's Church, Highgate, is a memorial cartouche to …