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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… glebe consists of 19 acres, with an excellent parsonage-house, erected near the church, at the expense of the Rev. J. … soil is generally productive, and there are quarries of stone, which is raised for building and for burning into … with buttresses, and relieved with cornices and quoins of stone. The interior of the hall is lighted by ranges of lofty …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… village is immediately connected with Galashiels by a stone bridge. Besides the church of the district, there is a … introduction of turnips, has been much improved. Garamount House, erected by the late John Traill Urquhart, Esq., of … is a handsome wooden bridge over the Spey; there is a stone bridge on the line of the military road at Garvamore, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… of her life and works. 1 As the last member of the great house of Clifford which for centuries had been amongst the … but her steward, Gabriel Vincent, is described on his tomb-stone at Brough as "chief director of her building in the … had left an annuity for the poor to be distributed on the stone table hard by. The Westmorland memorials of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Miss Charlotte M. Yonge thought that 'a mere boarding house on good principles where young ladies may be sent to … the 19302 buildingscheme. On 27 Jan. 1932 the foundation-stone was laid by the hall's founder, Bishop Talbot, and on … was added a handsome central block, is in red brick, with stone facings, in the late 17th-century French style. It is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… The walls are of ragstone-rubble, with some pudding-stone, brick and flint; the W. annexe is timber-framed; the dressings are of Reigate and Barnack-stone; the roofs are tiled. The Nave is possibly of … Farm, about m. W.S.W. of the church. b(3). Laindonponds, house and moat, about 1 m. N.E. of the church. The House is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… is the S. doorway with mediaeval chamfered lower jambs of stone and early 16th-century segmental arch and upper jambs … In churchyardS. side, to Robert Benton, 1712, head-stone. Floor-slabs: In chancel(1) to Thomas Richardson, 1669; … rapidly becoming ruinous. Secular a(2). Little Malgraves, house and barn, m. W.S.W. of the church. The House is of two …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… village. The walls are of rubble and brick, with Reigate stone and brick dressings, and the roofs are tiled. The Nave … another fragment. ConditionGood. Secular (2) Church Farm, house 30 yards N.E. of the church, is of two storeys with … about 850 yards W. of the road junction at White House and just over 1 m. N. of the church, is not now visible …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of the houses are square, and the doorways arched with stone: near the church is a handsome residence. In the Upper … or two Sunday schools are held. Thomas Bennet, of Laleston House, Esq., in 1762, bequeathed the sum of 52. 10., vested … "The King's Cellar," to which led a curious flight of stone steps, removed some time ago by a farmer, for the sake …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Lamarsh Hall, and moat, 100 yards N. of the church. The House is of two storeys, timberframed and plastered; the … building are exposed ceiling-beams. The Moat surrounds the house. ConditionOf house, good. Monuments (312). The following monuments, unless …
The Rulers of London 1660-1689
… Da Mary mar Paul Foley, of Stoke Edith, Speaker of the House of Commons (9) (1) Beaven, I, p 150 (2) 1681 … removed to Bishopsgate-7 Apr 1649 removed by order of the House of Commons Restored 4 Sep 1660, by order of the King, … 1632-4, Gov, 1654 (6) City property (including Crosby House-hired to nonconformists), land Northants (7) Kt, 25 May …