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A History of the County of Shropshire
… In 1172 Henry II granted half the manor's annual value to the brothers Roger and Jonas of Powys, the full value, … manor house was ruinous. It was said in 1650 formerly to have stood in the close called the Hall yard, 98 south-west … to the younger Richard's cousin Giles of Orleton, who did not live there and sold the manor to Richard's widow Joan in …
Survey of London
… Polytechnic. The gate, which now serves as an entrance to the grounds of the Chelsea Lawn Tennis Club, in the centre of the Square, may have come from Cheyne Walk, whence a good deal of original ironwork has been removed from houses that have been re-built. In the Council's ms. collection are: …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… probably of earlier date than the Chancel, which appears to be of the 15th century, but both have been much re-built and it is almost impossible to date them with certainty. The West Tower was also probably …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… abounds in coal and ironstone; the mines are let on lease to the Low-Moor Iron Company by Miss Currer, and T. Carvick, … worship for Independents and Moravians, the latter of whom have a small settlement here. Wyke-Champflower … the fairs are held on the following Monday, so as not to interfere with the Norwich market. In the market-place …
A History of the County of Northampton
… or 'Coltrewestan'. 2 This subordinate hundred is not mentioned in the 12th-century Survey, in which all the … of Colyngtreston within the hundred of Wymersley' was said to have been formerly leased at 40 s., which sum had been raised …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in 1984, at which its meetings may be presumed originally to have been held, near the centre of its area on the ancient … Wyndham, and Cowfold in 1288. 6 The half-hundred was not divided into vills for the subsidy of 1296, 7 and in 1316 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Tesselated Pavement, immediately S.W. of Manor Farm, must have been discovered before 1864, when reference is made ( B.A.A. Journ., XX, p. 273) to five coins, one of Nerva, one of Trajan and three of … of freestone; the roofs are tiled. The house belonged to the family of Sydenham in the 16th and 17th centuries and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… St. Andrew, stands at the W. end of the village. The walls have been re-faced externally with modern ragstone; the old … 15th century the N. aisle was lengthened towards the E. to form a North Chapel; in 1862 the South Aisle was re-built, … with the sill reaching almost to the ground; the head is not original, but the rebated jambs, of oolite, are possibly …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… a N. aisle were built, the nave being probably extended to the W. at the same time, as is indicated by the easterly … label and mask-stops; further W. is a modern opening to the organ-chamber. In the S. wall are two windows, the … with carved paterae and lion and human faces; the capitals have been restored where the former rood-beam was inserted; …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… Lennox (1242-3) X. Charter by King Alexander II. granting to the Bishop of Glasgow and his successors that the bishops burgesses and men of Glasgow should have rights of trade and merchandise in Argyle and Lennox, … returning, contrary to this our grant, that they should not freely come to the said fair and to the market of …