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A Dictionary of London
… (t), p.86). On the east side of Peter Hill (S. 369). York House Wheatley says Baynard's Castle was known by this name, … I. Dom. S. XIV. p.54). Site now occupied by the Custom House. Ypres Inn See Ipres Inn. Ysmongereslane See Ironmonger …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to F. E. Parker. 13 In 1952 Parker sold it with the manor house to B. Babington Smith, whose family retained it when the house was sold in 1984. 14 In 1254 the living was valued at … door, and carved wooden screen are all of c. 1500. The high-pitched roofs of both nave and chancel retained …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 3 s., probably lay in Yelford. Robert also paid 2 s. for a house and yardland in Yelford attached to Isabel de Grey's … c. £250 a year in the mid 17th century, reflecting the high valuation of inclosed land. 60 Leases were usually for 7 … to £360; in 1822 the rent was still £340 with penalties as high as £40 an acre for conversion to arable. 61 In the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… farmhouse in the village (later College Farm) 65 both the house and attached estate were regarded as 'in another … The village comprises only the church, the former rectory house (Rectory Cottage), a notable timber-framed manor house … day in 1851 the recorded population (17) was artificially high because both the departing tenant of Yelford Manor and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… father perhaps remaining at Daylesford. 41 Yelford's manor house and church seem to have been rebuilt about that time, … E. Parker of Barley Park, Ducklington, who sold the manor house to B. Babington Smith in 1952. 61 Of the Lenthalls' … and certainly the most picturesque large timber-framed house in the county', 63 stands on a partly moated site some …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… of a male face. ConditionGood. Secular (2). Church Farm, house, barn and stables, on S. side of the road immediately opposite the church. The House is of two storeys with attics; the walls are of brick … flight. The large 17th-century Barn to the S.W. of the house is of brick with a hipped roof of thatch. It is of four …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Yelvertoft consisted of little more than a single High Street with the church detached from it to the S.E. and … has been ploughed but it is probably a moated manor house site for the area is known as Hall Close (local inf.). Immediately S.E. of this assumed manor house is an area of disturbed ground beyond which a narrow …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… for cultivation. The larger part of the parish consists of high table-land, with a substratum of limestone; the other … discharged, at 6. 3. 6.; present net income, 651, with a house, and a glebe of 9 acres; patron, the Bishop of St. … or "the summit of the dykes," fortified by a high rampart, and, in the most accessible parts, by double …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… and two-centred head; near the E. end of the wall and high up is a blocked window of one four-centred light. The … doorway has a square moulded label with returned stops and high up over the eastern window in the S. wall are two … porches on the N. and S. sides. Secular a(3) Upbury Farm, house S.W. of the church, is of two storeys; the walls are of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the suburbs, set fire to the houses; but the wind being high, the flames communicated to the city, and during the … principal room is 92 feet long, 60 feet wide, and 45 feet high, and will afford accommodation for 1800 persons. The … Humber. Corporation Seal. Obverse. Reverse. The mansion-house, erected in the year 1726, for the residence of the …