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A History of the County of Somerset
… and on the Charlinch estate. 20 No further trace of the first two has been found but the last may be the mill …
A History of the County of Somerset
… within the house, in 1436. 76 During the Second World War the house was requisitioned by the War Department 77 and … the hall and above each another at mezzanine level. On the first floor a great chamber, open to the roof, extended over …
Survey of London
… The houses have been re-numbered twice since they were first numbered, the present sequence running from south to … breaks at the cross streets the houses were (before the war) in uninterrupted rows like those in Percy Street. … cornices. Probably they were only of three storeys at first and the top storey was a subsequent addition: the …
The Environs of London
… left it, by will, to his niece Margaretta Maria, (married, first, to John Badger Weller, Esq. of Romford; and secondly, … of the Magdalen charity, ob. 1781; Elizabeth, his first wife, daughter of Henry Thompson, Esq. of Kerby-hall, … daughter of Sir Edward Harrington, of Ridlington,) married first to Richard Torlesse, M. D. secondly to the Rev. Mr. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… were 922 a. of arable and 1,384 a. of grass. 82 During the First World War flax was grown. 83 In 1911 Sigwells farm (425 a.) in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… at top and with band of leafwork above bulb (Plate 27); first half of 18th century and closely akin to font at … to the N.W., and three original two-light casements on the first floor. The latter have wrought-iron frames and leaded … to the E. and N.; the roofs are tiled. Monuments of the first half of the 19th century include the house at …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Eleven or twelve meetings are held a year. During the 2nd World War the course was under military occupation. 36 The … Robert (d. 1280). 51 Hawise, daughter of the last, married first William de Mortimer (d. 1297), 52 second Sir John de …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… W. of this is another 15th-century window, taller than the first but otherwise of similar design; it is followed by a … the W. end, by a third 15th-century window like the first. The westernmost 12th-century light and a similar one … in red on white ground, early 16th century; over first pier of N. arcade, traces of black-letter inscription …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… &c., and, sailing up the Medway with six men of war and five fire-ships, came in front of Upnor Castle, at … with such order and exactness, that upon any emergency a first-rate man of war may be equipped for sea in a few days. … There are four wet-docks sufficiently capacious for first-rate men of war, two of which, lately constructed, are …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… a rebus perhaps for Dobell. Two original windows on the first floor have lost their mullions. At the back there are … a large fireplace with a chamfered arched lintel. On the first floor, the room over the hall retains an original roof … are treillages over the doorway and round the windows. The first-floor windows have plain rectangular openings. There …