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The Environs of London
… London. The parish is bounded by Bromley, Orpington, Paul's Cray, Foot's Cray, Eltham, and the extraparochial hamlet of … in that of Dartford, which was then vested in the crown. King John granted it to Hugh Earl of St. Paul, a Norman nobleman 3. When the King of France seized upon Normandy, all the possessions of …
Old and New London
… Modern GardeningSharp, the EngraverLady ThornhillHogarth's MonumentA Curious InscriptionExtracts from the … The Royalistsheaded by Prince Rupert, and followed by King Charlesafter leaving Oxford, and making their way … in this plot, six gentlemen, named Charnock, Keyes, King, Sir John Frend, Sir William Parkyns, and Sir John …
The Environs of London
… he was ordered to go to the relief of the Lord General's army after the action at Newbury 5. Manors. There are two … "The jury return, that this manor is taxed or rated to the king at three hides, besides the farm 8 of Chesewich, which … or hundred, and all other dues which belong either to the king himself, or to his bailiffs. In demesne are two hundred …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… school c. 1848. 57 From 1857 all three of the parish's main settlements were served by National schools, which in … the school was enlarged, and Turnham Green, but the board's standards were generally held to be high. 60 From 1893 the … Housden, 'Educ. in Chiswick', 31-2 (inc. amendments); W. King Baker, Acton (1912), 240. Chiswick Times, 19 Apr. 1895; …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the whole parish formed part of the estates of St. Paul's. 69 Most early references, however, are to Sutton, which … west of the prebendal manor. 59 Among early inns was the King of Bohemia, perhaps named after the father of Prince … on the north side included Belmont House and the former King of Bohemia, converted into three dwellings called …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Manors MANORS. Before the Conquest the canons of St. Paul's held 5 hides, which in 1086 constituted one manor within … Court was occupied by undertenants, one of whom, Thomas King, largely rebuilt it before 1795. 80 Later tenants were … it with a house designed by Hugh May, Comptroller of the King's works, 27 before erecting another seat on land …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… House, 61 his former house was apparently sold to James I's disgraced favourite Robert Carr, earl of Somerset (d. … then the wife of John Ashburnham. 64 It was bought by the king in 1664 for his son James, duke of Monmouth, 65 and by … while prime minister in 1827. 81 Tsar Alexander I and the king of Prussia were welcomed there in 1814, Queen Victoria …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… may have been taverns, as was the Bohemia in 1632. 56 The King's Head at Chiswick was among taverns known to the 'water … the Pack Horse, 61 so called by 1698, 62 whose licensee's widow in 1791 had been 'much respected by the nobility and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… union of Warminster, hundred of Heytesbury, Warminster and S. divisions of Wilts, 4 miles (E. N. E.) from Heytesbury; … the vicarage of Chittern St. Mary, and is valued in the king's books at 7. 0. 10.; net income, 319; patrons, … vicarage, united to that of All Saints, and valued in the king's books at 6: the appropriate tithes, belonging to the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… above with 18th-century brick jambs. These show in Grimm's drawing of 'Chithurst Place' dated 1791, 4 but in his time … Robert claimed that the manor had belonged in the time of King Edward I to Sir Robert le Vesseler, who gave it to his … name of Piggott. 36 From them it was bought by Capt. Henry King, R.N., who built Chithurst House in 1862 and was still …