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A History of the County of Buckingham
… of Lee Clump; in the north-west Woodlands Park, with Grim's Ditch. Ballinger Common and hamlet lie about half-a-mile … in 1745 by his sister Mary, 74 who had married Thomas Ansell in 1715. 75 Thomas and Mary Ansell had two sons, Thomas and John, who both died …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… through the 'South End', mentioned in 1556, 21 to the Town's End, so named by 1625. 22 In the mid 19th century there … by a farmhouse 26 and from the 18th century by gentlemen's residences. 27 The village contains some scattered minor … absentees, employing curates. 390 The last, Thomas Ansell, was sequestered in 1644. 391 His successor in 1650 …
A History of the County of Essex
… another legend, first recorded in the 17th century, Edward's devotions at Havering were disturbed by nightingales, and … 1,551 a., was bought from the McIntosh trustees by Allen Ansell of Romford, who in the same year sold Fairlight farm … (about 100 a. in the northeastern corner) to a farmer. 83 Ansell (d. 1933) was succeeded by his son John W. Ansell, a …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Phepson and Shell 7 are in the north of the parish. Earl's Common is a hamlet to the east of the village, and near it … Wood, Saldon Wood, Rabbit Wood, Bossil Wood, and King's Wood. Court Farm, Himbleton Lime-burning is carried on to … Great and Little Moone Shaft, Nether Held, Fower Men's Coppice, Nynteene Lands, Alcott Wood, Oaken Vallett …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1852 the house was recorded once again as a gentleman's residence. 23 In 1892 it was bought by James Stockton, a … house and the arms of Thomson are shown on Michael Burgher's map of Oxfordshire, 29 it was evidently then the most … described as vigorous in both villages. 293 J. H. Clements-Ansell, who lived at Horley Manor, was a noted benefactor …
A History of the County of Hertford
… century of the lords of Pirton as a quarter of a knight's fee by the family of Foliot. 3 Isabel widow of John Foliot … of Ickleford, together with certain lands, to Thomas Ansell or Aunsell, 11 and two years later Francis released the manor to Ansell, 12 excepting the manor-house and closes called …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Some Roman and Celtic coins have been found near Prior's Wood in the south-east. In the 14th century the hundred … of the property. In 1556 Audrey, after her husband's death, conveyed her third to John Lord Mordaunt. 15 These … descended to his son John Lord Mordaunt and to the latter's son Lewis Lord Mordaunt. 16 Sir Humphrey Browne, husband of …
A History of the County of Hertford
… inherited the property, the manor being held after Matilda's death by her daughter Wilhelmina wife of Sir John Roches. … the steward of the Earl of Gloucester came to Geoffrey's manor at Offley and burnt it, 40 but the reason of this … Bolderne the younger seems to have conveyed it to Thomas Ansell. 96 According to Cussans it was acquired later by …
A History of the County of Hertford
… its rise, and this part of Pirton is known as Oughton's Head (formerly Altonishevyd). 1 The Icknield Way forms part … in the 12th century, perhaps during the anarchy of Stephen's reign, by Alan or Gerard de Limesi. There is little … Oughton Mill or Westmill, which was bequeathed by Thomas Ansell in 1607 to his son Edward, 5 may probably be dated to …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the Sem and the Nadder whose confluence is at the parish's north-east corner, had been defined by the late 11th … Sedgehill and Donhead manors, gave up claims to each other's lands on either side of the new boundaries. 6 The southern … Rings, an Iron-Age fort in Donhead St. Mary, but Semley's boundaries with Sedgehill and Motcombe (Dors.) did not …