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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… and 4 ft. high. ConditionFairly good. a(17). Enclosure, in Biggin Field, mile N. of the church, is said to mark the site of the former farm or Manor house of Biggin. The enclosure is pear-shaped, and is surrounded …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and rooms for eighteen women in a house called the Biggin, said to have been a religious establishment. Various …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… the middle of the 18th century. ConditionGood. (33). The Biggin Almshouses, S.E. of the church, built early in the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… To the west of Queen Street, near the River Hiz, are the Biggin Almshouses, built in the early part of the 17th … of it. In the 17th century the manor-house called the Biggin was in the possession of Joseph Kemp, schoolmaster, …
A History of the County of Hertford
… scheme further provides that the building known as 'The Biggin' (see Joseph Kemp's Charity below) should, together … July 1654, devised his manor-house, commonly called 'The Biggin,' and his copyhold and freehold land in Hitchin for … charitable uses. The trust property now consists of 'The Biggin' (directed by the scheme to be used as an almshouse), …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Norman character. There are some slight remains of Biggin Abbey, a considerable house of royal foundation, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… from the mid-point of Horningsea road towards Teversham. Biggin Road, a medieval route, 92 ran eastwards through the …