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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… the staircase has late 17th-century balusters and close strings. The room N. of the middle staircase has late … re-set late 17th-century staircase with twisted balusters, close strings and square newels with moulded terminals; the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Court was referred to in 1639. 94 By 1760 the site was a close of meadow. 95 In the later 12th century Gerard of … Ibid. xxix, pp. 222-3. Cal. Inq. p.m. xii, pp. 40-1; Cal. Close, 1364-8, 217. Cal. Inq. p.m. xviii, p. 154. P.R.O., C …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Braunstonbury (1). Its history is largely unknown but the close proximity of the site to Braunston is unusual and the … outline of a two-roomed building set on the W. side of a close with another very large structure on the S. side and … Raunds (19)). A series of slight depressions or platforms close to the hollow-way may be house-sites and there are …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… of Cookham and Bray. The chapel was built towards the close of the episcopate of Walter de la Wyle, Bishop of … year, while Oxford was (Stubbs, Reg. Sat. Angl. 228, 236). Close, 1651, pt. xlv, no. 26. Inst. Bks. (P.R.O.). Clergy … celebrate for the souls of his wife, father and mother (Close, 20 Edw. I, m. 7). There is not, however, enough …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… but Maidenhead stands on the chalk. The village of Bray is close to the river, and the road which connects it with the … century 4; its site is marked by a deep quadrangular moat close to the present farmhouse, which is said to be a part of … (Pat. 30 Edw. I, m. 1), but he held it only a few months (Close, 31 Edw. I, m. 6). Mins. Accts. (Gen. Ser.), bdle. 742, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… SE) The parish is roughly square and covers 1160 hectares close to the Leicestershire border, S.E. of Market … there was 'a capital messuage inclosed by water, with a close outside the gates', while the 'fishing around the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… length, and 70 in breadth, surrounded by a wall, built so close to the water's edge that no boat can land, except at … part only of which belongs to the parish of Dundee, at the close of the last century consisted merely of a few … and the new red sandstone: on the Hoardwell estate, close by the river, is a copper-mine, the property of Lord …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… of the house have exposed timber-framing mostly of fairly close-set type; the upper storey at the N. end of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… addition on the W. side. The original wing has exposed and close-set timber-framing; the stone chimney-stack has two …