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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… bad. Secular (2). Biddlesden Abbey, remains at Biddlesden House, N. of the parish church. The house is on the site of the Cistercian abbey founded in 1147, … the foundations of the abbey are said to exist N. of the house, on a site partly covered by outbuildings. In a yard …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in grounds tastefully embellished, and in front of the house is a noble cedar of Lebanon, presented when a seedling … style. The living is a perpetual curacy, with a good house, and is in the patronage of Miss Currer, whose liberal … was discovered by a ploughman, in a field near the manor-house. Bighton (All Saints) BIGHTON ( All Saints), a parish, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… parlour is a wide, open fireplace. ConditionGood. a(5). House, about 100 yards N. of the church, is of two storeys, … a stop-chamfered beam in the ceiling. ConditionGood. a(8). House, 300 yards N.E. of the church, is of two storeys, built … stack is of old thin bricks, partly restored. Inside the house there is a large open fireplace and a chamfered …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… part of the forest. The circumstance of there being an old house near this spot where it is said, before time, was a … to the vulgar tradition. On the left of this stands a farm house, of a pleasing appearance, belonging to sir Ro bert … appear to live comfortably and happy. In an hall house near the church, it is said king Charles the first was …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… chief lord of the town of Bilby (being heir of the elder house, as in Weverton may be seen) granted to the said canons …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… in 1650. To the north a comparatively small ironstone house of the 17th century has been altered and enlarged and … Deacon. 16 In 1829 there were 35 Baptists, including a congregation of Particular Baptists formed in 1820. 17 The … 1940 was converted into a fire station. An unspecified congregation of nonconformists was registered in 1843 in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Within the enclosure were 28 pits and the remains of a house site, which was defined by a gully enclosing an oval … of any re-cutting of the ditches or for more than a single house phase. The pottery suggests that the site was in use … from the old Billing Hall when it was replaced by a new house in 1776. In the nave is an octagonal Perpendicular tub …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… a few cottages only, in addition to the church and rectory house' (VCH Northamptonshire IV, 74). The medieval village, … also been recovered from the adjacent site of the manor house (SP 80436183) while a stone wall and glass fragments …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The vicarial glebe consists of about 230 acres, with a house. There are places of worship for dissenters. Billingley … bequeathed property producing about 70 per annum, with a house, for the endowment of a free school for the townships …