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A History of the County of Essex
… houses on the lane leading to Newhouse Farm. Hobban's Farm is ½ mile west of the church, to the north of Church … century. At Notts Corner, about 300 yds. west of Hobban's Farm, Church Road is joined by a road which runs north to … of Bovinger Mill. Here the singlestory brick and roughcast buildings, including the present post-office, standing to the …
A History of the County of Essex
… held by 2 freemen as 1 hide and 30 acres and was worth 40 s. 53 In 1086 it was held of Ranulf brother of Ilger by Richard and was worth 60 s. 54 In the early 13th century it seems to have been held in … Massey (q.v.), who was dead by 1244. 56 In that year Serlo's sisters and heirs, Alice wife of John de Merk and Agnes …
A History of the County of Essex
… may reflect the initial apathy aroused by the incumbent's lack of interest. In April 1782 the curate, then J. … resolved that in future the church clerk should be paid 20 s. a year out of the churchwarden's or overseer's rate 'in lieu of what he has hitherto …
A History of the County of Essex
… built 'a good, substantial schoolroom' 63 and a teacher's residence next to the church, but until about 1869 only … school. 68 An inspector, visiting it in 1896, found the buildings in good repair but the scholastic standard low. 69 … Church Schs. 1846-7, pp. 2-3. E.R.O., D/AEM 1/1/1. Kelly's Dir. Essex (1870). Retns. Elem. Educ. H.C. 201, pp. 110- 11 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Bocking 12. BOCKING. (E.d.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxv. N.W. (b)xxv. N.E. (c)xxv. S.E. (d)xxv. S.W.) Bocking is a small parish and town … plastered; the roofs are tiled or thatched. Many of the buildings have original chimney-stacks, wide fireplaces and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the hundred of Broxash, county of Hereford, 5 miles (S.) from Tenbury; containing, with the hamlet of … of Broadoak was consolidated in 1742, valued in the king's books at 9. 17. 8.; patrons, the family of Grenville. The … in the union of Banbury, hundred of Chipping-Warden, S. division of the county of Northampton, 9 miles (S. W. by …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… undoubtedly ancient trackway known as the Welsh Road. The S. part is a simple N.-S. street with the church and manor house at its southern, … scarps. A number of large depressions may represent former buildings. A little late-medieval pottery has been found in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Bodenham 8 BODENHAM (B.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XX, S.W., (b)XXVII, N.W., (c)XXVI, N.E.) Bodenham is a large … and with tile or slate-covered roofs. Most of the buildings have exposed external timber-framing and internal …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… the monumental portions shown in solid black.) UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS University Arms The Bodleian Library (1) The … Bodleian Library and the Schools Quadrangle stand to the S. of the Sheldonian Theatre and the Old Clarendon Building. … under William Orchard as master-mason. Duke Humphrey's Library was restored and rearranged by Sir Thomas Bodley in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… this period was the original of 'Sanditon' in Jane Austen's unfinished novel of that title. 7 For some time Bognor … In 1826 a fire destroyed the Fox Hotel and neighbouring buildings, but the new Claremont Hotel in West Street was … by obtaining leave to call the town Bognor Regis. The king's restoration to health was also commemorated by the …