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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Ampthill, hundred of Manshead, county of Bedford, 4 miles (S. by W.) from Ampthill; containing 732 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 9.17., and in the gift of the Executors of … the property of J. Petre, Esq., whose seat, Westwick House, is a splendid mansion, beautifully situated in a park …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 'island' between the rivers Cary, since displaced by the King's Sedgemoor Drain, and Parrett. 6 The parish includes the … and in the Middle Ages grew up around the church and manor house, east of the arable field. It was known during the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in 1315 and 1406 extended west of the brook into Beredole or Bardole, both later inclosed. The southern field may … owned both freehold and copyhold land. 6 The freeholder's family, the Harwards, had acquired part of Belbouches manor … 1851, though by 1861 the bailiff had been provided with a house and from 1868 presumably lived at the new Westwick Hall …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a farm track called Cuckoo Lane, 16 in the 20th named Gun's Lane to the south and Rampton Drift to the north of Lambs' … 26 By 1279 the hamlet had grown greatly and included 20 or 21 families. 27 Depopulation in the later Middle Ages 28 … had two hearths, and 1 had five hearths, besides the manor house. 29 By 1794 there were only 5 families, comprising 28 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Picot the sheriff as a 3hide manor, later LISLES. 48 Ely's interest in the sokeland was later reasserted and by the … possessed by Bishop Niel's chamberlain Ralph as successor or overlord of Anketil Vavassor. 49 Robert Vavassor in 1199 … who then sold it to an investment company. 72 A manor house which had 12 hearths in 1674 73 was succeeded in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of whom 586 are in Wetheral township, 5 miles (E. by S.) from Carlisle. The Newcastle and Carlisle railway passes … acres. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at 6. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the Crown; … the Rev. R. Moore. The glebe comprises 64 acres, with a house. The church is a spacious and handsome structure in the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and east the hundred is mostly bounded by the river Cam or Rhee, but by 1066 it included the village of Shepreth … civil parish. The hundred derived its name from a place called Wetherley, where the hundred moot may formerly … suits owed from them, from the geldable and the sheriff's tourn. The abbess of Chatteris claimed such exemption for …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Wethersfield 81. WETHERSFIELD. (D.c.) (O.S. (a)xv. N.E. (b)xv S.E. (c)xvi N.W. (d)xvi. S.W. (e)xxv. … walls cracked in various places. Secular d (2). The Manor House, 600 yards S.W. of the church, is modern, except a … is a truss with a heavy moulded tie-beam, an octagonal king-post with a moulded capital, plain base and curved …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… monuments in Buckinghamshire Wexham 98. WEXHAM. (O.S. 6 in. (a)liii. S.W. (b)liii. S.E.) Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. … Secular a(2). Outbuilding, probably formerly a dwelling-house, at Wexham Court, is of two storeys, built in the 16th …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Weymouth 42 WEYMOUTH (6778) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 67 NE, bSY 68 SE, cSY 68 NE, dSY 78 SW) The … Town Hall (13) at the W. end of High Street, and Belfield House (17) of c. 1780, are the only larger buildings to … II (1908), 923). The present street pattern S. of the King's Statue (9) follows closely that of the mediaeval town, …