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A History of the County of Sussex
… Two ball finials in the garden which once decorated the gate piers had come from the demolished Yapton Place. 20 From … century for cutting down trees and for non-repair of a gate, but only conveyancing was dealt with after 1722 when …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The road was turnpiked in 1719, 57 and a tollhouse and gate were erected south of the Grapes inn, at the west end of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… (12). a(14). Cottage, on the N. side of the road at Cock Gate, 1,000 yards N.W. of the church, was partly re-built in … wall is a blocked doorway with a four-centred head. a(26). Gate House, 130 yards S.S.E. of (25), is an L-shaped building …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… This place derives its name, signifying "the Hamlet of the Gate," from its position on the confines of Northumberland, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a prebendal residence: according to tradition, it was a palace of the Saxon kings, and occupied by Ethelwold, whose …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… It derives its name from Owain ab Collwyn, who lived in a palace here, the site of which is marked by a large tumulus …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… it might not unaptly be compared. Severus died in his palace here in 212, and his funeral obsequies were performed … struck off by order of Queen Margaret, and fixed upon the gate of York, with a paper crown upon it, in derision of his … Bar. James I. resided for some time at the manor palace in the city. In 1633, Charles I. visited York; in …