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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… chapel at Little Asby, dedicated to St. Leonard. A school-house was built in 1688, by George Smith, citizen and … written a portion of the Night Thoughts at the rectory-house, then the residence of Dr. Harris, who married a sister … Prioris, "the property of the prior," which related to a house here, anciently used for a country residence by the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… and hookepinnes' [OED, Hook]. The latter are used in house construction. OED online earliest date of use: 1637-8 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… is a broad recess with a flat two-centred head. Near the house is a stone well-head, probably of medival date. Grange … the 18th century the greater part of the back half of the house was re-built. The house is symmetrically planned with original front porch and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of which there are very slight remains. The parsonage-house, a respectable residence, is in Oby, and has a glebe of … the fortresses demolished by order of a committee of the house of commons, about the end of the year 1649: the … structure in the later English style, designated the Manor-house. The town, a great part of which was destroyed by fire …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… seventeenth of Queen Elizabeth's reign devised the fish-house in Ashby, and two ponds, lying on the east part of the house; and the whord, called the old whord, belonging to the … common, belonging to the Half Hundred; and that the fish-house was built there by Jerningham, whilst owner of the Half …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… earthworks have been interpreted as the site of a manor house (Whellan, Dir., 381), but this is uncertain. The main … field containing earthworks of a series of closes with house-sites at their N. ends ('f' on plan). In the early 19th …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by a small spire covered with lead: the parsonage-house, a handsome residence, about a quarter of a mile to the … pasture, and one-third arable. Several parts of the manor-house display considerable antiquity; and the parsonage, now … been erected on the site of the ancient manor and market-house, and assemblies occasionally take place; there are two …
A History of the County of Somerset
… line closed in 1966, and in 1997 the station was a private house. 14 POPULATION In the later 13th century 154 eggs were … 1838 The turbary on Ashcott Heath A turf cutter's cob house on Ashcott Heath c. 1910 Ashcott is a large nucleated … are of stone and many are colourwashed. At least one house of medieval origin survives and another dates from the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… is taken of them by their present owners. b (2). Dwelling-house, small, in a field called Great Copt Hill (O.S. 25 in. … axe and knife, presumably prehistoric. A small dwelling-house was found in 1852 about 100 yards E. of the … (low bank and ditch), is visible in the grounds of Bartlow House on the S. side of the river Granta; possibly it may be …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… of the church; the W. arm has been destroyed. b (3). Ashen House and moat, 520 yards N. of the church. The House is of two storeys with attics; the walls are partly of … 18th-century panelling. The Moat is imperfect. ConditionOf house, good. c (4). Claret Hall, 1m. N.E. of the church, is …