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A History of the County of Sussex
… to flooding. 15 The depth of alluvium at more than one place near the town is over 30 metres (100 ft.). 16 In the … in the side bays. The side facade of the west wing has a Portland stone depressed-arched doorway with 'Gibbsian' rusticated quoins, and two Portland stone keystones; the type of stone is unusual for …
Survey of London
… William Cornwallis. John Norden wrote in 1593, " At this place Cornwalleys, Esquire, hath a very faire house from … The house must indeed have been an attractive dwelling place, on the brow of the hill, with the village green in … of Highgate, esquire. In 1674 the Hearth Tax shows, in place of Baron Turner's house, one of 10 hearths (reduced …
A History of the County of Sussex
… held at a site in Rotherbridge hundred, 90 presumably the place called Nomansland gate on the South Downs near the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Shipton. The church is a neat ancient building. There is a place of worship for Particular Baptists. Asenby ASENBY, a … and a neat small village, a mile east from Sutton. The place was the property of the Sleigh family, from whom it … miles (E.) from Wingham; containing 2077 inhabitants. This place is by most antiquaries identified with the Rutupium, or …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… than formerly. It was less acceptable for making BOWs in place of YEW; as a 'Complaint from Bowyers of London' made …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Frances Wray. There is a chapel of ease at Fenby; also a place of worship in the parish for Wesleyans. In 1641 six … by N.) from Towcester; containing 252 inhabitants. This place is remarkable as the residence of the family of the … a theatre, and other sources of attraction requisite in a place of fashionable resort. Ashby is situated in an …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… tempore Elizabeth. The brief further states, that the place where the great water in Ashby now is, was anciently … manor, and not as lord of the soil of the wastes: and the place where the warren is, was several barony of the tenants; …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… its present one, but the date at which the change took place is not known. By the 18th century it was already …