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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the hundred. 2 It was roughly crescent-shaped, stretching some seven miles from east to west, and approximately four … of other centres of settlement are early discernible, some of which were as large as many rural parishes. In 1334 … were centres of population for taxation purposes, but for some centuries afterwards Dilton seems to have been more …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the church of Westbury, and others. 51 The descent of some of these small estates can be partially traced over a … alienated his holding. John Videlu and Joan his wife gave some land there in 1373. 69 John Bonham and John Mareys gave … family leased lands there from the Marquess of Bath. 96 Some time before 1830 the property of the Ballards in Bratton …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Phipps's executors sold the Brook Farm estate, comprising some 150 a., to William Aldridge Ballard of Bratton. 54 After … of Leighton House (d. 1841). 58 In 1599 Brook House with some land adjoining was sold by Lord Mountjoy to William Jones of Edington. 59 The estate comprised some 280 a. at this time, of which 58 a. were leased to Peter …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… mill on the Dauntsey manor of Dilton, and in 1348, 54 when some land in Bratton was included within the manor, there … just north of Dilton church, but it ceased to be worked some time during the first quarter of the 20th century. 60 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… thereafter. 15 By the later 16th century there are some signs that the customary organs of municipal government … demesne of the Crown' and therefore ought to enjoy some privileges greater than those accorded to a rural … have been used for meetings of the local magistrates, and some cells behind could still be seen. 28 Presumably the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… by George Phillips, who was, however, suspected by some of the congregation of Wesleyan leanings. After some dispute Phillips and his followers left the Westbury … by a bequest in the will of Robert Haynes, dated 1851. Some hundred years later the minister received about £10 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in Dilton Marsh 2, and in Heywood 1. 71 Brief accounts of some of these schools, and of others which were established … the British Girls' School benefited from the bequest. For some time after 1832 the rent of the school-room was paid by … by about 60 boys, 70-80 girls, and 100 infants. 89 Some time after this the girls moved to a schoolroom in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… inhabitants, at a cost of 400, and contains 200 sittings. Some children are gratuitously instructed in a parochial … eleven days, and in the latter about two acres and a half, some parts sinking into pits, and others rising into hills. … Winchester. The church is in the early English style, with some Norman details, and a low massive tower. Westgate …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… The walls are covered with plaster; the roof is thatched. Some of the windows are original. Inside the house there is a … walls are timber-framed, with plaster and brick filling, some of the brick set in herringbone pattern; the windows and … brick, and covered with plaster; the roof is thatched. Some of the windows and one chimney stack are original. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 3 November 1899. All that remains of age on the site are some garden walls of thin bricks, some set herring-bone-wise, with flint foundations, and one … outbuilding and near by is a small modern house in which some old bricks are reused. Another house, now tenements, to …