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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to have built their towns, " as groves fenced in with hewn trees." It is traditionally said that a military chest of …
A History of the County of Hertford
… is the Elms (Mr. J. L. Clark), so called from the fine old trees in front. It was formerly known as Townend House, and …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Moses Cook, 96 the author of a work on forest and fruit trees, published in 1679. John Evelyn in his Diary gives some … the coldness of the place hinders the growth. Black cherry trees prosper even to considerable timber, some being eighty … brackets. There is a very fine avenue of beech trees, stretching from the back of the house to Chandler's …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… other valuable paintings. In the park are some noble cedar-trees, limes, and chesnuts, and fine old elms, disposed in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… paths, and those surrounding the parterre, were edged with trees and, presumably, statues. The latter are not shown on … three pairs of unequal blocks laid to grass and edged with trees, with an axial path leading from the house and upper … ponds at each end, surrounded by a complex pattern of trees and flower beds and linked by an axial path which …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… park, stocked with deer, and many fine venerable oak trees; although the latter are not quite so numerous as they …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of eight columns. 36 The former house was surrounded by trees in the early 17th century, 37 as was the latter one in …
A History of the County of Essex
… more than 100 a.: Cooks Mill, Newbridge Mill, Pond, High Trees, and Spreading Oak farms. Smaller farms, some … were recorded c. 1240 and 1332. 68 There were poll- arded trees in 1458. 69 At the Dissolution 18 a. in three coppices, …