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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Apshill farm, later Coleman's farm, was bought by Wyndham Green. 802 In 1924 Green conveyed it to Walter Green who sold it c. 1952. 803 In 1971 the farm, 43 a., was …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… turnip greens are largely grown for the London market, 'green cutting' being a recognized industry among the girls of … scattered over a tract of flat country, and only round the green in Crofton is there anything in the nature of a … and Stubbington House, which stands at the corner of the green, is used as a naval school. Its bell is said to have …
A History of the County of Surrey
… on the Chalk Downs, which at Botley Hill and Coldharbour Green are from 850 ft. to 881 ft. above the sea. The southern … of the original village was on the narrow strip of Upper Green Sand where Titsey Place stands, and the parish reaches … the chalk from Woldingham to Tatsfield, past Coldharbour Green, and the Croydon and Westerham road pass through the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… a hall chamber, parlour chamber, kitchen chamber, and a 'green chamber'. 56 Matthew Smith (d. 1733) appears to have …
A History of the County of Bedford
… brick Georgian buildings, have been erected round the open Green called the Church Square, upon which five roads … wall, stands south of the Square, and beyond it, on the Green itself, is the smithy forge, and the public pump is at … the brick and stone wall of the churchyard. Facing the Green, and overlooking the churchyard at the back, is a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… At the north-west corner of the village there is a small green and a public house. A few houses are of 17th-century … hall which was opened the following year. 20 A central green was restored in 1960. 21 In 1086 Toft contained 21 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in historical times: its northern downs and Tollard Green, in its south-western corner, provided pasture. 22 That … to Ludwell in Donhead St. Mary, and south-west to Tollard Green. 38 When, between 1773 and c. 1807, a new rectory house … the road to Berwick St. John, and the new road to Tollard Green. 46 East of the crossroads the ShaftesburyRingwood road …
A History of the County of Oxford
… been an important landmark. It gave its name to Millway Green, Millhillfield and so on. 6 There is no record of its … to Little Baldon, skirting the east end of Marsh Baldon Green. An offshoot goes east to Baldon Row, St. Lawrence … that it might have once been built round a small green. 16 It is still predominantly 17th-century in character …
A History of the County of Surrey
… of three bays, the middle bay being hidden by a tall green and gold reredos of Renaissance design and containing a … are of a similar design and colour. The pulpit is of green and white marble, and the font of grey Purbeck marble with a tall green and gold wood cover. The nave and chancel have …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… recently 'bough-houses' invited custom by displaying a green branch above their doors. During this fair two men … corner of the square for about half a mile to Gallows Green, where the lord's gallows stood in the woods in the 13th century. 9 Until recently the green was an open common on which gipsies encamped at …