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A History of the County of Essex
… is now concentrated mainly in the village of Fyfield near the centre of the parish. This is one of the few nucleated villages in the hundred and near it to the east are the parish church and the ancient … oak staircase of late 16th- or early 17th-century origin. Near the staircase is the base of an original chimney. The …
A History of the County of Essex
… base. There are indications of a second king-post truss near the west end of the hall where the addition of the later … the site of a demolished screens bay. An original doorway near the east end of the north aisle, however, suggests an … much the same date. There is panelling of a similar period near the west end of the house. Most of the fittings and …
A History of the County of Essex
… education in Fyfield. 21In 1875 a new school was built near the site of the old. 22The estimate of cost was £550. …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… clients. In June 1807 Sir John Geers Cottrell of Garnons, near Hereford paid him 5 13s 6d for looking-glass frames … rolls] Gatehouse, John, The Golden Ball by the Ditch-side, near Holborn Bridge, London, cm (1695). A walnut bureau … to 843 3s 2d was for furniture supplied to Barrowby Hall, near Leeds, and included a fine crimson damask bed and eight …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… succeeds the sandstone; and on the estate of Letterewe, near the loch, a century and a half ago, some veins of … The foundations of one or two small forts can be traced near the sea-shore; and at Cairnfield are those of a large … This village takes its name from its situation near a bridge over the river Gairney, a stream which rises …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 3 Aug., 1703, aged 18; B.A. 1707, rector of St. Mary, near Kelly-Garne, co. Glamorgan, 1717, and of St. Athan, co. … Allan created M.A. 15 April, 1648, born at Stoke Fleming, near Dartmouth, 1622, M.A. Leyden, minister of St. Peter's, … the visitors; buried in the chancel of Garsington church, near Oxford, 5 April, 1658, admon. at Oxford 19 June, 1658. …
A Dictionary of London
… Lane, in Bread Street Ward (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Near St. Mildred Bread Street. Mentioned in Will of Wm. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a pleasant village seated on the north side of a rivulet, near which is Packe Hall, a large brick mansion with … timber, is generally of pleasing character. The substratum near the river is principally gravel, and freestone of good … route to York, encountered and defeated a party of troops near the town under the command of General Cavendish, the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… the return for the parish. It lies on the right bank, and near the head of the river Loughor. Garn GARN, a township, in … are appropriated to the respective farms and cottages. Near it is St. Tydecho's Well, constructed for a cold bath, … ancient foundation. The present edifice was built in 1789, near the site of the former chapel, which had fallen into …