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A History of the County of Buckingham
… Buckingham Road and Church Lane is the Manor House, now a farm, which probably occupies the site of the capital … of Overbury. Etchingham. Azure fretty argent. 'Millbery Farm,' let on lease 10 March 14934, 82 was probably the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… are no houses of importance in the parish, but the Manor Farm appears to date in part from the 17th century; the older …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… to be seen in the field known as Parson's Close. 2 Cowley Farm, built in 1604 according to a date on a frieze inside the house, has been coated with roughcast. Casemore Farm occupies an isolated position in the centre of the … and Jacomyne his wife appear to have conveyed their farm or capital messuage in Cowley to Thomas Denton. 74 When …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… the north-east of the parish to 247 ft. near Binwell Lane Farm in the south-west. The soil is stiff clay, the subsoil … base elevated on three much worn steps. The house on Cross Farm, now owned by Mr. M. J. Gibbs, bears the date 1723, and … by Sir Robert Dormer, 2 apparently on the site of Quainton Farm-house, mentioned as Dormer property in 1639. 3 A short …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… to fall into decay. 6 The roof was taken to repair the farm-house and cottages near, and the beautiful Lee … moats of quadrangular form at Quarrendon, 8 one at Church Farm, a 17th-century house, the other at the site to the … 9 It was taken down in the early 18th century. 10 Upping's Farm, which is referred to in the middle 16th century. 11 is …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… South-west of the church is the manorhouse, now used as a farm and for many years in the occupation of the Swain … for divine worship, and also a Wesleyan chapel. Chackmore farm-house is in the adjoining parish of Maids' Moreton. …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… called Parkfield Spinney, and near it is Parkfield Farm. Here must have been the 'Great Park's of Ravenstone, … Below it is the site of the priory, now occupied by Abbey Farm. There are no remains of the building. A large orchard just below the farm is surrounded by a moat, 5 and was probably the site of …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… of buildings and encaustic tiles have been dug up. 3 Manor Farm is about half a mile south-west from the village, and … Lord Morley. 29 He released it in 1474, subject to a fee-farm rent of 50 marks (33 6 s. 8 d.), to Richard Pigott and … IV, m. 25; Feet of F. Bucks. East. 14 Edw. IV. The fee farm remained in the family of Lord Morley till sold by …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… It is small and irregular, and contains some 17th-century farm-houses built of stone with tiled roofs. The church is … now included in Shalstone parish. It consists of a single farm in the possession of the lord of Shalstone Manor. Church … under fifteen. His widow Elizabeth was to have Morgan's Farm in Shalstone (P.C.C. 168 Ash). Lipscomb, op. cit. iii, …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… is the half-timber farmhouse south of the church. Folly Farm, a mile to the south-west, was built in the same … in an isolated position surrounded by fields, is Westbury Farm, the site of the manor of that name. Part of the south … and bricks were found in the neighbourhood at Dovecot Farm in January 1901. Nether, Middle and Upper Fields in …