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A History of the County of Bedford
… stone mansion with modern additions, used as a farm-house, occupies a good position on high, wellwooded … long ago pulled down; what remains is converted into a farm-house. It appears to have formed one side of a large …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Churn Knob (513 ft.) and a height to the south of Woodway Farm (516 ft.). The village of Blewbury lies at the foot of … is built along the Reading and Wantage road. Blewbury farm-house in the north of the village was formerly the … the internal arrangements are worthy of notice. Skeleton Farm was formerly the farm-house of the Gammon family. …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Thirlstane House, Cheltenham, and sold in 1859. Upton Wold Farm lies about a mile due west of Blockley, near the Five … windows and a gable at either end. Upper Ditchford Farm, a 17th-century house of brick, stands to the north of … station, and coins and pottery have been found near Dorn Farm; evidences of stone foundations have also been noticed, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town for Banbury: building development has been extensive, farm-houses have been converted into urban residences, and … to the exceptionally fine church, and to the Manor and Rectory Farms on the crest. This road was straightened before … the St. Amand or Fiennes manor-house, with the Manor and Rectory Farms formed an important group of buildings, but the …
A History of the County of Bedford
… be seen, lies directly south of Blunham, and consists of a farm and a few houses. A large chemical manure and bone … is the outlying district of Chalton, consisting of a farm and a few houses. Moggerhanger contains the modern … wrote that he had been informed that on the site of a farm-house belonging to Lady Lucas there was formerly a …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… to Earith. North-west of Higham Field lay Barnfield Farm and until comparatively modern times on the declivity … part of the village runs straight north and south to the Rectory corner on the St. Ives road. At this point stood the … longitude 0 0' 32" E., latitude 52 21' 14". North of the Rectory stands a fine meeting-house of the Baptists, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… with trees, and the old manor house, now used as a farm. The principal road in the parish is that running from … as it was called. The church and the advowson of the rectory of West Boarhunt evidently passed into the hands of … until the time of the Dissolution. 53 The value of the rectory was given in 1291 as 7 6 s. 8 d., tithes 14 s. 8 d. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of this seat, leaving of it only sufficient for a mean farm-house. After which he alienated it to Mr. Thomas Colley, … in the crown, the king, in his 35th year, granted the rectory of it, with its appurtenances, to Thomas Green, to … eldest son, on his father's death, became possessed of the rectory of Bobbing impropriate, with the advowson of the …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Court, and there are other quarries south of Birchley Farm. To the south of Pinkey's Common in Hampton Charles … treasurers of Hereford Cathedral in perpetuity. 89 Both rectory and advowson remained with the treasurers of Hereford … 1735. The advowson has since been held with the manor. The rectory remained in the possession of the treasurers, who …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… comprised 46 a. 19 By the 18th century the park had become farm-land. 20 Before 1924 Cheltenham Borough built a sewage … manor, 28 probably replaced earlier ones; a large brick farm-house next to the church, built in the early 19th … Priory's property. 164 The tithes descended with the rectory manor of Uckington until the early 18th century. 165 …