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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The church has a chapel, the burial-place of the Calvert family, on the south side of the chancel; at the west end is … on the river Wear; it subsequently passed to the Lambton family, by purchase. South Pelawe colliery, partly in the … to the fee of Newton-in-Makerfield, of which the Legh family are lords; and the reputed manor is claimed by them in …
Old and New London
… resounded with the merry laughter of freedom. The wealthy family of Spitta lived here in grand style, giving ftes, or … was once a fine mansion, formerly occupied by a wealthy family of the name of Dalton, and subsequently used as a … the cause of female emigration, was, in days of old, a family mansion of some note. Near the High Street, on the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and in 1691 John Townsend, member of a well-known Oxford family of builders, took over and completed the work. In 1670 …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… a good state of cultivation. It formerly belonged to the family of De Barri, of Manorbeer Castle, and, in the 1st year … to Thomas ab Owain, of Trellwyn, in the parish, from whose family, on the death of his descendant, Thomas Bowen, Esq., it passed by marriage to the family of Philipps, of Picton. Trellwyn, the ancient seat of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the king's books at 13. 6. 8., and in the gift of the family of Arkwright: the tithes have been commuted for 470, … containing 2198 inhabitants. Mention of the local family of Pendlebury occurs as early as the time of Henry I. … in the union of Battle, hundred of Netherfield, rape of Hastings, E. division of Sussex, 4 miles (W. by N.) from …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… became the property of a younger branch of the Maxwell family, who granted the advowson and tithes to the monks of … in 1529, and during the rest of the 16th century, by a family of the name of Crichtoune; and not far from it is the ruin of Brunstane Castle, which was occupied by a family of the same name in 1568. New Hall lies on the border …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… the Qualities of this Water, and it is a Reason why every Family should keep it in their House. It must be distilled at …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 162 The advowson has since descended in the Littleton family with Pillaton manor, the present patron being Lord … Alice, formerly Wynnesbury (d. 1529). The fact that other family monuments were originally near at hand 201 suggests … the history of the church and of the Littleton family. Six oak angels, which had survived from the corbels …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 18th century probably built by a member of the Croydon family. 123 The Littleton Arms at the corner of Church Lane … lordship appears to have remained with the Hussey family, for it was claimed for John Hussey in 1300, 135 … of Penkridge by at least 1722, descended in the Littleton family with the manor of Pillaton 226 until at least 1827. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… to Sir John St. John de Blesto, and continued in his family till the reign of Charles I., when, during the … island is particularly exposed; and a hut inhabited by the family of a man who attends a signal staff, erected here in … are neither very interesting nor extensive. Clenenny, the family seat of the Owens, is an ancient mansion, …