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A History of the County of Warwick
… the diocese' (Hutton, Highways and Byways in Shakespeare's Country, 243). In 1730 Dr. Thomas, rector here, gave its …
A History of the County of Surrey
… absence of ostentation which mark the mediaeval English country house. The gatehouse was a stately building, as …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… disferent aspect, and far less pleasant than that of the country last described, though so few miles distant from it. … covered with slints, being poor and unfertile, a dreary country. About forty years ago, in digging a trench from …
A History of the County of Surrey
… and Croydon has caused the building of numerous small country houses. The estate of Upper Court Lodge has been …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of Warwick, Gloucester, Oxford, and Worcester meet. 1 The country is undulating, mostly between the 300-ft. and 400-ft. …
A History of the County of Surrey
… and Green ( Old Cottages and Farmhouses in Surr.); and in Country Life (21 Jan. 1905). Exch. Spec. Com. 6485. Close, 25 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… built on the opposite side, running along through open country over which the buildings and plough-lands of South Wonston Farm lie to the east. Continuing over hilly country for about a mile and a half north, the road rises to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… many fine elms, oaks, and ashes in the hedges. Only one country road traverses the parish, the ancient highway from … The Domesday account is unusual for this part of the country in recording thirteen bordars and no villeins. There …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… most of it, with oaken coppice wood, and the face of the country here, as well as the roads, are much like those of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… a few scattered cottages. There are 1,444 acres of down-country within the parish, sloping from south to north. The …