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A History of the County of Sussex
… and is 4½ miles long from north to south and 1½ miles wide at its widest point. The ancient parish comprised 2,842 a. … mid 17th century the house was complemented by terraced gardens to the north, and with its numerous gables and tall … chiefly on the roads. 49 A close called the Poor Men's Gardens recorded in the extreme west of the parish c. 1835 …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… tower-like features with pyramidal roofs standing at the front of each wing on their outer sides. Formal gardens are also shown to the south and east of the house. In … heads were provided. 19 The stucco was probably applied at the same time. New offices, consisting of low single-story …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Chalk, between 100 ft. and 225 ft. above sea-level. Land at East Hemsworth (18) was formerly part of Shapwick. … where it is capped with weathered stonework. The doorway at the foot of the vice has a chamfered four-centred head and … (99060641), perhaps a temple, was excavated in the gardens of the Manor House in 19234. The site is 100 yds. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… ConditionGood. Secular b(2). White Stone (Plate 78), at the N.W. corner of the cross-roads, 800 yards S. of the … century with a central Hall and Solar and Buttery wings at the W. and E. ends respectively. The Hall was divided into … is fairly close-set with curved braces to the cross-beam at the base of the gable. The E. return wall of this wing has …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a row of six cottages, each was usually let to non-paupers at commercial rents and the income used for charitable … with sale of old materials; the new cottages were let at their full value until the loan was repaid, and further … and lower room and a garden for each occupant, were built at Church Green immediately east of the church, and in 1868 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… bulk of the lord's income: in 1552 the manor was valued at just under 94 gross, compared with only 9 6 s. 10 d. … or stock-rearing, either in closes outside the town or in gardens and plots attached to their houses. The clothier Nicholas Ifield (d. 1587) left hops and fruit from his orchard as well as cattle and corn on a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… manorial precinct, and of Woodford or Witney Mill at the town's northern end, at what may both have been early crossings of the river Windrush. 1 Outlying mills at Hailey (near modern New Mill) and at Crawley were added …
A History of the County of Oxford
… expanding town of probably under 1,000 inhabitants, with at least as many again living in its rural townships. 3 Its … family of Lucca, 21 while wool stocks in her 'wool houses' at Witney and in Northleach (Glos.) were together valued at over 500. A 'store' left to Emmot by Thomas Fermor may …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1202 the bishop of Winchester was granted an annual fair at Witney, held on Ascension day and the three days … 5 the establishment of Wednesday and Friday markets at nearby Bampton and Standlake in the early 13th century was … it by buying barley at Asthall. 27 Corn, butter, meat, fruit, cattle, horses, pigs, and sheep were all sold during …
A History of the County of Oxford
… upkeep were made in the early 17th century. 6 Teachers, at least one of them a graduate, were licensed in the late … (d. 1662), and grounded in a classical curriculum aimed at preparing the sons of wealthier merchants, manufacturers … adjacent Cogges manor, who built schoolhouses there with gardens and rent-free accommodation. Under his will, the …