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A History of the County of Buckingham
… house with a thatched roof. Further north is Manor Farm, originally Emberton Manor, an Elizabethan house with a … Petsoe End at its western extremity, contains Grange Farm, and the manor-house at the northern end is occupied by … trustees, who also hold 50 17 s. 10 d. consols, known as 'Hill's Gift to the School,' the annual dividends of which, …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… ceiling beams, and oak newel staircase. Fleet Marston Farm, which has plastered walls and a tiled roof, stands to … other lands in Fleet Marston, including Putlowe's Farm, from the representatives of Sir Richard Anderson, …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… chambers over them, while outside there were the usual farm-buildings with 20 acres of arable land and pasture and 8 …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 8 and lies in the north-west of the parish. Bunsty Farm is a twostoried stone house of the last half of the 17th … bars with three crescents in the chief all gules. Bunsty Farm, Gayhurst Robert Nevill the son died in 1495, his wife …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… may be noted that in the parish is a mound called Millknob Hill, about 4 ft. high by 60 ft. in diameter. Whether it was … to such a use, can only be settled by excavation. Bigging Farm, taking its name from the manor, was standing near the … and Winslow fields as late as 1861. 2 A chapel near the farm is said to have been pulled down about 1680. In a large …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 18th as a paper-mill 15 and gave its name to Paper Mill Farm, the name of Smewnes itself having disappeared from … of Smewnes in 1251, 140 a dovecote in 1554. 141 A farm and lands in Greenend in Great Brickhill, held by … an Inclosure Award, containing 7 a. 1 r. 7 p. at Partridge Hill, is let in allotments producing 8 17 s. yearly, which is …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… and the lowest is 199 ft. on the road near Black Horse Farm. There are quarries close to the church, and south-east … Great Linford Linford Wood, with Wood House and Wood Farm, are in the south-west of the parish, and Windmill Hill Farm lies in the village. The kennels of the Bucks otter …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… It has at its southern end the church and the rectory; Hill Farm, in the occupation of Mr. F. Clarke, lies a little …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… red brick chimney stacks and wide fireplaces. Shakespeare Farm is a larger building of late 16th and 17th-century … posts; only part of the house is now inhabited. Rookery Farm is in a better condition, and retains some panelling on … and a stone-arched fireplace on the first floor. On the hill which rises to the north of the village is Grendon Park, …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… ever remembered by the oldest inhabitant.' 5 Rectory Farm, an early 17thcentury house much altered and added to in … and a Wesleyan chapel. North of the village is Castle Hill, the site of the castle of Hanslope. The church stands … is forthcoming, runs: 'If it hadn't been for Cobb-brush Hill, Thorpe Castle would have stood there still' ( N. and Q. …