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A History of the County of Buckingham
… land rises considerably, and the village, standing on a hill, is about 500 ft. above sea-level. On the crest of the hill (529 ft.) is the meeting-place of five roads. The main … of the village lies around the road leading south down the hill; it is, however, rather scattered and much intersected …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Road and terminates at the church, which stands on a hill overlooking the valley of the Lovatt. In the southern … Buckingham Road and Church Lane is the Manor House, now a farm, which probably occupies the site of the capital … of Overbury. Etchingham. Azure fretty argent. 'Millbery Farm,' let on lease 10 March 14934, 82 was probably the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… drops from 500 ft. above the ordnance datum on Pitchcott Hill, in the north of the parish, to 267 ft. in the … The village is situated on the south-east of Pitchcott Hill, and from it there is a fine view over the Vale of … are no houses of importance in the parish, but the Manor Farm appears to date in part from the 17th century; the older …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… to be seen in the field known as Parson's Close. 2 Cowley Farm, built in 1604 according to a date on a frieze inside … cent.); Gamons Wood, Poole Hooke Meade, and le Wyndmill Hill 7 (xvii cent.). Manors Under the Confessor PRESTON alias … the manor was acquired by Walter, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, who in that year received a grant of free warren …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… falls from 610 ft. above the ordnance datum on Quainton Hill in the north-east of the parish to 247 ft. near Binwell Lane Farm in the south-west. The soil is stiff clay, the subsoil … There are old stone-pits to the north-east of Quainton Hill, from the summit of which the view is said to extend …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… to fall into decay. 6 The roof was taken to repair the farm-house and cottages near, and the beautiful Lee … moats of quadrangular form at Quarrendon, 8 one at Church Farm, a 17th-century house, the other at the site to the … son and heir Sir Edward Lee, bart., 63 was created Earl of Lichfield in 1674, with the second title of Viscount …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… South-west of the church is the manorhouse, now used as a farm and for many years in the occupation of the Swain … for divine worship, and also a Wesleyan chapel. Chackmore farm-house is in the adjoining parish of Maids' Moreton. …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… called Parkfield Spinney, and near it is Parkfield Farm. Here must have been the 'Great Park's of Ravenstone, … corner of the parish. The church stands on a little hill at the north end of the street. Below it is the site of the priory, now occupied by Abbey Farm. There are no remains of the building. A large orchard …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… of buildings and encaustic tiles have been dug up. 3 Manor Farm is about half a mile south-west from the village, and … Lord Morley. 29 He released it in 1474, subject to a fee-farm rent of 50 marks (33 6 s. 8 d.), to Richard Pigott and … IV, m. 25; Feet of F. Bucks. East. 14 Edw. IV. The fee farm remained in the family of Lord Morley till sold by …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… It is small and irregular, and contains some 17th-century farm-houses built of stone with tiled roofs. The church is … now included in Shalstone parish. It consists of a single farm in the possession of the lord of Shalstone Manor. Church … under fifteen. His widow Elizabeth was to have Morgan's Farm in Shalstone (P.C.C. 168 Ash). Lipscomb, op. cit. iii, …