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A History of the County of Buckingham
… village proper, but a few buildings, among them the Home Farm, lie on the eastern outskirts of the park with one or two houses further south. Blacksfields Farm lies on the eastern boundary of the parish and Tyrrelcote Farm, a 17th-century house of brick and stone, about the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… a lane leads north to the church, which stands on a slight hill, with the rectory, built in 1854. to the north-west of … 4 Slightly to the north-east of the church is the Manor Farm, lately the residence of Mr. H. Arnatt, J.P., members of … on the Buckingham road, which here passes over Sand Pit Hill. In 18602 the remains of a Roman villa were found in …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… village stocks. The 16th-century house known as the Church Farm, to the north of the church, may represent the old … C. Harter. It has since then been unoccupied. The Grange Farm, probably on the site of the grange belonging to Thame … kind, is supported by two rows of oak posts. Upper Green Farm and Lower Green Farm are both 17th-century houses with …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… land called Upper and Lower Wakes Mill and to Old Windmill Hill, together with an existing windmill. 7 The school stands … There are a few outlying farms; in the south Turweston Hill Farm and Grove Hill Farm, and about the centre, on the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… datum in the south of the parish to 382 ft. on Poundon Hill in the south-west. The soil is chiefly a heavy clay. The … at the south-west end of the village. Twyford Lodge, a farm-house a little farther to the south-west, stands on the … during a gale in February 1860. 9 The name Windmill Hill still survives. The hamlet of Charndon (Credendone, xi …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… situation commanding fine views. On the brow of a hill south-east of the The Wilderness, Upper Winchendon, from … was the love of praise.' (Pope, Epistle, 1). Recov. R. Hill. 6 Geo. I, m. 51. Chan. Enr. Decr. 1751, no. 1. G.E.C. …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… in the south-west of the parish to 476 ft. near Waddesdon Hill Farm. The hills in the west and centre of the parish average … The Baptists have also a chapel and cemetery on Waddesdon Hill given by Francis Cox of Cranwell, who was buried there …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… to Fenny Stratford. It contains a few cottages and two farm-houses, one of which, the Manor House, formerly … in the parish. 9 These trees give their name to the farm with a halftimber house built towards the close of the … 17th centuries, 10 Abels, Margarets pasture, Peatelys (a farm), Portway, 11 Gabriel Thorn and Windmills Closes in the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… garden traces of foundations have been found. 7 The Town Farm, standing a little to the north of the church, is a …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… and is the residence of Mr. Francis Edward Bond. The Manor Farm, opposite the church, in the centre of the village, is … usual operation of miners,' a shaft being driven into the hill. 12 Lysons, about 1813, stated that at that time only … was the manor afterwards known as THE EARL OF DEVONSHIRE'S FARM or MANOR. From Hugh de Bolebec the overlordship passed …