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A History of the County of Leicester
… sand and gravel in the small valley near Beaumont Leys Farm and on the slope leading to the Soar valley in the east … or six occupiers, but there seem to have been only two farm-houses. 36 In 1801 there were 20 persons living in … the area there is a rectangular earthwork, known as Castle Hill, about 200 yards long and about 130 yards wide. It …
A History of the County of Worcester
… south-east of the parish, in the neighbourhood of Abberley Hill, about 900 ft. being reached at Hill Farm. The village is situated upon the northern slopes …
A History of the County of Worcester
… been found: a cottage called Calley, 1462 5; Tytington Hill, 1527 6; Caldwell Land, Tuddington's Lees and Abbot's … customary tenants in 1535 were worth 9 16 s. 10 d., the farm of the demesne lands 9. Pat. 35 Hen. VIII, pt. x, m. 30; … the presentation was made by George Henry Lee, Earl of Lichfield, probably as a trustee for the Sheldons (cf. p. 18 …
A History of the County of Hertford
… an iron church built in 1880 by Mr. W. H. Solly of Serge Hill. It stands high, in well-wooded country with wide, shady … roads and red-tiled cottages, and in it is the historic farm-house called Brakespear's. In the south of Abbots … the village on the west. The church is at the foot of the hill leading up to Langleybury and was built in 1864 by Mr. …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… is the late 16th-century manor house now called Moat Farm. It is a timber-framed and plastered house with … round a large green with a pond in the middle. Green Farm on the south side is a good specimen of a 17th-century house with exposed timber frame. Hall Farm, lying east of Moat Farm, is a 17th-century house with …
Magna Britannia
… Bridget Bastard, who held it in dower, died. It is now a farm-house, the property of Edmund Pollexfen Bastard, Esq. M. … is in ruins; part of it has been fitted up as a farm-house. It was the seat of the Chudleighs till after the … From Fitchet it passed by successive female heirs to Hill, Cheney, Walgrave, Hussey, and Clopton. It afterwards …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… in the village. South-west of the church is the Manor Farm, around which yet remain fragments of a moat; marking … roof. There is a more complete homestead moat at Waterloo Farm, south of the church, which possibly indicates the site …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of the Dissolution 32 19 s. 8 d. was yearly paid for the farm of the manor. 15 Hyde Abbey. Argent a lion sable and a … estate in Hampshire to his wife Mary daughter of Thomas Hill of Tern (co. Salop) and sister of the first Lord … nephews, the Hon. William and the Rev. the Hon. Richard Hill, 34 afterwards Noel-Hill, who succeeded in turn as third …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Cranleigh and Ewhurst, near the eastern slope of Holmbury Hill, were added to Abinger. The northern portion of the … Green Sand and Gault, and on the western side of Leith Hill on the Lower Green Sand rises to over 800 ft. on High … the northern part of the parish. Abinger: Crossways Farm House The ancient remains in Abinger, since the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Early Iron Age settlement, covering some 20 a. at Belhus Hill mile north-west of the church, was occupied into the … removed to Bassingbourn in the 1680s, 79 it was used as a farm-house. It is timber-framed in two storeys, with four … of pasture, some arable held in severalty. About 1620 one farm had included 67 a. of arable closes and only 53 a. in …