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A History of the County of Rutland
… of the living and the undoubted owners of the manor at a little later date were the Uffingtons or Offingtons. In 1288 … as, but differing in some respects from, the bellcotes at Little Casterton and Essendine, the differences being 'due to …
A History of the County of Northampton
… windows, much restored and with modern additions. Little of the ancient work is left inside except a handsome …
A History of the County of Surrey
… west end, west tower, and south porch. The building is of little architectural interest, being mostly of 18th-century …
A History of the County of Hertford
… it has a height of 400 ft. In the south of the parish the little River Oughton takes its rise, and this part of Pirton … of Stephen's reign, by Alan or Gerard de Limesi. There is little probability that it was ever defended by masonry … Rectory Farm, the residence of Mr. Ernest R. Davis, lies a little more than a quarter of a mile to the west of the …
A History of the County of Worcester
… brick filling and the site was moated, but of the moat little remains save on the north and west sides where the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Chilterns and is largely covered in beech woods with a little pasture between the woods. There is cultivated land in … account from the rest of the Pyrton estate, but there is little doubt that the land held by Robert under the Earl of … in Pishill. 84 Fourteenth-century tax assessments provide little information about the relative wealth or population of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… read prayers for an ancient minister, or officiate at a little place called Pitney'. 182 Anthony Pyne (rector …
A History of the County of Northampton
… and the parish is well watered, for there are innumerable little springs scattered over the fields, while a branch of …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… in 1831. 6 Its manorial history, however, is that of Little Gaddesden, and it belonged, with the latter manor, to … and is now the seat of Earl Brownlow, is in the parish of Little Gaddesden, 11 but was included in Pitstone parish from …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… parish, consists chiefly of rough grass land, and contains little timber. The soil is sand, gravel and clay, and is …