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A History of the County of Northampton
… the greater part of the village are on the north side. The manor house is a plain early 17th-century gabled stone … by Private Act of Parliament in 1805. 2 Manors The manor of CRANFORD ST. JOHN, alias FITZRANES MANOR, alias DRAYTON MANOR, alias LOVETT'S MANOR, cannot be …
A History of the County of Essex
… was more often known as Bishop's Ockendon, since its chief manor was held by the bishop of London, but from the 15th … and ran on southwards, as The Chase, to the church and manor-house. Further east along St. Mary's Lane, Pike Lane … in Essex where the bishop of London held a neighbouring manor, he seems to have taken over Odo's lands. 24 This was …
A History of the County of Surrey
… other large houses of the parish are on the site of old manor-houses, and fall under the manorial description. Part … VACHERY VACHERY in Cranleigh parish was a member of the manor of Shiere Vachery. The lords of Shiere kept it in their … was the property of Thomas Lowndes. 17 HOLDHURST HOLDHURST Manor (Holehurst, xiv cent.) was an outlying portion of the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… from the church, to the west of the Three Cranes Inn. The manor-house, 1 now known as Cransley Hall, stands in a … 1 virgate of land in Cransley were a member of the king's manor of Rothwell; 6 1 hides were included among the lands of … in 1284, 25 may be assumed to have been lord of the manor. Either Hugh himself or a successor of that name was …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… village of Crathorne. It is also the central point of the manor, which except for a small estate near the eastern … street. At the northern end of the latter is Crathorne Manor at the point where Crathorne Grange Farm used to stand. It was the residence of the lords of the manor until Mr. J. L. Dugdale, the present lord, built the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… complete atmosphere of an old-world village. The red-brick manor-house, rebuilt in the eighteenth century on a site north-west of that of the former manor-house, stands to the north of the village on the … and thatched mud wall. One of the dove-houses of the manor originally stood in the garden; the other, which still …
A History of the County of Sussex
… otherwise been completely disguised by modern alterations. Manor The manor of CRAWLEY is not mentioned in Domesday Book, but at an … his son Thomas Shurley, 10 who died in 1579, leaving the manor, with market and fair, to his son John. 11 At Sir …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… no small force in the similitude of its present name. The manor of Crayford being at this day called Crayford, alias … end of king Richard I.'s, and in king John's reigns, the MANOR of EARDE, alias CRAYFORD, was held of the archbishop by … the 30th year of that reign, being then possessed of the manor of Eard. John, his son and heir, was summoned to …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Brandsby road, stands Wyndham Hall, now known as Crayke Manor. The original house has been largely added to by the … porch on the south side, a common type amongst the small manor-houses of this part of the country. The house is two … by the trustees in 1648 included the capital messuage, manor or mansion-house called Crayke Castle. 18 The remains …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… where a stream divides the parish from Cublington. The Manor House, the residence of Mr. Richard Rowland, who farms … and were possibly built by John Stretley, lord of the manor at that time. The plan must have then consisted of a … anye shelter for defence of the weather.' 3 Adjoining the manor-house on the north-west is the nave of the old parish …