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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… grasses. The lands have been drained and inclosed; the farm-buildings are now substantial and commodious, and all … acres, but some few are nearly 1500 acres in extent: the farm-buildings, formerly of very inferior character, have … with some larch, and Scotch, spruce, and silver firs. The farm-buildings are generally modern and commodious; the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… wing on the east. The originally single-storeyed Butts Farm, north-east of that green, also has between its service … the green almost joined the village to the church and Hall Farm. 63 Another group of ten semi-detached council houses …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… there was apparently a third settlement, now Dagnall Farm (4), and an isolated moated site (5) (Fig. 125). … earthworks lie to the W. and S.W. on each side of Home Farm (SP 742393 and 742392); no buildings were shown in … formerly part of Dagnall, lie immediately N.E. of Dagnall Farm in the E. of the parish, on glacial sands and gravels at …
A History of the County of Northampton
… in the early 14th century. 86 Mount Mill was a small farm of 17 a. in 1717, 87 whereas Dagnall was an estate of … extensive-declined further, although the former rectory was successfully converted into a Japanese restaurant … was not a parish church, but in 1291 it was returned as a rectory, 26 as it was in 1535. 27 In 1587 Sir John Spencer, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… and rebuilt. a(2). Chapel of St. Helen, at Bonhunt Farm, m. E. of the church, now desecrated and used as a … fairly good, unless noted. Main Road, S. side b (5). Lower Farm, house, 300 yards E. of the church, is of two storeys …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Ely priories. 82 After 1540 they were owned with Wicken rectory by successive lay owners of the former priory estate, … the uncontrolled right to nominate the minister. 84 The rectory, including the patronage and tithes, was separated … stipend, 86 which fell upon succeeding owners of the Hall farm, among them from 1910 the county council, into the late …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of 818 a., included a 178-a. group of closes around Hall Farm in the parish's south-east corner, of which all but 105 … former Northup fen to its north 93 had been added to that farm in the 1660s, besides other 17th-century allotments of fenland. 94 The farm also retained, along with 52 a. of anciently inclosed …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… his deceased father Robert's long tenancy of Wicken Hall farm. 67 Dying without issue in 1813, John Rayner left his … sale with Spinney. 62 It was bought in 1813 with Wicken rectory by John Rayner and shortly afterwards styled the … T 278 SH, title deeds etc. 1910 sqq.; cf. below, church (rectory). Yorks. Fines, temp. John (Surtees Soc. xciv), pp. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… ConditionRebuilt. Secular a(2). Homestead Moat, at the Rectory, on opposite side of the road, 100 yards S. of the … chimney-stack has two diagonal shafts. a(5). Wick Farm, house and barn, m. S.S.W. of the church. The House is … to the two middle trusses have curved braces. a(6). Shot Farm, house (Plate, pp. xli), now two tenements, and barn, 1 …