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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… name, I do not find; for it was now become but of very little note. At length, after some intermediate owners, it … which was afterwards called by the name of Great and Little Hengham; the former having the antient mansion and … for this manor. THE OTHER PART of this manor, now called Little Hengham, which lies adjoining to it southward, is now …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… bell. The furniture is modern; the pulpit contains a little 18th-century carving worked up in it. The plate …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… must, however, have been alienated from the abbey a little later, as in 1479 Anne Broughton died seised of them, …
A History of the County of Surrey
… cottages in poor condition. Beyond these there is little of interest in the village. About three-quarters of a …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Somerfield, Barnsole, Coombe, with New-street, Great and Little Flemings, Ringlemere, and the farm of Christians … beyond a common farm-house. The antient mansion stood a little northward of the present house, as it should seem, … lately deceased. POLDRES, or Poulders, GREAT and LITTLE, are two estates in this parish, the former of which …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… mesne lordship. They probably inherited it from William de Houghton (Hocton), who was a tenant of William, Earl of Gloucester, in 1166. 11 His granddaughter, Maud de Houghton, was holding a half, a sixth, and a twelfth part of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… demesne, which could not be stocked because there was too little meadow, 49 but by 1291 when the demesne amounted to 2 … process of consolidation and inclosure, of which there is little record. In 1628 and 1631 there is some indication of … were arable, the rest being meadow and pasture, with very little woodland. 73 In 1839 the largest estate, Lord …
A History of the County of Bedford
… end of Culey Grene to Hardwicke Bridge (a mile), thence to Houghton Brooke (a mile) to the west part of Pilling Grene (a … rolls between the main shafts, showing their date to be a little later than that of the nave arcades. The tower has a …
A History of the County of Northampton
… down in 1911, and a new house was built on a new site a little to the south. The old house was a plain two-story … Laurence de Preston enfeoffed George de Longueville of Little Billing, who married his daughter Isabel. 76 Laurence … in 1459; 78 but otherwise it descended with the manor of Little Billing (q.v.) until 1621 when Sir Henry Longueville …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and, when a single farm in the 19th century, Hordley was little over 300 a. It was bounded on the west by the Glyme, … there was a small farm in the south of the hamlet, called Little Dornford. 95 Both Upper and Lower Dornford were built … of which both were held of the overlord by John Mauduit of Little Somerford (Wilts.), while under him one was held by …