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A History of the County of Berkshire
… At the time of the Domesday Survey the overlordship of the manor was vested in William Fitz Ansculf, 6 who also held the neighbouring manor of Bradfield. 7 Englefield was one of a small group of … Englefield held Englefield of Anne Langford as of her manor of Bradfield. 9 Englefield Manor owed suit every three …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Road. The Union Workhouse is near the Dorking Road. Horton Manor, lying west of the town, has been acquired by the London County Council for an asylum, and the Manor Asylum has been built for 2,100 patients. The Colony … cut up by partitions. In 1690 Mr. Parkhurst, lord of the manor, built an Assembly Room at the Wells, erected other …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… from Crayford, on the west side of it, stands the old manor house. On the Thames opposite this town, the Indiamen, … 22 pounds, and yet he who bolds it pays 30 pounds. This manor was taxed in the time of king Edward the Consessor at … his lands and possessions, by which means the see of this manor became again vested in the crown. Richard de Lucy, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… is surrounded on three sides by Erlestoke Park (see below, Manor). Inclosing the village on the north, so that it … the village were destroyed by an extensive fire in 1865. 6 Manor The manor of ERLESTOKE is not mentioned in the Domesday Survey, …
A History of the County of Surrey
… of the parish. Claremont, which was originally part of the manor of Esher Episcopi, was bought by Sir John Vanbrugh, who … Besides Claremont and Esher Place (see under manor) there are several large houses in Esher: Esher Lodge, … of the late Sir Robert Hawthorn Collins, K.C.B. MANORS The manor of ESHER (also called ESHER EPISCOPI) which Tovi had …
A History of the County of Rutland
… 615 acres were open fields, and there was attached to the manor part of a common called Aunby Heath. About 50 acres of … in the 13th century. It is clear that the lords of the manor had a residence at Essendine for some centuries, as … or Shellingthorpe in Lincolnshire was part of the manor of Essendine, 15 and in the 15th century the manor was …
A History of the County of Hertford
… of narrow belts and small plantations. An extent of the manor of Essendon made in 1332 states that there were 8 acres … on the site of the king's mill which was granted with the manor of Essendon, and to which reference is made in the … them, a verdict was given against the lord of the manor. 6 Essendon Place, a little to the south of the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the south side, stood the church. The demesne farm, with a manor-house probably from the late Middle Ages, was … church. The east end of the village is dominated by the manor-house with its extensive farm buildings including two … the other of seven bays. Beside the path leading from the manor-house to the church is a pair of brick-faced cottages …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… MANORS Before the Conquest Queen Edith held ETON as a manor. 51 At the time of the Domesday Survey it was held in … the family of Windsor, 52 to whose barony of Windsor this manor was attached. 53 He held the offices of warden of the … Windsor made partition of their father's possessions, Eton Manor passing to Walter, 63 who died in or before 1204, in …
A History of the County of Warwick
… roofs, but they are of no great antiquity. Thornton Manor House, one mile north-north-east of Holy Trinity … the River Stour is mentioned in 1803 as pertaining to the manor of Thornton. 14 Dr. William Croft, the famous composer … Church, erected in 1836. Manors The overlordship of the manor of LOWER ETTINGTON was held in 1086 by Henry de …