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A History of the County of Berkshire
… Faringdon to Oxford. The old manor-house stood near the church, and formerly consisted of a double quadrangle, with … a messuage and 2 carucates here, with the advowson of the church, to one Thomas de Leigh for life, 59 with reversion to … 1359, when the latter made John de Sloghtre, parson of the church of Leigh, a feoffee for his manor of Buckland. 66 They …
A History of the County of Surrey
… the chalk downs, the central part with the old village and church being on the sands, and the southern part on the … of Brockham, on the reverse, was found in the church, and is now in the British Museum. Historically the … and Wotton Hundred. Another manor, East Betchworth, with a church, was counted in Wotton Hundred. The transference of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… part in the hundred of Chart and Longbridge, in which the church stands, and part in the hundred of Calehill, is in the … couchant, or, between three eagles heads, erased. The church stands at a small distance northward from the above … twice singly, and once impaled with Crouch, are in this church. In the reigns of king John and Henry III. Adam de …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… situated in the bottom, of a valley, having the church near it, the farm-house of the Betshanger estate, and … for near fifty years, and was buried in 1649 in this church. His son John Boys, esq. possessed this manor, and was … those who were enemies to the king and the established church. He died in 1678, and was buried here, having been …
Magna Britannia
… it occupied part of the site of the Roman station near the church. 4 The manor of Nichol-forest belonging to Sir James … moor or common in this parish, passed in 1814. The church of Bewcastle or Buethcastre was given by Robert de … in the Dean and Chapter. The celebrated obelisk in the church-yard has been elsewhere spoken of. There is a …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… houses, inhabited by genteel families of fortune. The church stands at the east end of it, and adjoining to the church-yard. Still further eastward is the manor place, which … years been made use of only as a farm-house. Opposite the church southward, stood the parsonage, a large and curious …
A History of the County of Warwick
… parish are of some interest. The Croft, south-west of the church, retains a little of its 17th-century timber-framing, … are of later red brick. Pasture Farm, 1 miles east of the church, near Diddington Hill, bears a date 1666, but the main … square framing. Castle Hills Farm, nearly mile west of the church, is an L-shaped house of 17th-century origin. The …
A History of the County of Somerset
… on Old Twelfth Night continued at least until 1870. 21 Church and village meetings in the 19th century were held in … when they were succeeded by the Ecclesiastical (later Church) Commissioners, the lords in 1977. From 1622 if not … were held of it. 109 Courts were held every summer at the church house in Bicknoller, and in some years an additional …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… in that of Milton, and division of East Kent; but the church and village being situated in the former part of it, … an unfertile red earth, much intermixed with flints. The church and adjoining village, of only five or six houses, … the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Sittingborne. The church, which is dedicated to St. James the Apostle, consists …
Magna Britannia
… from the custody of the county gaol. In the parish church is the monument of Dennis Rolle, Esq. who died in … married Sir John Rolle, the heir male of the family. The church of Bickton was originally a chapel to Otterton. 4 … of their descendant Lewis William Buck, Esq. In the parish church are monuments of Sir Thomas Grenville, 1513; Mr. John …