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A History of the County of Hampshire
… a carved cornice. In a field opposite the rectory is the church of St. Michael, and in the meadow called 'Pretty Meadow' north-west of the church, the sixteenth-century manor house originally stood. … the original manor house, lies in the meadows east of the church. Stoke Farm lies well away from the village on the …
A History of the County of Surrey
… northwest of Letherhead and a mile and a half east of Church Cobham. The Mole separates the parish from the … is in the alluvium of the Mole valley, and the village, church, and manor-house are on gravel near the river. The … Stoke D'Abernon, opened in 1885. The neighbourhood of the church was presumably occupied by some Roman building, many …
A History of the County of Northampton
… rising in Lilford Wood and running into the Nene. The church stands on the east side of the road. A little distance … north wing is dated 1731. The old manor house south of the church was pulled down about 1870 and a farm house erected on … sister of Henry Doyley. John Knightley presented to the church in 1369 and 1390. 27 A settlement of Stoke Doyle was …
A History of the County of Rutland
… of a ridge with a fringe of trees on its south side. The church is on the east side of the village street, with the … about 1871, behind some farm buildings south-east of the church, what appears to have been part of the stabling, or … recovered seisin against Thomas de Stanes, parson of the church of Upminster, and John le Rous of Howes, 19 to whom …
A History of the County of Surrey
… the road ran between his house and the east end of Stoke Church, and passed the river by a ford with a long narrow … in flood time. He diverted the road to the west end of the church, where it now is, and built Stoke Bridge of brick. On … writer, was a native of Stoke, and has a monument in the church. Stoke Church Institute in the Foxenden Road was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… shows that most of the village of Stoke lay north of the church on what once may have been an open green. 18 In 1881 … still standing there, with the public house to the south; Church Farm, the smithy, the post office, and the school, … 1858 at the expense of Sir Henry Peyton, lay south of the church. 19 Much of the village had already been rebuilt in …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Field, the 18 June 1643. And he rests in Great Hampden Church.' The main part of the parish is very flat, the land … from south-west to north-east and flows close to the old church on the east side, serving the ditches of a rectangular inclosure near to the church and extending round the churchyard. There are moats at …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… at Wexham Street, Stoke Green and West End. The parish church of St. Giles with its spire stands on rising ground to … mother and aunt. An inscription let into the wall of the church under the window opposite the grave alone denotes this fact. Outside the churchyard to the east of the church is the cenotaph to the poet's memory finished by Wyatt …
A History of the County of Worcester
… mill in the village has been mentioned above. CHURCHES The church of ST. MICHAEL consists of a chancel 40 ft. by 13 ft., … porch. These measurements are all internal. The earliest church of which there are any remains dates from the first … 1250, which is one of the most beautiful portions of the church. In the 14th century the east window was enlarged, a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Street, though in the late 18th century it was known as Church, Upper, and West streets. 8 From this a number of … branch is the course of the Yeovil road, passing the church. The by-road to the church itself marks the original course, which was abandoned …