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A History of the County of Surrey
… created a baronet in January 17312. 68 The further history of Westhall follows that of Blechingley (q.v.). …
A History of the County of Northampton
… its manor-house standing on the border line, part in each county, and Elton Park extending some way into this parish. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… 184652, Lord Privy Seal 1858, and Lord Lieutenant of county Galway, &c. There is a monument to his memory in …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… The small parish of Wasing lies in the south of the county and runs down to the Enborne stream, which forms part … of quarter sessions. He was chairman of the Berks. County Council from 1888 to 1905 and M.P. for South Berks. …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… Nat. Biog. G.E.C. Complete Peerage, viii, 190; Berry, County Geneal. (Sussex), p. 368; Burke, Peerage (Winterton); …
A History of the County of Oxford
… that has been described as some of the best in the county. 4 Waterperry Wood (233 a.) in the north-west of the … Francis Henley is said to have come to London from County Cork and become a Thames waterman. Joseph Henley lived … and is now owned by Exeter College. Economic and Social History. At the time of Domesday Waterperry was remarkably …
A History of the County of Oxford
… are known. It was by then one of the larger houses in the county and was taxed on 23 hearths in 1665. 26 The arms of … and in his account of unusual trees cultivated in the county he mentions the abele tree grown by Sir George Croke, … who now (1959) lives at Waterstock. Economic and Social History. Nothing is known of any early settlement at …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Marmions in the 13th century, 88 and from that time the history of the two is identical. The living is a rectory in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… it was used for courts leet and baron, and for the County ball. 34 In 1895 the building was described as … always to have been isolated buildings, though their history goes back to Domesday. 46 Today the most interesting … was dedicated as a memorial of the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria; in the same year the stained glass in the east …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… William; and from the greatness of her possessions in this county was called the Infanta of Kent. On her death in the … late great hail storm, there was in the south window the history of the decollation of St. John Baptist, pretty … Philipott, p. 353. Rot. Esch. N. 57. See vol. i. of this history, p. 542. Kimber's Baronetage, vol. i. p. 268, and …