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A History of the County of Surrey
… writing to his son, described Wimbledon as the noblest place in England and the one dearest to the queen, and said …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and the scite of Nethersolehouse under Snowdown. This place was very proper for the station of his main corps, as … till at length Mr. John Nethersole, gent. of this place, leaving three sons, John, of Barham; Stephen, of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… in 1682. His chief work is The Entrance of Mazzarini. 2 Place names which occur in connexion with Winchfield are …
A History of the County of Surrey
… 18th-century work remain, but these are rapidly giving place to modern cottages and villas. The roads and lanes by … inns, since closed. The most interesting history of the place is in connexion with Windsor Forest, and its bailiwick …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… held in chief a manor in Windrush, described as the 'court place'. It passed to his daughter Joan wife of Edmund Bury; … in 1595 he leased the capital messuage called Pinchpools Place to Thomas Broad of Aidsworth, 56 whose family seems to …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… the eastern border of this parish. The village, once a place of considerable importance, is situated in the centre … reserved to provide fuel for the poor. 23 The following place-names have been found: In the 15th century, Folville's … 'whose monument is set up on ye Pillow near this place,' and describing the various places of interment in the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… that Rowley, if, as may be presumed, it was a separate place, was thenceforth the more important, or perhaps the … chief landowners in the parish of Wingfield were Mrs. T. Place and the trustees of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Butler. 46 … by Alvet. 47 The name of Wittenham is now lost, but the place must have been north-west of Wingfield near Midway …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… archbishop Boniface obtained the grant of a market at this place. The archbishops had a good house on this manor, in … whose descendant Sir Brook Wm. Bridges, bart. of that place, is the present owner of it. The MANOR OF DENE, … In the seventh descent from Ralph Palmer, esq. of that place, in king Edward II.'s reign, was descended Sir Edward …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 3 This parish was inclosed in 1797. 4 The following place-names have been found: Aycroft, Ballwey, Dudwell, … Manor to Thomas Hyde in 1569, 44 the transfer taking place in the same year. 45 In 1570 Thomas Hyde was succeeded … trustees under the will of Sir Thomas Salusbury of Offley Place, Hertfordshire. 143 It appears to have been in respect …