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A History of the County of Buckingham
… Farm, which date from the 17th century, but are all more or less restored and altered. The old manor-house stood to the southwest of Upper Farm, where there are … off which lies Drayton Lodge, a redbrick 18th-century house standing in a park of 70 acres, the property of Major …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… from Wing to Mursley. The church with the adjacent rectory-house occupies a position to the south-west. There are … of a fortification thrown up by the Passelewes in the 12th or 13th century. The Inclosure Award for Drayton Parslow, … retained the remaining rights of overlordship which she or her successor held in 1278 as the heirs of Peter de …
A History of the County of Oxford
… is recent: it is not shown on the Tithe Award map of 1841 or the Ordnance Survey map of 1881. 6 Holcombe Grange is … some herringbone brick infilling. Some, like Waterside House Cottage, now called Red Tile Cottage, have old tile … for in 1481 William Idle aided in person by the Duke of Suffolk used force to eject Richard's mother Alice. 68 Alice …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… course on the lower spurs of the downs. The church, manor house, and rectory stand in the middle of the village, a … century Droxford comes into notice as the native place of an interesting person, John de Drokensford. He was … Drokensford, Bishop of Bath and Wells. Quarterly azure and or with four (?) heads of croziers countercoloured. The …
A History of the County of Worcester
… 300 ft. above the ordnance datum in the south to 700 ft. or 800 ft. in the north of the parish, which lies along the … increased and the coal workings developed. The Market Place is at the north end of the High Street. The town hall … Somery is said to have begun to make a castle of his manor-house in 12612, but was not allowed to continue it. 38 In …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… from north-west of the CambridgeNewmarket road to the Suffolk boundary. The boundaries of the south-eastern part, … 12 That was probably the parkland opposite Dullingham House, of which 38 a. remaining at inclosure 13 were still … c. 90 dwellings, 30 and in 1801 there were 83. 31 Two or three tall, narrow farmhouses of the 17th and 18th …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of Kempshot, and skirting the grounds of Kempshot House, the residence of Mr. Henry Gourlay, continues towards … of primroses and violets and lilac-coloured 'milkmaids' or lady-smocks. Curving slightly north the road enters the … 'to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in the place of John de Dummer lately elected, whom the King has …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Close to the church there is a two-story timber-framed house with a projecting upper story, formerly the Lion Inn … on Dunsmore, but in reality to receive news of the success or failure of the Gunpowder Plot. 8 Famous natives of … Their son Edward Boughton ran into debt over his great house at Cawston (q.v.), and on his death in 1589 his …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from an area near the boundary should be paid to Duns Tew or North Aston, the line between the two parishes was … Brook by a small bridge, perhaps formerly a ford, at a place known as Witney stone. It ran on to join a network of … to the south. Later contraction left several empty house plots among the houses, especially in Cow Lane. The …
A History of the County of Surrey
… the oak trees are very numerous. There were iron forges, or furnaces, in the 16th century in the parish. Thomas … of persons now living. 6 At Burningfold is a fine old house of timber framework. The two gables of the front are … for 886. 18b But John Middleton, Richard Wyatt of Hall Place, Shackleford, and Thomas Burdett, also had claims on …