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A History of the County of Bedford
… of the town is 431 acres. The parish is therefore more or less built over, and in the north-west the buildings have … of the name and town, and the lawlessness of the time and place has been personified in a robber called Dun, whose evil … it. The ring and staple vanished, but were traced to a house inhabited by the widow Dun, whose son, the robber, was …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… of the church is the Manor Farm, an 18th-century brick house, and there is a small wood called Blackland Covert … as grand serjeanty in 1322, 5 was said to be 26 s., or 10 s. for every twenty weeks' ward, 6 and is mentioned … but nothing is heard of this after 1364, 9 and until 1425 or later the lords of the manor held as of the king in chief. …
A History of the County of Bedford
… part of which became later known as DUNTON CHAMBERLAIN or NEWTONBURY, had formerly belonged to Archbishop Stigand. 3 … Bartholomew Chishull, John Burgoyne settled 'the manor or farm' of Chamberlains Bury on the former, who, dying in … property charged, which has been converted into a dwelling-house and draper's shop. The distribution in bread is made …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… and Bishop's Waltham meet, is the old Robin Hood posting-house, on the southernmost point of the hill on which … the nickname 'Dirty Durley.' The only road of any size or definite direction is Durley Street, which strikes … Bishop's Waltham, paying to Mr. Gibson, the rector of that place, 20 for one year's board. His biographer notes that …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… east bank of the Christchurch Avon, contains the villages or hamlets of Great Durnford, Little Durnford, Netton, … 18th century: 12 the old course remains as a drive of the house. In the 19th century the road was superseded as the … century a group of buildings stood at Netton Green, the place a short distance north-west of Netton where the road …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… East End and West End. 4 A medieval settlement, tithing, or both called Hindurrington has been thought, because of its … site of a late Neolithic village, which included a long house. 19 South of Woodhenge a prehistoric ditch and an … enclosure perhaps embracing the site of a circular house were possibly for agricultural use. 20 Cereals, mostly …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of Cambridge, a little below the point where the river Cam or Granta emerges from the uplands of north-west Essex. The … honor of Belvoir passed through two heiresses to the house of Albini Brito, whose male line expired in 1244, … had 30 to 50 communicants. 579 Clark later withdrew to a Suffolk curacy, leaving Duxford to his colleague, whom he …
A History of the County of Worcester
… with the exception of Earl's Croome Court, a half-timber house of the early 17th century, which has, however, been … hall, is their shield, party fessewise embattled gules and or, in chief three leopards' heads, in base three hawks' … to Earl's Croome in 1884. 2 Among 15th and 16th-century place-names in this parish were Silbefeld, Holewell, …
A History of the County of Northampton
… was land originally set apart for repairing 'a clock dyall or watch for the comfort of the township of Earls Barton'. 3 … son of Saer de Wollaston gave property in Barton to this house. 53 Subsequently Henry de Pynkeny gave 8 virgates in … internally splayed 12th-century window, taking the place of an original double window, like that in the south …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… vicarage and the church are surrounded by park land. Easby House, the residence of Mr. Leonard Jaques, J.P., stands at … original, but all the external features are of 18th or early 19thcentury date. The west wing is exactly similar … in 1594 14 and a water-mill and dovecote in 1723. 15 The place-names Braythewath, Coupemanestaynes, Neugresflath and …