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A History of the County of Hampshire
… Dunbridge. In the north of the parish stands East Dean House, a modern building in well-wooded grounds, the … later descent is given under Lockerley (q.v.). Curzon. Or a fesse sable between three wolves' heads sable cut off at … window in the same position on the south perhaps marks the place of a south doorway. The 18th-century north porch is of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Farleigh, from the passage over the river Medway at one or both of these places, fare in Saxon signifying a journey or passage, and lega, a place, i. e. the place of the way or passage. THE PARISH of … westward of the village of East Farleigh, is a genteel house, formerly belonging to a family of the name of Darby, …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… East Garston and West Shefford. Poughley, the only other house of importance, is in the south of the parish. East … of leading the vanguard of the king's army whenever he or his justices went to Wales. 19 Mandeville. Quarterly or … Eva de Tracy in 1221 by the Abbot of Gloucester, to which house Ewenny was a cell. 121 Between 1337 and 1345 it was …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… chapel, all on the south side. Opposite the vicarage is a house with pilasters, classical cornice and moulded doorway, … south wall with a door beside it leading into the parlour or great chamber, which also has a large fireplace. To the … except on the east, where modern work has taken its place. The roof of the cloister alleys was probably …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… taxpayers in 1524 16 and 9 households in 1563. 17 The 10 or 11 houses of 1662 were reduced to 8 by 1674. 18 There were … by which stood the church, parsonage, and principal manor house. The green lay where a track running north-east from … 12 cottages at the green, and the 'Palace', a high, gaunt house at its southwest end, erected for members of Downing …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… opposite the church, was originally a timber-framed house, but was enlarged in red brick about a century ago. In … to the prior in 1228. 17 It must, however, have escheated or been surrendered by William de Wenham to the priory, since … 122; he afterwards granted the premises to William Duke of Suffolk. 123 The duke died in possession, 124 but it seems …
A History of the County of Surrey
… and on to the London Clay. The village is below the Chalk or just upon its lower edge. On the summit of the Chalk … Canterbury, under Edward III. 2 Horsley Towers is a large house standing in a park of 300 acres, the seat of the Earl of Lovelace. The old house was rebuilt about 1745. The present house was built by …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the downs to Ilsley, showing that the traffic to this place was always considerable. A portion of Grimsdyke 4 is to … brick with tile roofs and are mostly of 18th-century date or modern. On the south side of Broad Street is a fine 18th-century house, built of red brick with a tiled roof, and two stories …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… to have formed the retaining kerb of a round barrow or a circular house site of the Bronze Age. Langdean Bottom has yielded a … north-west of Thorn Hill indicate that cultivation took place in the parish in prehistoric times. 70 The two estates …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… part of the parish. 16 More trees were planted in Clouds House park in the late 19th century and the centre of the … inn as far as the Benett (later Seymour) Arms, a 17th- or 18th-century building extended in the 19th century. 37 In … common. The definition of each village's lands which took place in the northern half of the parish was, however, not …