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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… side of it, about half a mile south of which is Gabriel's house, belonging to Mr. John Stanford, and a little farther … in blood of Henry, his eldest son, but not to his honors or lands; 10 so that this manor, among his other estates, … and the moat round it, are still visible. This place was formerly the feat of a family of this name; one of …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… along one side of it. On the west side is a farm-house of the 16th century. The entrance door has a stone … king of Northumberland, was wounded in a battle near this place, and was removed to Little Driffield, where he lies … Etherington, 37 who died in 1589 seised of the 'manor or capital messuage of Ebberston Netherby' 38 (evidently the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… was marked in 1773 by the Manor, 29 a small 16th-century house of cruck construction, to which a western range was … nonconformist chapel south of the junction, and a vicarage house south-west of it. Farm buildings were erected south of … was so called in 1910 31 and was probably open from 1867 or earlier. 32 Within the old limits of the village there was …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… priory, which was given about the year 832, by Athulf, or Ethelwulph, king of England, at the instance of archbishop … it. At length his descendant Thomas Covert, esq. of that place, leaving an only daughter and heir Diana, she carried … county, on the roof of the cloysters in Canterbury, being, Or, a cross flory, sable; and they seem to have continued …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Bridge, a five-arched stone structure of the 16th or early 17th century, with cut-water piers. The eastern … the northern slope of Bredon Hill. 6 It is a stone-built house, L-shaped on plan and facing north, and was erected by … name. Kemble, Cod. Dipl. vi, 148. Kemble identifies this place as Eckington, and passes the document as genuine. …
Magna Britannia
… has its overseer and churchwarden. The principal villages or hamlets are, Bole-hill, Bramley, Ford, and High-lane. The … when a return of charitable donations was made to the House of Commons. George Sitwell, Esq., in 1717, gave the … his elder brother, George Cavendish, Esq., of Glemsford in Suffolk. Anderson's Life of Mary Queen of Scots. vol. iii. p. …
A History of the County of Northampton
… is shaded by two rows of ancient elms. A two-story house of ironstone, with mullioned windows, at the south-east … remains in the garden at Ecton House. 8 Ferrers. Vairy or and gules. Lancaster. England with a label of France. … fee in Ecton and his son Ralph had of a fee 16 in the same place, which he held from Isabel de Forz, Countess of Devon. …
Magna Britannia
… who died in 1369, the Earls of Northumberland, by gift or purchase, eventually became possessed of the whole barony, … Dykes, Esq. Ellenhall, in this parish, now a farm-house, was some time a seat of the Dykes family. The church … an early period to a family who took their name from the place. Sir Lancelot Threlkeld, the last heir male, left three …
A History of the County of Rutland
… forest of Rutland. In that year the abbot of Boscherville (or Baskerville) paid 12 marks for licence to assart this … north-west of the church is a plain twostory ashlar-faced house with stone-slated roof and high end gables, which is … Peterborough, 1723. 70 A new clock was erected in 1920 in place of an old 'one handed clock,' believed to date from the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… many of these, though much restored, date from the 16th or 17th century, and are of timber and brick with thatched or … To the north of the church there is a 17th-century house of red brick which has, however, been much altered. … married William de la Pole, Marquess, afterwards Duke of Suffolk, 148 and in 1444 granted the reversion of her lands …