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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… he thought no man could delight to dwell there. The street or village of Hothe, in which the chapel stands, though as … being an old, decayed, wasteful, unwholesome, and desolate house; for Forde was in such a corner, and in such a soil, as … on by the state, and sold to different purchasers, this house of Ford was pulled down in 1658, and the materials …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… from Great Chart, and is so called from the bothe, or heath within it. The greatest part of this parish lies … which form the scattered village of Hothfield. The Place-house stands on a hill, at a small distance from the corner … the peace by queen Mary, in Gloucestershire; and that in Suffolk one ..... Rowse, a woman, did usually fit upon the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Hougham HOUGHAM, OR Huffam, as it is called, and frequently written in … chalk, one within the other; they are called the Coining-house, and have a very difficult way to come at them, the … became the chief seat, or caput baroniof which this place, as appears by the book of Dover castle, was afterwards …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… residence of Mr. H. Perkins, built in 1899; Houghton Hill House, the residence of Mrs. Baker; the Cedars, the residence … James Fraser: all modern houses with considerable parks or grounds. Houghton and Wyton, which adjoins it on the west, … found on Houghton Hill, in 1843, where burials took place for at least a century. 4 MANORS The manor of HOUGHTON …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… north shuts in the rectory, a fine old eighteenth-century house, which is approached by a drive on the east running … tenement seems to have been held by Thomas de Brykevile or Brinkhale and Richard of Portsea; 35 and two years later … daughter and heir of John Tourney of Motcombe and Payne's Place near Shaftesbury (co. Dorset), 43 dealt with the manor …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Saints. To the east of it is an 18th-century brick farm-house, while further along the road, standing opposite a … on the ground floor is some panelling of the same date or possibly earlier, said to have been taken from the pews of … whose feathers were as white as snow. 17 The following place-names have been found in this parish:Calewellehill …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Crown property, early became known as 'saelig Houghton' 2 or 'fortunate Houghton,' and later as Houghton Regis or … the north side of the green is the site of the old manor-house, where there is a stone dovecote in a ruinous … for Houghton Regis was given in 1802. 23 The following place-names have been found in this parish: 'le vonte,' …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… further up the Woolston road, on the north side, is Abbey House, belonging to Miss Rashleigh, and near by is the … Abbey there is room for about 113 children. The following place names occur:Shotteshale (Satchell), Sholing (now in St. … the somewhat restricted site, and there is no trace, here or elsewhere, of a stone boundary wall, though such a wall …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… ten weeks, and a robe of the suit of Roger's esquires or 20 s. in lieu thereof at Hovingham at Christmas. 5 The … messuage here in 1297, and 'the mansion called the manor-house' was mentioned in the reign of Charles I. 13 North of … lord of Stapleton 161 (q.v.), obtained free warren in this place. 162 It was held of the Mowbrays by the service of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… chalk hills, close to which the church stands, with two or three houses near it, the rest being interspersed over … gave it to his youngest son Mr. Thomas Stringer, of that place. His two sons dying s. p. his daughter Katherine …