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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… there being but two houses in it besides Lullingstone-house. Nearly the whole of it is the property of Sir John … a situation too low and damp to be either pleasant or healthy; almost adjoining to it on the north side is the … acknowledged road leading from Eynsford to Shoreham. THIS PLACE, at the time of taking the survey of Domesday, was part …
A History of the County of Bedford
… contained numerous old houses and inns, now rebuilt or entirely removed. The Cross Keys Inn was pulled down in … 1905, and the present George Inn retains parts of an older house, much concealed by modern reconstruction. George … earthworks, the last being manorial in character. 3 Among place-names found in documents relating to this parish may be …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… been then a more populous tithing than either Midgehall or Mannington, and in the 16th century there were more … is the school, Methodist chapel, post office, a public house, and a few council houses built after the Second World … Combe. 145 It has been suggested that Chaddington is the place called in the Domesday Survey 'Schetone' and held at …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Roffensis, LEAGA, which in Saxon signifies a feeding, or pasture. THIS PARISH is about three miles and an half in … side of it, and a small distance from it the seat of Hall-place, situated within the large district called Hallenden, … of the lord viscount Vane and the earl of Darlington. A house and part of the demesnes of it were about the beginning …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Oak, one of the largest in the forest. The Beaulieu or Exe River rises in the north-west of the parish and for a … be an artificial mound. Close by the church is the King's House, the official residence of the deputy surveyor of the … the Rev. Scrope Berdmore by will directed his executor to place 200 stock in such a manner that the interest might be …
A History of the County of Rutland
… The older houses near the church are of stone with stone or thatched roofs, but near the Rectory, in the southern part … on the north, about 1867. Except for these additions, the house remains as when first erected, and is an excellent … with turned balusters. A portion of the older 17th-century house, with gabled roof, remains at the north-west corner. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and Preston to Church End. An early-19th-century toll-house stood at this junction and survived until c. 1960. 38 … Sir John Danvers had acquired, either from Edward Savage or Francis Cotton, a twelfth of the manor of Bradenstoke. 85 … 195 Inclosure within the manor appears to have taken place at an early date. In 1609 the lessee of the Tockenham …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… to Ugthorpe Rails, thence to Stonegate, due north to Dale House and north-east to Runswick Bay. The inland area was … St. Mary, Sandsend, before arriving at the little watering-place of Sandsend, 20 which is built at its mouth. Sandsend … and Ellerby (1882). Ugthorpe Old Hall There are howes or tumuli on Newton Mulgrave, Hutton Mulgrave and Ugthorpe …
Magna Britannia
… to have been annihilated: the barton, on which is a farm-house, is now the property of Mr. T. Reed. The manor of … parish, is described by Norden as a seat of the Randolls or Rundles; but we are informed, that although that barton … There was an ancient chapel, dedicated to St. Mary, at a place called Helygrave 2: its site is not known. Lord …
Magna Britannia
… Tuschet, had a charter of free warren here. 1 The Tochets, or Tuchets, claimed a park at Markeaton, and a gallows for … now the property of his grandson, William Evans, Esq. The house and lands purchased by Mr. Upton were sold by him to … Girardot, Esq., the present proprietor, by whom the place has been much improved. In the chapel are several …