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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of the church, three large farmsteads and the vicarage house north of it. 26 To the south were the three subsidiary … and an early 19th-century wing to the south. Maddington House is L-shaped and was built of banded flint and stone in … had been demolished, and in 1886 as in 1990 only two or three within the Maddington part of it remained. 36 …
A History of the County of Worcester
… one entirely surrounded by a still perfect moat. The house was probably erected or rebuilt when the Lygons came into the possession of the … army. When his troops were turned out before 1646 13 the place was garrisoned for the king, but was surrendered when …
Magna Britannia
… in Cornwall. The church is in Devonshire. The village or rather town of Inceworth, in this parish, is in the county … Kestell, married to Langford and Penrose: it is now a farm-house, the property of Sir William Lemon, Bart. A branch of … to an antient family, who possessed and resided at this place for several generations. The heiress of the …
Magna Britannia
… the parish, derives its name from the family of Valletort or Vautort. 1 Mount Edgecumbe, formerly called West … on the death of his father in 1795. Mount Edgecumbe House was built by Sir Richard Edgecumbe, son of Sir Piers, … to the Bonvilles. After the attainder of the Duke of Suffolk, it was granted to Petre. It is now the property of …
A History of the County of Surrey
… and adjacent to Ashtead and Letherhead commons, 3 miles or more away from the main portion, was amalgamated with … et ministrorum altaris Christi in ipsa domo (sc. the manor house of Malden) commorantium'. The scholars were in schools … Maiden). The 'college' of three or four priests was in the house at Malden. The latter migrated to Oxford after the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… perhaps derived from the name of Mailduib, an Irish monk or hermit who may have settled on or near the town's site in … servants; each masura may have consisted of more than one house. A further 22 masurae were held by other lords; in … Radnor, 346 sold it c. 1820 either to John Howard, earl of Suffolk and of Berkshire (d. 1820), or his son Thomas, earl …
A History of the County of Worcester
… centre of the village stands the Sun Inn, a gabled brick house of the late 16th or early 17th century, two stories in height with an attic … but, even after the destruction which must then have taken place, Nash, writing late in the 18th century, was able to …
A History of the County of Warwick
… including the church, the almshouses, and the manor-house, is built round the Nuneaton-Atherstone road, a little … the north wing, has a 14-ft. middle bay with a tie-beam (or more properly a collar-beam) cambered on its upper edge … of Polesworth, was granted to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. 97 The Duke at once disposed of his interest to …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… of England was built in 1857 at Manfield. The following place-names in Manfield are mentioned in the 12th and 13th … knights' fees, as fully as his ancestor ( attavus) Hermer or Gutherith daughter of Hermer held it 'in waters, ways, … of the annual value of 4 6 s. 5 d. 64 Witham of Cliffe. Or a bend gules between three eagles close sable. The vill of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… corner of Manningford Abbots, became the meeting-place of the hundred courts. 13 The smallness of the … later date, possibly when the rector enlarged the rectory-house c. 1812. It certainly followed its present (1971) … Avon on the west side of the road. Originally a late-16th- or early-17th-century timber-framed house with three …