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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Petri, either from its connexion with the FitzPeter family or from the church dedication, and in 1279 as Manningford … the same as in 1723. 19 In the 18th century the manor-house, church, rectory-house, and some cottages were grouped round a semi-circular …
A History of the County of Rutland
… which were saved from the disastrous fire in 1732. 2 A house south of the church has a bay window on the ground … life. 7 Cluny Abbey. Gules two keys crossed saltirewise or in front of a sword set upright with its blade argent and … and gules a chief ermine, for Tateshale. Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Barry of ten argent and gules a lion or with a crown …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of his tillage toward the water of Maplederwell to the house of Endewelle,' obtaining in return for them a release … Despenser. Quarterly argent and gules, the gules fretty or, with a bend sable over all. Beauchamp. Gules a fesse between six crosslets or. Nevill. Gules a saltire argent and a label gobony argent …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the parish of Dry Sandford in 1869. 1 There was a hamlet or pasture called 'Chaldewikes' in Garford in the 16th … to Faringdon crosses Sandford Brook. To the west is Oakley House, the residence of Mr. Gore Brown, situated in a small … married Amy sister of Sir Hervey Elwes, bart., of Stoke, Suffolk, and had a son John, who in 1751 assumed the name …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… at wide distances, many of them on the different greens or forstals throughout the parish. A fair is held here yearly … of it. 3 A court baron is held for it. But CHEVENE-HOUSE, since called LITTLE CHEVENEY, fell to the lot of the … coheirs of Sir John Major, bart. of Worlingworthhall, in Suffolk, (the other daughter Elizabeth marrying Henry, duke …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… eastwards to Wilsford, while the other ran north of the house called the Grange west to Chirton Street, entering the … inclosure in 1812 the appropriators were allotted 37 a. in place of glebe in the open fields of Marden. 57 The glebe was … 148 In 1864 services with sermons, at which some 50 or 60 people attended, were held each Sunday morning and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… has possessed an affix to distinguish it from West or Bishop's Lavington. 1 The earliest affix, so far as is … sort of pleasure-ground for the surrounding district. 18 A house, called by 1662 the Lodge, 19 stood next to the cherry … with its church at the western end and its small market-place roughly in the centre. It is predominantly a village of …
A History of the County of Rutland
… old custom, dying out in 1895, was to give 'Plum Shuttles' or 'Valentine buns' to all the children of the parish on 14th … taller of which forms the whipping post. There was a manor house here as early as 1337, when Giles de Badlesmere dated … Canal, now disused; the Wharf here is modern but marks the place where barges were loaded with barley and malt. The …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… and thence by the beck to the Swale.' 12 The following place-names occur in the 16th century: Applegarth, Snawden, … Croft. 14 William Blenkison, who was born at Marrick in or about 1807 and died in 1871, attained great notability as … devised to his son John and his heirs all his manor-house of Marrick Abbey with the lands and tithes of Marrick …
A History of the County of Oxford
… flows into the Thames, runs through the grounds of Baldon House. The old Roman road drives straight through the eastern … altered. The road to the church was known as 'Church Way' or the 'Processional Way' and its upkeep was a common burden … or another of his, occurs in a charter of 1419 as Thomlyns Place. 16 The fields lay as now mainly north, east and …