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A History of the County of York North Riding
… the residence of Mr. Eleazer Biggins Emerson, a manor-house built in the last century on the site of an old … Grenesic and Haraldsic; in Tollesby Benelandker 7 (xii or xiii cent.); in Marton, Mylnehyll Close, le Mille Crofte … trace 'owing to the numerous alterations which had taken place.' 111 The nave and aisles are under one wide roof, …
A History of the County of Warwick
… bridge over the Southam road. In early times Marton was a place of some importance as the centre of a hundred. This was … later Palmer was again pardoned for having broken into the house of Thomas Smyth of Marton, seized John Ofchurch the … 35 this must have been about the end of the 12th or beginning of the 13th century, as in 1217 the sheriff of …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Molesby (till xvi cent.). The parish of Marton with Moxby or Marton in the Forest is on the north-east border of the … is no village of Marton, the church standing near a farm-house on the first rising ground on the north side of the … foundation mounds between the road and the modern farm-house called Marton Abbey. Built into the latter are a number …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Fryer, M.P., as it enters the parish from the west. The house of Worthy Park, a fine mansion of white stone, standing … the down land and the dark woodland of Avington Park. Four or five groups of thatched and timbered cottages compose the … the chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, and turnips. The place-name 'Ashdoun,' not now traceable, occurs in an …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… noted. The houses are mostly of 18th-century date or later, but at the north-east are two which have had stone … and Low Burton, Nutwith Cote, once a grange, and Burton House, formerly the seat of the Wyvills and now occupied by … others on the Burn in Healey and Swinton. Among ancient place-names in the parish are Stote Fauld, Steward Ing, …
A History of the County of Essex
… centre of the parish. Three other manor houses stand on or near their medieval sites: Housham Hall on the western … of Parvills, may have been the site of Waterman's manor house. 9 By the 18th century the main settlement was at … property in Matching included in the lease of 1359 was a 'place' at Matching Green. The lessee, besides paying an …
A History of the County of Worcester
… on the Cradley boundary, is Netherley Hall, now a farm-house. About 1 miles east of Mathon village, in a beautiful … Chase for having common in the Chase. 11 The following place-names occur: Remner's Stocking, Esselond, le Fether, … of Westminister. The arms of St. Edward with a chief or and therein a pale of FRANCE and ENGLAND between two rases …
A History of the County of Bedford
… 2 Most of the cottages are built of brick with thatch or tile roofs, though daub and wattle and half-timber … at Breach, pulled down within recent years. The following place-names have been found in connexion with this … relief of the poor. The gross yearly income amounts to 58 or thereabouts. The charity of John Bryan, will, 4 August …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the chambers. The upper stories are each lighted by one or two windows of two similar lights with transoms. The … forms part of the east side of the former granary and mill house. This was a building of 100 ft. or more in length from … priory property, was granted to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. 115 The duke sold the estate in July 1540 to Robert …
A History of the County of Somerset
… follow watercourses, locally known as rhynes, drains, or ditches, some entirely man-made, some more or less … the pool, and Godney well to the east, have Anglo-Saxon place names. 40 The northern detached island of Marchey and … a group of important buildings, including a fine manor house, a lavish and most unusual fish house, and a …