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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… it eastward, along the high ground, over Mershamlees or heath, on the north side of which is the mansion and park … the village or street of Mersham, in which is the rector's house, and opposite a large good mansion, which lately … of which becoming possessed in her right, he left this place and removed thither, though his descendants seem to …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Heath is still an open common, and Worstead Green, or Wood Street Green, as it was anciently called, is a long … There is a station at Merstham. Close to the station is a place called Battle Bridge, originally in Gatton, about which … blacksmith's forge (now converted into a modern house), probably of the latter part of the 15th century, with …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Merston, written in the Textus Roffensis, Merestune. This place takes its name from its situation, being flat and low, … where the church once stood is now a wood, containing four or five acres, called Chapel wood, belonging to Green farm, … for any chaplain, and there having been no parsonage house, or manor house of the patron, or any other for a …
A History of the County of Surrey
… and Nelson. On 15 September 1801 Nelson bought Merton Place, an early 18th-century house, built probably by Mr. Robert Dorrill, who settled … the prior a fine, and none might sell their own corn or cut down their own timber without the prior's licence. To …
A History of the County of Oxford
… green can still probably be seen in the alignment of the house on the south of the highway, which stands just opposite … 25 The Doyleys' 16th-century manor-house, built on or near the site of the medieval grange, survives in part as … small changes in the organization of the grange had taken place, but it was still very conservatively managed. A rental …
Magna Britannia
… of the hundred of Powder, anciently called Lamorrack or Lavorack, lies on the western side of St. Austell bay, six … the Trewolla family; that it was then the most convenient place on the coast for the pilchard-fishery; that, on an … after the death of the last of the Vincents. The barton-house is now in the occupation of the Rev. Dr. Lyne, vicar of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… with a background of hills and woodland. Michelmersh House, the residence of Mrs. A. Wheable, stands back from the … woodland, inclosing Awbridge Danes and a few houses. Among place-names mentioned in records are Ruchenaye (xiii cent.), 1 Newbridge Meads 2 or Bridge Meads (xvi cent.), 3 and Tipley Hill (xvii cent.). …
A History of the County of Surrey
… the stream. In normal summers the bed of the river for 3 or 4 miles is dry ground and stagnant water. In the grounds of Burford House and Fredley are hollows some way from the stream, in … 4 and neolithic flakes are not uncommon both about this place, near Norbury, and on Box Hill. The ancient road which, …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… dikid.' 2 It is built round an upper and a lower market-place, the ground rising rapidly towards the south. With the … into the structure, few of the houses are of any antiquity or interest. The 'Golden Lion,' a small inn in the lower … is dated 1682. On the south side of the upper square is a house with stone-mullioned windows dated 1719, and adjoining …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… of Whitby Abbey and Guisborough Priory are many old place-names which have now disappeared. William son of … of taking gravel and sand from the Middlesbrough quarry or gravel-pit, paying Mr. Peirse 1 d. a cart-load. 12 The … It seems, therefore, that the tradition of the single house which stood in the township in 1828 is not quite …