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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… syllable an, when it is the second in the Saxon name of a place, is generally left out in our modern pronunciation. 1 … who pulled the whole of it down, and built a good genteel house on the scite of it, in which he now resides. On the opposite or southern side are the ruins of the archiepiscopal palace, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of Sandwich, in this county, and bore for his arms, Or, on a chief dancette, azure, a mullet, argent, for … whose ancestor was Walter Hendley, esq. of that place, who married first the daughter of John Hales, baron of … son of Gervas Hendley, esq. of Coursehorne, gave a house and land, now let at 4l. per annum, to the poor of this …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… from Shawford towards Otterbourne a group of three or four houses near by the lane which leads north-west to … half-timbered, others red brick and modern. A large white house standing in good grounds on the east side of the road … research has definitely proved that the marriage took place in London. 2 The soil of the parish is gravel, with a …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… between the church and Hallplace, which includes Otterden-place, that church, and the scite of the dilapidated church … is in the division of West Kent; and the remaining or south-east part of it, including Hall-place, the scite of … Aucher, ermine, on a chief, azure, three lions rampant, or; second, St. Leger, fretty, azure and argent, on a chief, …
Magna Britannia
… an ancient market-town, situated at the mouth of the Alan or Camel, on the north coast, 14 miles from Bodmin, and 243 … to have been at Padstow, where Mr. Prideaux Brune's house now stands; its name of Place, and its connexion with … Dorset, on the attainder of whose grandson, Henry, Duke of Suffolk, they were seized by the crown. It has been already …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Thrapston on the south crosses the river Nene by the South or Crowthorp Bridge, which has six round keystoned arches and … mullioned windows above, and a gable to the Market Place. The bronze tablet formerly over the entrance of the … sprinkled with drops of gold. The Town Hall and Market House, which stands in the middle of the Market Place, is a …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… production of wheat, oats, barley and beans. 1 The manor-house and the village lie in the centre of the parish. The … formerly known as Hobthrush, and now as Hobby's Hall or Hobbrush Hole, by tradition the home of a goblin. About a … 3 of the common lands made in 1627 gives some interesting place-names. The boundaries were said to run 'by way of the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… the main road from Salisbury to Andover. Townshend Manor House, the residence of Mr. Carbery Evans, is north-west of … of a Private Act of the previous year. 2 The following place-names occur:Trencharde stapel in 'Over Wallop Prioress' … of John Waleran, to hold of him for a pair of silver spurs or 3 d. rent yearly at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the mill-race is said to date from monastic times, but the house is not of great age. In the fields, mile … of brick with V-shaped pilasters. An arched stone fire-place to each floor survives. Not a trace of the remainder of … building, now tenements, which may have been a school or like institution originally. The main block has a gabled …
A History of the County of Oxford
… name Worton ( Ortune), meaning a settlement by a bank or slope, 8 refers presumably to the escarpment on which the … 2 houses were assessed for hearth tax besides the manor house and rectory; both were of two hearths only, and … on the presence or absence of large parties at Over Worton House. The combined population of Over and Nether Worton was …