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A History of the County of Worcester
… the seat of Sir Richard Biddulph Martin, bart., J.P. The house is of the early 18th century with modern additions. The … now stands in the orchard of a farm which with one or two cottages comprises the entire hamlet. The village of … 10 and the award is dated 29 March 1815. 11 Among the place-names are Butthay, Stanthall, Berry Furlong, 12 Lower …
A History of the County of Northampton
… wellgrown plantations and groups of handsome trees. The house, built about 1861, stands in the centre and is … the Rectory and Rectory Farm with Overstone Grange and one or two other houses are about a mile north of the village, a … pulled down the old manor-house and built a new one in its place, which he sold with the manor in 1737 to Thomas, …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… from its original position. Close to the church is a farm-house on the site of the Hall, which for many years formed … visible in the house, and part of the encircling ditch or moat is still to be seen. A windmill mentioned in 1629 6 … sued for stopping up the highway from Huby to York in a place in the forest of Galtres called Corbon, 12 by making …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of the river, but St. Mary's Church, the rectory, Court House and Court Farm lie together on the right bank. Overton … The chief rops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. Among place-names mentioned in 15th-century records are Portewey, … d. arrears. It is possible that Overton suffered directly or indirectly during the Barons' War, for an account 14 of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… tithe-free and was therefore deemed an extraparochial place in the 19th century. 12 The crescent shaped area north … with hard siliceous sandstones called sarsen stones, or, from their resemblance at a distance to a flock of sheep, … grey wethers. Similar scatters occur west of Lockeridge House on the chalk beyond the south bank of the Kennet and in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… round the village green, beside which is the church, manor house, and a large farm. A few cottages straggle up the hill … subsequently purchased of the Streatfields by Mr. Payne or Paine of Patcham (q.v.), who was the owner in 1780, 27 but … for a settlement upon herself. 57 Other conveyances took place in 1419 and 1420 between Agatha and her trustees, 58 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… uphill road leads past the Bush Inn, a small unobtrusive house lying to the west near the river, on past the smithy, two or three modern houses and several low-thatched cottages, one … church low white gates lead up a short drive to Ovington House, the seat of Mrs. Hewson, lady of the manor, which …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… into Owslebury parish. At the bottom of the hill two or three thatched cottages and the Shearer's Inn standing on … beyond which rises the high ground round Winter's Hill House. South-west of the church is the vicarage, to which a … of Colden Common were inclosed in 1861. 5 The following place - names occur in 1400: Varlonde, Waddene, Tichehurst, …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… half a Car. The Land was three Car. There William the Man or Tenant of Roger de Busli, (whose Fee it afterwards was) … William, beforementioned, who had their Name from this Place, continued long Possessors of. John, Son of William de … Rectory impropriate; the greatest Part whereof, with the House built by his Son John, and sold by his Widow, remains …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… remained as they were described in 1779: a church, one or two ordinary farm-houses, and a few cottages. 16 It seems … the street dates from medieval times, as the former manor-house probably occupied the site of Middle Farm, a … mentioned later as the practice on the manor, had taken place by then. 165 At that time the total arable of the main …