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A History of the County of Berkshire
… Reading Abbey the tithes from it. It was used as a country house for the abbots, who had a chapel there. Tradition says … meeting-house in the parish of Pangbourne. The following place-names occur in different documents: Pangbourne Bove … lord of the manor. 42 Davis of Pangbourne. Azure a griffon or. Breedon. Sable a lion argent with eight passion nails or …
A History of the County of Sussex
… track of a sunken road could be clearly seen until a year or two ago. Patcham itself lies at the end of a spur, the … of the coombe. At the top of the village is the farm-house of Patcham Court, at one time the manor house, and the large 18th-century mansion called Patcham Place lies at the foot of the hill, whence the village has …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… pasture land. Apart from the alluvium, which lies around or below the 107 m. contour, and a small rise of Lower Chalk, … north-easterly lane and include at least one timber-framed house of the 17th century. Opposite Manor Farm, which in 1976 … building in Patney, both council and private, has taken place at the northern end of the lane leading to All Cannings …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… PATRICK BROMPTON Bruntone (xi cent.); Patricbrumtone or Brumton Patrik (xii cent.); Paterick Burnton or Paterick … The remains of Hunton Old Hall, 10 now occupied as a farm-house, the property of Mr. M. D'Arcy Wyvill, stands a little … south arcade are of 14th-century date and perhaps take the place of a 12th-century arcade, of which only the eastern bay …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… in Domesday, Borne, which name it took from the bourn or stream which runs through it; and it was afterwards called … latter a neat genteel habitation; opposite to them is a house called Heart-hall, formerly belonging to the family of … Bridges. Of the daughters, Mary died unmarried, at Bridge-place, in 1771, and Olive married John Bowtell, D. D. vicar …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Cray PAUL'S CRAY LIES the next parish northward. This place takes its name from the church being dedicated to St. … trom hence, is the seat of Paul's Cray Hill; the opposite or western boundary is much covered with coppice wood, near … king Henry VI. by deed in his life-time, founded an alms-house in this parish, which he ordered by his will, to be …
A History of the County of Bedford
… composed mainly of plastered cottages with thatched or tiled roofs, is situated towards the centre of the parish … Chamberlain was followed in the lordship of Pavenham, or Pabenham as it was then alternatively called, by a family … it to his uncle Thomas Pabenham, 14 whose death took place in 1345, 15 in which year William Croyser (who held …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… has three. The eaves descend very low at the back of the house. The highest point in the north of the parish is a … but there is sand at the northeast corner. No railway or canal runs through the parish, the nearest railway … this manor in 1307, 14 and Robert Power, either this man or a son of the same name, was holding it in 13223 15 and in …
A History of the County of Worcester
… part of the present building was erected in 1670, 3 the house is now of little interest, having undergone … is surrounded by a race-course. Sixteenth-century place-names which occur in deeds relating to Pedmore are the … Grymsmere Inneye, Olerne Coppice, Gostier, 4 Nednell or Knednell, and Foxcote. 5 MANOR The manor of PEDMORE was …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… towards the north into the Medway, opposite to Hadlow, or southward towards the stream which separates the two … branch is John Spencer Colepeper, esq. late of the Charter-house, and those of Wakehurst, in Sussex, barts. now extinct. … the limitations therein expressed, should build an alms house, for six old, blind, or impotent persons of this …