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A History of the County of Hampshire
… rising in Buriton, and skirting the grounds of Nursted House. The London and Portsmouth road passes through the east … with another messuage adjoining, lately in the tenure or occupation of John Corps and Robert Brett, situated in the borough of Petersfield, bounded by the Market-place and High Street on the east, by Parsonage Lane on the …
A History of the County of Surrey
… its old houses, some of which are historically famous. Ham House, the seat of the Earls of Dysart, was built by Sir … sable. During the life of the Duches of Lauderdale the place was considered one of the finest near London. Evelyn … attics, and is built of red brick throughout with stone or cement dressings. The oldest portion has narrow bricks …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… intrenchments below it, are by many supposed to be on the place to which the Britons retreated, after they were driven … at a field's distance from the high road to Hythe, is the house called Street-end, formerly belonging to the … several parts of this county, who bore for their arms, Or, a cross engrailed, gules. Ivode Haut is mentioned in the …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… were separated from it in 1233; Goathland was cut off in or about 1830 and Newtonon-Rawcliff in 1866, 1 both of these … was 'Dic' 7 the earliest historical mention of the place as opposed to the 'manor' is that of the visit here of … lain south-west of the town by the Costa. 19 In 1702 a house at Pickering was set apart for service for Dissenters. …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… of the village of Swainby, where there are now only one or two scattered cottages, is north of Pickhill. The … angles and entrance. To the north is a pedimented house of somewhat earlier date. Ainderby House stands on … ground floor and the bedroom above are panelled. Among the place-names found in connexion with the parish are The …
A History of the County of Rutland
… been converted into three cottages, and the new Manor Farm House built to take its place. The Blue Bell Inn some sixty … hamlet of some eight cottages, which have now disappeared or been converted into outhouses. Tycho Wing, the astrologer, … 15 He served as collector of a fifteenth in Norfolk and Suffolk in 1225, and as a Justice of Assize in 1226. 16 His …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Farm, in the village, and another with a 17th-century farm-house at Halcombe. There are several old cottages of … at the lower end of the hall, which has a fine open fire-place with stone jambs and a depressed four-centred oak … is a four-centred relieving arch turned in thin bricks or tiles. Such other fire-places as remain on the upper floor …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Brill takes in part of the ancient farm of Chilling Place (half in Brill parish), which forms the southeastern … seen only when one passed through in the carrier's cart, or when the Irish labourers came over for harvest, a … the church and possibly on the site of the former manor-house, is now two houses under one roof. The building dates …
A History of the County of Northampton
… no longer worked, but was used for lime-burning till 1924 or 1925. At the end of the 19th century there was a shoe … manor of Hackleton' by the prior in 1538. 30 Stafford. Or a cheveron gules. In 1349 the tenants of the Hastings fee … when Bridges wrote, and had here 'a very good mansion house'. 59 Thomas Lynes was lord of the manor in 1847 60 and …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… the residence of Mr. George Silk, is a substantial brick house covered with tiles. It was built early in the 18th … of Mr. Ernest Braybrook, originally a 17thcentury brick house plastered and roofed with tiles but considerably … inheritance of Humphrey, to Anthony Hammond of Somersham Place. 2 Other copyhold lands were obtained by Anthony with …