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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… indeed the most so of any in this county. The manor-house of Polton stands in a deep and lonely valley, it is a … its situation, to the church of River, yet it never took place; and the revenues of it were at different times … to it, described only by the name of the monastery or house of St. Radigund, lately dissolved. The scite of this …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Here to the west of the road is West Farm, a rambling old house with a front garden full of close clipped yew hedges of … for nearly two centuries. James Hunt, probably son or grandson of Hugh, died at Popham in 1605, and his son John … sacraments except burial, and to dwell continually in a house at Popham ordained of old for that purpose. The vicar …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Hampshire is in antiquities, the county possesses but one or two villages that can compete with Portchester in … north-east is the smaller farm of Little Wyke. Wyke mill-house and a disused windmill is reached by Wyke Path. The … in Portchester were inclosed in 1807. 3. The following place names occur in 1538: 'Whettecrofte, Berestronde, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Romano-British building have been discovered near Easthill House, 3 to the south-east of the old village, and burials of … and parish church, passing several old cottages, one or two of which are possibly late-16thcentury, lying between … while that in the east wall has a slender shaft in place of the mullion. Neither of the couplets has an external …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and unfrequented, at the foot of the ridge of down or chalk hills, which are its northern boundaries. The … Mary, and was succeeded by John Aucher, esq. of Otterden place, his eldest son, who leaving by his first wife an only … Wood's Ath. Oxon. vol. ii. p. 408, 1131. He rebuilt the house of this vicarage. Likewise rector of Saltwood. The …
A History of the County of Bedford
… It consists of the church with a modern rectory, two or three cottages and a school built by the Duke of Bedford … Farm and the Hill Farm, apparently an early 18th-century house. The site of the manor-house can be plainly distinguished to the south of the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and Erlestoke and East Coulston to the south. The Porch House in the main street of Potterne is one of the best-known … and tracery which reached from the roof to within two or three feet of the upper floor. 15 In 1876 the house was … who on 2 5 January 1753 fell dead in Devizes Market Place in the act of telling a lie. 52 Manors At the time of …
A History of the County of Bedford
… to some low land bounded by a small stream. The market-place, which is in the centre of the town, contains three … and a fair number of timber-framed buildings of the same or an earlier date. These latter in several cases seem to … Inn is a good example of this, and in Horselow Street is a house, not at present an inn, but with a characteristic …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… John Aubrey (162697) described Poulshot as a 'wett dirty place' and the inhabitants of the parish as 'appearing in the … framed building with 100 sittings. 84 In 1781 the rector's house at Poulshot was built mainly of brick, the west front, … part of the land known as Cook's Yard 'fronting the common or green' in trust for a school which was to be in union with …
A History of the County of Worcester
… seat of the Beauchamps of Powick. It is now only a farm-house. There is a pound on the high road here. At Callow End … which suggests a house of much larger size compressed or shrunk to its present dimensions. Most of the ground floor … which respectively opened and closed the Civil War, took place at Powick Bridge. A fierce skirmish in which the …