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A History of the County of Sussex
… yet be seen. Close under these, adjoining a modern farm-house, are the remains of the manor-house, known as Poynings Place. This was destroyed by fire in 1727, the ruins … 39 It is still the property of the Crown. Poynings. Barry or and vert a bend gules. Percy. Or a lion azure. Browne. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… former represented in the 20th century only by one manor-house and its outbuildings, the latter by a farm-house; there … 8 that Prescote was turned over to sheep-farming in or before the 16th century, and the likelihood is that there … year, expenditure was 109, a very large sum for so small a place. 111 In the 1820s the total fell steadily and in 1829 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and a half miles west of Winchcombe, was an extraparochial place that became a parish under the Extra-Parochial Places … later enlarged and thrown together to form the farm-house, may be of the same date: one end of the cottages and … in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, of rubble masonry or brick. Pardon Hill and Prescott House originated in the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… which by the 12th century formed the castle's barton or demesne farm, was the nucleus of the new parish and was … by clay-with-flints north of the Kennet near Manton House and on Marlborough Common. Similar deposits occur south … and a summer house built at its southern end above the place where the canal cascaded into the Kennet. 203 The …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of the parish quarries were in use from the 16th century or earlier until the early 20th. 8 It was said that stone … by the moated site of the Bishop of Hereford's manor-house, may mark an early settlement, and it was there that … 90 The 'King's Arms' in High Street was a popular meeting-place for sportsmen in the mid-19th century, 91 when William …
A History of the County of Rutland
… about it are mostly of stone. The picturesque Old Manor House, with its outbuildings, now a farm, lies in the middle … which faces directly on to the road. Adjoining the Manor House is the Congregational church, a plain brick building … In 1817 the name is given either as Preston cum Uppingham or Uppingham cum Preston. 14 The manors, now united, belong …
A History of the County of Sussex
… side of the Wellesbourne is the church and the manor-house, Preston Manor, now the ThomasStanford Museum. The … end of the hall is now cut off by a passage. Neither fire-place shows any signs of antiquity, nor do any old windows … in 1782. 5 See of Chichester. Azure Our Lord in majesty or with His vesture argent and a sword proceeding out of His …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… two hundred acres of which are in this parish. The other, or eastern part, in which the house stands, which is now the residence of the vicar, is … estates to his two nieces, and a partition of them taking place, this manor came to S. Toomor, esq. who married one of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… road, and not far from them the new-built seat of Preston-house. The high road from Faversham to Ashford having crossed … broad-leased everlasting pea, and the vinca minor, or periwincle. PRESTON was given, by the name of the … is a hole, where the manor-court is called on, and this place appears to have been the scite of the antient …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 17th and early 18th centuries Preston Bagot was a hamlet or liberty in the large constabulary of Claverdon. 4 The … to the right, towards Warwick, a few yards past the manor-house, but the original line is continued for a short … of the west front, but a square bay-window has taken its place and the present entrance was moved next north into the …