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A History of the County of Huntingdon
… of the abbey was the BANLIEU (banleuca, leucata, leugata or lowy), nominally the distance of a league around the … and the other probably of a later date. 16 So far as the place names in them can be identified, the boundary of the … 27 Apparently a most prosperous trade was that of ale-house keeping, for we find as many as fifty-four women at a …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Annulets, whereof one is covered with a large Canton, or Quarter. Robert Daincurt, and Hawisia, his Wife, for their … Marriage of the Heir Female, came from Cotgrave into their Place, where it still continueth. 14 The Lady Hawisia … said Hugh de Hoveringham gave to God and St. Mary, and the House of the Hospital of St. John the Baptist, at Jerusalem, …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… This Town, whose Name importeth as much as Red Hill, or Bank, situate upon the River of Sore, and nearer the River … kind and faithful Father to her Children; they dwelt in an House built at the Red-Hill, by the Side of the River Soure, … this river produceth the best pike in England. In this place is a free-school for the education of six poor children …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of the buildings are of the local stone, with thatched or stone-tiled roofs. Some of these may date from the 17th … South-west of the village, about 1 miles, stands Upton House, 4 given to the National Trust in 1948 by Viscount … manor in 1850, when Viscount Villiers was living at Upton House. 57 Waleran, Earl of Warwick (11841204), gave lands in …
A History of the County of Northampton
… the honor of Gloucester. Lancaster. Gules three leopards or with a label of France. Clare. Or three cheverons gules. On 28 November 1618 the customary … seised of a third part of the manor called Chamberleyn's Place in Cotes. He left a widow, Margaret, who afterwards …
A History of the County of Bedford
… the Kimbolton Road, stand the Old White Lion Inn and one or two houses, with Zion Chapel, built in 1853 by the … Baptists. The road then skirts the grounds of Ravensden House, the property and residence of Mr. F. A. W. Wythes, and … may, however, have passed to Francis Wythes of Ravensden House, mentioned as a landowner in 1854 and 1877, and his …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… extends likewise into the parish of Barham. RECULVER was a place of considerable note in the time of the Romans, who had … was the sea, and on the other side the water of Genlade, or the Wantsune, which then being of considerable breadth, … abbay and Brightwald archbishop of Cantorbury was of that house. The old building of the chirch of the abbay remayneth …
A History of the County of Hertford
… two houses of importance in the High Street are Redbourn House, the residence of Sir James Thomson, and the Priory, … is an ancient camp near Church End called the Aubreys. Place-names are Jeromeside or Jerome Islands, Floures, Saldeford, Bethlespole, …
A History of the County of Worcester
… 2 a tributary of the Leadon, and the Wynd Brook. Church House, Redmarley D'Abitt The western part of the parish is … Sunday before St. Bartholomew's Day. 5 Among the ancient place-names are Assendene 6 (xiv cent.); Le Mere, 7 Moreheldende or Morellynde 8 (surviving as Murrellsend) (xv cent.); …
A History of the County of Durham
… several brooks running south-east to join the Bishopton or Whitton Beck, which forms the boundary on that side. … manor of Bradbury to William Earl and afterwards Duke of Suffolk, the 'manor' of Stillington being included in … estate was therefore sequestered in 1644; he had left his house and gone into Cumberland to assist the king's forces. …