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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… being called antiently in Latin, De Bosco Salso, or the Saltwood, from its near neighbourhood to the sea. In … gatehouse, which has but lately been made use of as a farm-house, is very stately, having two fine circular towers one … the time of taking the survey of Domesday, anno 1080, this place was held of the archbishop by knight's service, by Hugo …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Birmingham Canal, is Salwarpe Court, a fine half-timber house of the late 15th century, the ancient seat of the … from St. Andrews, Droitwich, at the same date. 7 Among the place-names are Coppecote, 8 Ladywood, formerly Levediwode, 9 … of 2,011. 38 Talbot. Gules a lion and an engrailed border or. In 1653 Sharington settled the manor on his eldest son …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Parishes Sambourne SAMBOURNE Acreage: 2,218 (2,175a. or. 9p. according to local information). Population: 1911, … of 17th-century date. The Green Dragon Inn, a modern brick house, has a lower east extension of 17th-century … pilasters, and a wide fireplace. Truslove's, a small farm-house, now two tenements, a little to the north-west of the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… area 3 km. south-east of Sampford village, called Cagley or Kagley in the 14th century 5 and later Wayshill. 6 In 1883 … Farm. 61 The latter is a large, late 19th-century house, with a twostoreyed cider house, office, coach house, … described as newly built in 1796. 112 It was called Court Place in 1979. By 1641 the parish had two churchwardens and …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Brighton Company's line to East Grinstead tunnels under it or passes through it with a Sanderstead station. Both, … are a few old cottages in the village and the old rectory-house dates from 1680. Though the parish is not nearly so … that his neighbour had taken 16 acres of land in one place and a rood and a half in another. 5 In 1276 the Abbot …
A History of the County of Oxford
… few yards north of the milestone. 'Redelondes' ( c. 1240) or 'Redlonde' (1512) lies south of the brickworks and … 1703. It is mentioned in 1396 21 and gave the name 'Pigeon house closes' (1849) 22 to the land now called 'Minchery … of grounds and house that made Hearne declare it a place 'altogether agreeable to the Beauty of these times.' 27 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… marks the change from the limestone of the Chipping Norton or great oolite series in the south to clay in the north, … with Great Tew, and a coin of Valens near the manor house. 23 Both Sandford and Ledwell were established by 1086 … ( Lascelles Dir. Oxon.), from Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk (d. 1545); cf. Marshall, Sandford, 19. P.R.O., E …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… occupied by the late Sir W. J. Farrer, is the manor-house and was built by Richard Heaviside. It was bought from … Wellington College from the South-west The manor of HALL or SANDHURST appears to have been the holding of a family of … and Surv. [Gen. Ser.], portf. 5, no. 56). The following place-names occur: Woods floure, Wyde (a plot of land), …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… which it is separated by the stream called the Kennet, or more usually Kent Dyke, which rises near Tysehurst, in that county, and just below that place falls into the river Rother. It is near four miles from … of the parish, on the knoll of a hill, and the parsonage-house at no great distance northward from it. Between the …
Magna Britannia
… of the Greys of Codnor and Wilton.) This William, or a son of the same name, had a grant from King Henry III., … to the Earl of Harrington. In this chapel is the burial place of the Willoughby family; in which are monuments of … Elizabeth Grey, their descendant, having built a school-house, with a habitation for the master and usher, in the …