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A History of the County of Berkshire
… almost wholly detached, standing at the east end of the house; it is about 41 ft. by 20 ft., lies east and west, and … was occupied by three Augustinian canons without abbot or prior, conceived the project of founding a convent for … inclosed nuns under the rule of St. Augustine and, in a place apart, for ten priests of the order of Fontevraud, at …
A History of the County of Hertford
… in the latter half of the 17th century. 6 In 1809 the house of Thomas Smith at Roe Green was licensed for worship. … of the dean and chapter, 14 purports to be a grant or confirmation made by King Athelstan (92440) to the … See note 97 below. There is, however, no proof that this place lay in Sandon (see below). Chan. Inq. p.m. 22 Edw. III, …
A History of the County of Hertford
… of the town of St. Albans, formerly known as Barnet Heath or Barnet Wood, the second battle of St. Albans was fought in … church, with Pound Farm, a picturesque seventeenth-century house, on the opposite side of the road. There are many … and the archdeaconries of Huntingdon and St. Albans. Place-names which occur are Nasselond, Porterswicke, …
A History of the County of Bedford
… consists mainly of four streets radiating from the market-place, High Street, in a south-easterly direction, the … At some distance to the west of it is Sandy Place, a house of much the same period, though built on the site of an … 35 Engayne. Gules a fesse dancetty between six crosslets or. Barnacke. Argent a horse-barnacle sable. Stoneham. Argent …
A History of the County of Hertford
… a mile to the north of the village, and contains some nine or ten cottages. This and the outlying farms called Sarratt … a corn-mill, later a paper-mill on the Chess, and the Mill House remains and is the property of the duke of Bedford. At … Roman urns and a fibula have been found in the churchyard. Place-names which occur are Oldlands, le Goosehalt, and …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… land and 178 of permanent grass. 1 There are no woods or plantations. The slope of the land varies between 348 ft. … 2 to have stood to the westward of the present church at a place called Great Saunderton. After its decline the … as St. Mary and St. Nicholas. The rectory, formerly a farm-house, about half a mile to the south-east of the church, is …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Sabrisceworth, Sabrettesworth (xiv cent.); Sabresford or Sabrisworth (xv cent.); Sabridgeworth (xvi cent.); … of the church is the Square, which was once the market-place. There is now no market, but two fairs are still held … old houses still remain in and about the town. The Church House, situated at the churchyard gates, is an old building …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… boundary follows the former course of the river Cam or Granta and part of its northern boundary follows the river … was turnpiked in 1724 and disturnpiked in 1870, 22 a toll-house being built at the north end of the parish by … Thomas (d. 1361) and Edmund. 87 Michael, later earl of Suffolk, apparently released his rights in Dernford to …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… of Archer's Wood. Stone implements of the Neolithic Age or later have been found, the most important being a British … as far removed as possible, as befitted a Cistercian house, from the traffic of the Great North Road. 15 The abbey … of many of the buildings were traced. 21 A great many place-names are to be found in the documents relating to the …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… of one Mess. 72 Acres of Land, and four of Meadow, in this Place, held of the Priories of Shelford and Thurgarton: his … Cressover, Bailiff of Tikehill, 29 E. 1. at the great Turn or Court of Saxendale, next after Michaelmas that Year, … inclosed. [Throsby] Saxendale CONSISTS now of only three or four dwellings of any consequence. In a note at the bottom …