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A History of the County of Surrey
… on a new site and called De Novo Loco, Newark, Newstead, or New Place. The foundation was anterior to the benefaction by … de Lucy, who died in 1204, gave a grant of land to the house under the name of Aldbury. Andrew Bukerel, son of …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… well watered by the tributaries of the Swale. Sessay Beck, or Birdforth Beck as it is called higher up its course, flows … side of the village street is the small 18th-century manor-house. The old village was at the apex, where is the site of … building with a burying ground and rectory in a convenient place. 3 The old church had fallen into decay and was at so …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a large outcrop, defined by faults, of the Cotswold slate or tile beds at the base of the Great Oolite. 11 The parish … of the SyrefordWinchcombe road for a park in front of his house (later Brockhampton Park). The park, the creation of … from Syreford 67 and crossed the Cheltenham road at a place known in the later 18th century as Harolds cross, 68 …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… across this county, and divides the upland from the Weald or southern district of it. It is divided into three … neighbourhood. In the middle of the High-Street is the house of the late Dr. Thomas Fuller, afterwards of Francis … Robert de Saukevil, the third son, held lands in Essex and Suffolk, and left by Letitia his wife, daughter of Sir Henry …
A History of the County of Worcester
… chief building of interest is Clifton Court, now a farm-house. Near Clifton is Ashmoor Common, from which a brook … of the 18th century, to Lord Coventry. 13 The following place-names occur: Kekynwyche Grounde, 14 Wynshull, 15 Benhay … held of the manor of Hanley Castle. 36 Marshal. Party or and vert a lion gules. William Earl of Pembroke had given …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… who is the present owner of it, but there is neither house nor demesne lands belonging to it. THE MOAT is a manor, … his arms, Argent, on a fess wavy, sable, three escallops, or, between three trefoils, slipt of the second. He left a … should be owners of the estate. This charity did not take place till the year 1784. One girl only has as yet been put …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… at the south east end of it. There are about twenty two house in the parish, and the rents of it are about three … the family of Hall, of Kennington. Sir Wm. Hall, of that place, died possessed of it in the reign of king James I. and … that the usual paying of tithe-wood in any parish, or in many, does not make it due, if it can be shewed that …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… of the county. It consisted of three tithings, Shalbourne or Town, Bagshot in the north and Oxenwood in the south; the … especially at Bagshot, Rivar and Oxenwood. The Manor House stands at the south end of the village, and is a long … Knight of Newbury as a late possession of Charles Duke of Suffolk ( L. and P. Hen. VIII, xix [2], g. 340 [24]). Cal. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… remains were found to the west of the village in 1854. Place-names occurring in connexion with Shalden in the 17th … held it in 1428. 30 From him the manor passed by descent or purchase to Robert Lee and his wife Joan, who conveyed it … Gathorne Wood, the present owner. 42 Mauduit. Paly wavy or and gules. Richard, Earl of Cornwall. Argent a lion gules …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Inn, behind which, a little to the north, stands the manor-house, a picturesque small building of the 16th17th century. … of the parish, at the mouth of the Newtown River, are one or two private residences. Ningwood House, about half a mile … when wooden mullioned windows with brick reveals took the place of what may have been 15th-century lights. The …