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A History of the County of Gloucester
… 9 The village is in two parts separated by Sherborne House and Park. It may have been a more compact settlement at … as well as one of the main staircases, are reconstructions or copies of 17thcentury features. Several of the paintings, … residence. In the 1930's further interior alterations took place, when a circular staircase was made. 46 The gateposts …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… joined the Bath Road at Beenham (Berks.). The Bow Brook, or Little Loddon, forms its northern boundary, separating the … lake formed by the widening of Wey Brook. Beaurepaire House in the north (an ancient mansion surrounded by a moat) … crops raised are wheat, barley and roots. The following place-names are found in documents relating to the parish: …
A History of the County of Warwick
… above the Avon, to Fulbrook and Hampton Lucy. Sherbourne House is a building of three stories, cellars, and attics. … with stop-chamfered beams and joists and a wide fire-place. Sherbourne Farm, about mile NNW. of the church, is a … and carry the lord's hay. Every virgate owed yearly 2 d., or 4 hens, at choice. 8 In 1248 the Templars were granted …
A History of the County of Surrey
… distances. The downs to the north are mostly open grass, or wooded, and rise to 600 or 700 ft. above the sea, while to … Aubrey mentions 'the extraordinary good parsonage house,' which still remains at the western end of the … It seems strange that Gomshall, which has always been a place of considerable population and importance, should never …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… manor of Basingstoke. 1a It was in the charge of a mower or keeper, who was elected at the court of the manor of … Reading and Basingstoke road south of Wheler's Court. This house was the capital messuage of the Wheler estate in the … chief crops are wheat, oats, and beans. Thirteenth-century place-names which occur in connexion with Sherfield are la …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… No other buildings except the church are of any interest or antiquity. There are both Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist … of the toft which in 1273 was set apart as a dwelling-place for the vicar of Sheriff Hutton; 4 acres of meadow were … to the maintenance of his horse. 11 His dwelling-house, described as valueless in 1535, 12 had been succeeded …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… tithes were paid to the rector of Sherrington from c. 1783 or earlier, 5 were transferred to Codford St. Peter in 1884. … 26 Grouped in the north part were the church, the rectory house, a Norman castle or fortified house, the demesne farm buildings, and the mill. In the south …
A History of the County of Bedford
… There is a mill in the north of the parish. No main road or railway passes through Shillington, the nearest station … parish was inclosed by Act of Parliament in 1802. 3 Among place-names may be mentioned the following: Brade Fen and … and seventeenth centuries the site of the mansion-house of the manor was leased out by the crown, which …
A History of the County of Warwick
… and well seen from it. An Inclosure Act for 15 yardlands, or 547 acres, was passed in 1772. 1 Shilton was probably the … in a recovery of 1559. 9 By 1730 there were two manors or lordships, the more important in the hands of the Dean and … the porch was repaired with floor-slabs from the Guest House of the monastery at Coventry. 15a The aisle (29 ft. 3 …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… of St. Giles's, Reading, in 1889. 4 The church and manor-house of Shinfield lie on the eastern side of the parish, not … Gules a cheveron engrailed between three cinqfoils or with three lions sable on the cheveron. The manor of … Buckingham, 35 and thereafter to have descended with Moor Place (q.v.). Early in the reign of Henry III there were 2 …