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A History of the County of Hampshire
… the country with only a rude low church and a single farm-house in the neighbourhood, but commanding a most lovely and … and on its eastern boundaries are the rectory, Silchester House, the residence of Mrs. Davis, and Silchester … and heiress of Richard de Cure, Earl of Pembroke, 8 or in his own right as brother and heir of John Marshal, …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… on the green near the new maypole, erected in 1882 in place of an earlier one. The church stands on higher ground … village, and close beside it is Sinnington Hall, a modern house the residence of Miss Kendall. Near it on the east is a … the Cecils held Sinnington and Marton 41 until (in 1781 or later) James Marquess of Salisbury sold them to Robert …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… in Saxon, sdingburna, i. e. the hamlet by the bourne, or small stream. THE PARISH and town of Sittingborne is … about a quarter of a mile from the town is a good modern house called Glovers, which lately belonged to Thomas … of fruit trees, to which they must soon in their turn give place. Northward from the town the grounds are entirely …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… the Kilton Thorpe branch railway, and Charlton Terrace or Slapewath (Slaipwath) has a tramway running from the mines … built by one of the Brus family and was the dwelling-place successively of the Bruses, Fauconbergs, Conyers, … mentioned in the 18th century. 15 To the south-east is a house called Glaphowe, and north of this is Glaphowe Whin, …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… of Earl Brownlow. Barking Abbey. Azure three roses or with three garden lilies in the chief all in a border … of the manor to the Duke of Bridgewater in 1724 the site or manor-house was, or lately had been, in the occupation of James …
Magna Britannia
… of being steward at the bishop's installing feast. 1 Pole, or Poole, in this parish, is said (but I think erroneously) … the abbey of St. Michael, in Normandy. The abbot of that house conveyed it to Sir Nicholas Bonville. Leland, speaking … After the attainder of the Marquis, (then Duke of Suffolk,) this estate became the property of the Petres, and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of Warninglid it dips to a lake near the ruins of Slaugham Place, and rises again to the village, at 200 ft., which lies … tiled roof with a central chimney-stack of thin bricks. A house, north of the triangle, is of the 17th century; the … The hall appears to have been of two bays, and had a solar or buttery wing east of it: if there was a west wing it has …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… are now in the British Museum. 4 The Wyvills had a house here in March 121516, 5 probably the capital messuage … enclose, crenellate, embattle and machicolate' the 'castle or manor.' 9 Though its moat can still be distinctly traced, … as half a fee of the heirs of Wake 78; but by 1316 the place of the Chambards had been taken by Ralph Fitz William, …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Copse is a moat, probably representing the site of a manor house. The Islip Iron Company have extensive mines of … has a four-centred arch, and is a 15th-century insertion or replacement. The west wall is thickened out in the middle … appears to have been rebuilt in the 18th century, or perhaps later. Internally the walls are plastered, and the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… entire parish is very low, and the land, even in the north or highest part, is not much over 100 ft. above the ordnance … first, two rooms being hired as ticket offices at a public-house known as the 'North Star,' near the present station. 5 … was not until the latter half of the 19th century that the place made much real progress. CHURCHES The modern church of …