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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 13th century, and possibly from the later nth century or earlier, it has contained two markedly different villages, … Nether Stanton. 2 Stanton, the site of the church, manor house, and rectoryhouse, was later called Upper Stanton, and … the south a charter mentions the southern stream and the place later called Clanville. 7 To the west the boundary was …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… on the stream called the Sling and grew around the manor-house and church which dominate the small village. The … at Stanway. 52 The house, described as 'a fair manor place' in the 16th century, had been largely rebuilt and … by a triangular pediment. The south front, probably built or altered in the late 17th century, is two-storied with two …
A History of the County of Northampton
… of the church of St. Lawrence, and a stream, in the manor-house land, known as Finswell, which ran for a distance of … about 12 poles above ground and then disappeared. Stanwick House, occupied by Mr. James Adams, stands on rising ground … nor had it; and this he offered to prove by battle or by putting himself on the assize. 11 The men of the Abbot …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… it: There appere great ruines in a valley of a howse or a litle castel at Albruch village, and thereby rennith a … north side of Stanwick Park. Opposite to it is the manor-house, within which is a plain oak stair of the 16th century … Earl of Richmond in exchange for the manor of Wissett (co. Suffolk). 54 From this time the manor follows the descent of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… extend. On the opposite side of the parish is Crixall house, once a gentleman's seat, but now diminished to the … lessee likewise of Down-court. The manor of Crixall, or more properly Crickshall, and in some antient deeds … an only son Charles, who died unmarried; their burial-place was in this church-yard, and there are now two of their …
A History of the County of Hertford
… belonging and the fields called Fillies alias Phillhouse or Phillhorse Close, the Warren called the Great Warren and … Henry Smith, who is the present lord of the manor. The house called Waterford Hall lies east of the main road from … one of the numerous holdings of Geoffrey de Bech in that place in 1086. 55 With Eastwick it came into the possession …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and ditch were levelled in the 18th century, when Gogmagog House was built there. Two new entrances, supplementing the … said in the 1620s to have been formerly accustomed to cut, or recut, on the turf the figure of a giant, perhaps when … the chancel had recently been refaced in Portland stone in place of clunch; the rest of the church is of flint and field …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… is immediately north of the church: a substantial house there was apparently built in the mid 19th century. … the village. Over Street. West of the Till a small castle or a fortified house was apparently built in the 12th century … downs, c. 10 a. of plantation. 180 Further planting took place from the later 19th century, and in the 1970s there …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… borough, the boroughs of King's Franchise and Faircrouch, or Lovehurst, is in the bailiwic of the Seven Hundreds, and … the church at the south end of it, and the parsonage-house just below it. The houses are mostly old-fashioned and … of six pieces; and having continued in possession of this place from the reign of Edward II. till that of Henry VI. at …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Two hundred yards west of the church is Startforth Manor House, a plain rect angular building, on the south side of … with a form of Rosicrux, a stepped cross with a rose in place of arms. The following names of closes, &c., in … was held in the early 13th century by Walter Savage or le Savage. 15 Walter granted its services to Emma de …