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A History of the County of Worcester
… probably from the latter half of the 16th century. The house has, however, been very much altered from time to time … at the back, but flush with the main block on the east or principal front. The house may be said to be built on … Elm. 17 In the 15th century a tenement called Snygges Place was held by Thomas a Bruggis. 18 This name survives in …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Robert de Calz (Lords of Shelford,) for their Part of that Place; to which Priory of Haverholme in the County of … and Meadows of Staunton, so as he was not put in the Plow, or any other Work during his going there, and that each Part …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… it being then become the Fee of Walter de Ayncurt, (as all or most of Torie's Lands in this County were) in Demesne were … having their chief Residence here had their Name from this Place. and do continue in the Male Line, possessed of it to … impaired his Estate, as the Parliament Soldiers did his House here, in which they sometimes quartered. He sold some …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… a half Bovat. The Land was one Car. There Alured the Man (or Tenant) of the Earl had one Car. six Vill. three Bord. with two Car. 1 (or Plows) there was twenty Acres of Meadow. This in the … Daughters and Heirs. The Family of Sibthorp, as in that Place may be seen, had Interest here. So that of Swillington, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… held land in the parish in 1334. 14 The oldest surviving house in the village is a timber-framed house, next to the church, called the Old Manor, although it … replaced with brick. The house was extended in the 16th or 17th century by the addition of a two-storied wing with a …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… the eastern boundary of the churchyard is an old red-brick house with a picturesque chimney-stack, dating in part from … the main road from Petersfield to Liss. Ashford, Forcombe or Foxcombe, and Aldersnapp were formerly tithings of East … Marsh, and Bowyer's Common were inclosed in 1866. Among place-names occurring in the seventeenth century are 'Kettle …
A History of the County of Oxford
… running east towards the river from either Steeple Aston or Middle Aston; a causeway runs from Grange Farm in the … of north-east at the school, passing south of the manor house and on to Upper Heyford by way of Duckworth's well. … Aston was said to be held of John de la Pole, duke of Suffolk (d. 1491); possibly the manor was granted to him for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was intermixed with that of Westcott Barton (1,049 a. or 425 ha.), and the two parishes, although separate by the … there were early outlying farms. In 1579 there was a house in Shepper's Close in Steeple Barton, probably in the … pasture, apparently associated with inclosures, was taking place in the late 15th century, 215 and by the early 17th …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… crops are wheat, barley, beans and peas. The following place-names appear in local records: Cotedich, Shalkhill, 3 … in demesne, while six hides were held of the abbot by free or customary tenants. 7 Pope Alexander III confirmed Gidding … he had not only failed to scour the watercourse near his house (a duty which, after all, any ordinary villager was apt …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… ever been prominent in the parish. From the 11th century or earlier the Wylye was used to drive mills in the parish … Steeple Langford church stands near the river: the rectory house, the demesne farm buildings of Steeple Langford manor, … was unaffected by the partition of the manor which took place between 1306 and 1310. 122 The demesne was possibly …