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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… is long and narrow. It stretches 9 km. from the river Cam or Rhee, its northern boundary, to the Icknield Way in the … from the church towards the rectory and Cheyneys manor house. At Brook End, north of the rectory, so named by 1442, … it, to his patron, Lord Thomas Howard, later earl of Suffolk. In 1586 Giles sold his Morden lands to two men who …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… close on the east side of the Stone-street way, just above or southward of Lower Hardres, in a wild hilly country. It is … it became vested in her heirs, who were her four sisters or their representatives, viz. the Rev. James-Charles … two shields of arms, one, Azure, semee of cross croslects, or, a lion ermine, over all a fess; gules; the other, Gules, …
A History of the County of Bedford
… of Steppingley is the Warren, formerly a small farm-house, now occupied by a gamekeeper. It stands among the … Wood, belonging to the Duke of Bedford. The following place-names have been found in documents relating to this … made applicable in aid of the funds of any clothing, coal or sick club. The Well Estate Charity. By an award under the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… from the Anglo-Saxon steort, meaning a promontory, point, or tail of land. 7 Beneath the greensand ridge a small stream … until 1894 and on that side of the street lies Stert House, the largest house in the parish after Stert Farm. 20 A … the assistance of a curate and a service was held in each place every Sunday. 101 On Census Sunday in 1851 104 attended …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… establishments include the National Stud and Egerton House, and a large riding school was opened in 1959. 10 The … in 1876. 63 The lands of Patmers were later known as Place farm, and in 1770 the farm-house stood at the northern … fields: the largest, Naughts Hill, covered 390 a., Middle or Waste field covered 360 a., and Ditch field 270 a., all …
A History of the County of Hertford
… building to the left of the entrance and the drawing-room or parlour in the wing to the right. The kitchen offices … walls are of flint and parts of thin bricks. Adjoining the house is a square timber-framed building of two stories, with … pyramidal roof, which may at one time have been a dove-house. Part of Chesfield Park, the residence of Mr. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… parish was not inclosed until 1885, 5 when it was the last place on the Berkshire downs to relinquish the old system of … on the Southampton and Oxford road, is traversed by Mill or Ginge Brook, and is surrounded by brooks and ditches on … a cell of Bec Abbey, and is a fairly large 16th-century house with three gables on the north, the westernmost of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… is still to be found at a distance of a mile from the house one which goes by the name of Brocas Copse, thus … crops are wheat, barley, oats, turnips and sainfoin. Among place-names in Steventon mentioned in the 16th century are … demesnes of his land in Steventon to the men of that vill or others at mtayage or at farm as he preferred, 11 but in …
A History of the County of Bedford
… nor dry in times of drought. 4 There is a Baptist meeting-house, established here in 1655, the present building dating … range of low stone buildings, with traces of a gate-house or porter's lodge, and an unroofed chapel standing near … The parishioners, "beating the bounds" on arriving at this place, used to dig a hole, jump in it, and then drink to …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… numerous timber-framed houses and cottages with plaster or brick filling of the 16th and 17th centuries. They are for … 'There are the remains of several fish-ponds and the house is moated round. It is at present in a most ruinous … in 1415, 32 Alice married William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk. 33 It seems probable that the manor after this date …