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A History of the County of Buckingham
… station on the Verney Junction and Banbury branch of the London and North Western railway. The church of St. James … a modern building, to the south. In 1639 the parsonage-house is described as a building of two bays. 2 There are … 48 who in 1347, being then Dean of St. Martin le Grand in London, conveyed the manor to John Giffard, canon of St. …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… little distance from the main road. 4 Lower Pollicott farm-house, 5 about threequarters of a mile south of the church, … parish was valued at 2 s. 139 In 1738 there was a rectory-house here known as the 'Priest's Lodging.' 140 A pension of … to the two manors of Pollicott. This is probably the farm-house of Little Pollicott mentioned in 1738 (Priv. Act, 11 …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… church, lies in the south-west of the parish. The rectory-house, which was built by the Rev. Thomas Scott on his … 19th century, 2 stands to the south-east and the manor-house to the south-west of the church. Part of a homestead … 99; ccccxci, 88. Three of his daughters lived at the manor-house in the middle 17th century (Lipscomb, op. cit. i, 45, …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… is the vicarage, an early 19th-century building. The house which it replaced has been described in a terrier of … near the Vicarage, stands on the site of the ancient manor-house of Astwood, a large and important building pulled down … the best old seats in the county.' 6 Bury Farm and the old house at Green Valley Farm are 17th-century houses of …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… smaller road branching off to the south leads to the manor-house, which till the latter half of the 19th century was a … of the original building and the name of the builder. The house has, however, been much altered and modernized, through … cottage which seems to have formed part of a 16th-century house, possibly an earlier manorhouse. Some of the windows …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… residence of the lords of the manor. It is a two-storied house of stone with tiled roofs, and dates in its present … of the solar and undercroft of a late 15th-century house, the gable at the west end of the south wall of this … to the upper floor of the solar block. The mediaeval house to which the greater part of the present building …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… The abbey site is now occupied by an 18th-century house standing in a well-wooded estate, Biddlesden Park, … Some 16th and early 17th-century accounts of the manor-house, which must have incorporated at least part of the old abbey, state that it contained sixteen bays, a brew-house, stable, 'colehouse,' dovecots, orchard, hop-yard, and …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… surface is strong clay and the subsoil Oxford Clay. The London and North Western railway passes almost due south … the church, incorporate the remains of a small half-timber house of the 15th century. The hall, which is now used as a … an important place of call on the chief highway between London and the north-west of England. The activity of the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… south-west into the little village to the turreted gate-house called Boarstall House, which is all that is left of the fortified mansion and … probably built when a licence to crenellate or fortify his house was granted to John Handlo in 1312, 16 and is a …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… being 300 ft. The Bletchley and Bedford section of the London and North Western railway, which runs through this … the River Ouzel. It contains an early 17thcentury farm - house with thatched roof and walls of half-timber and brick. … in 1315. 91 The temporalities enjoyed here by this house, valued in 1337 at 6 8 s. 4 d., 92 were described in …