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A History of the County of Buckingham
… north. At a short distance to the north-west is the Moat House, 2 formerly the ancient manor-house. The vicarage … Bellairs-Harries) to the school erected in 1891 by the London and North Western Railway Company. New Bradwell, … It is chiefly inhabited by the men employed in the London and North Western railway works at Wolverton. The …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Danes in 914, 4 Edward the Confessor is said to have had a house. 5 At least one charter of Henry I is dated from Brill, … of the village, are both of 17th-century date; at Little London, a hamlet near the south-west boundary of the parish, … Established Church. Samuel Turner, by his will proved at London 14 November 1873, bequeathed 400, the income to be …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Pagnell terminal station on a branch from Wolverton of the London and North Western railway and 3 miles north-west of Woburn Sands station on the London and North Western railway. At the northern end of the village are the church, the rectory, and Broughton House, the residence of Lieut.-Col. Arthur William Hervey …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… All Saints Church and the Manor Farm, formerly the manor-house, an interesting old building of stone. 3 It is of two … conveyed it to Sir Thomas Bennett, citizen and alderman of London. 32 Sir Thomas Bennett settled it in 1624 on his … will the remainder to his third son Richard, and died at London in February 16267. 33 Richard died in the following …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… mainly farms. Near the centre of the parish is Caversfield House, a large modern building, the seat of Mrs. Herbert … the lady of the manor. The church and old rectory-house lie to the west of it. The Home Farm, immediately south … on attaining his majority sued Robert Gilbert, Bishop of London, and others whom his father had enfeoffed to the uses …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 92 is of about 1500; the second is by Thomas Lester of London, 1741, and the third by Henry Knight, 1616. There is …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… north side is the inscription 'T.B.C. 1662, P.H.' Priory House, built on the site of the small house of Austin Canons established here in 1245 by Ralph de … alms for their relief. 4 After the Dissolution the house built here was for many generations the home of the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… spring, the waters of which formerly supplied the house through the agency of a curious tower three stories … Mary daughter of Samuel Cranmer, a wealthy alderman of London, 55 while on the death of his uncle Henry Chester in … and Mary his wife (d. 1710), daughter of Samuel Cranmer, London; and the other, with the arms of Chester impaling …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… village, is an interesting example of a late 16th-century house, much altered, but retaining several original features. … is 'the lodge in the park of Chilton' of 1607. 2 Chilton House Chilton House, which stands to the east of the church, … 40. In 1471 Gilbert was used by Robert Duplage, tailor of London, who claimed 'Zouches manor' in Chilton in payment of …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… stone building incorporating remains of an earlier house, but much altered and restored, to the south of the … have been a small 15th-century oratory, which adjoined the house on the east, was pulled down. North-west of the church stood the house built by Alexander Small on his purchase of the manor …