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A History of the County of Hampshire
… scattered over its heights and hollows. Stratfieldsaye House is pleasantly situated, overlooking the Loddon, which … the connexion of the abbey of St. Mary Vallemont with the place. Beech Hill House, a large and plain mansion of brick, … called 'Nutbeames,' 6 'Fower Landes,' and 'Elains' or 'Faire Crosse House,' and a green called 'Foure Land …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and there was an unusual number of substantial gentlemen's or farmers' houses. In 1665 three were taxed on 5 to 7 … or 4 hearths. The Rectory with 12 hearths was the largest house in the village; the Vicarage with 2 was a comparatively … inclosure act 163 awarded 217 acres to Christ Church in place of its 5 yardlands and 251 acres in lieu of all tithes; …
A History of the County of Sussex
… from Burgess Hill to Chailey crosses the parish. Streat Place stands in extensive grounds north of the church. The house is of two stories with attics and cellars; the walls … the manor of Streat was Lord Bergavenny. 10 Say. Quarterly or and gules. The lands of Ralph de Chesney passed to his son …
A History of the County of Surrey
… to the Abbot of Bec, was afterwards known as Tooting Bec or Bec, 2 and corresponds to the Upper Tooting of the present … of wood in the parish. 9 Within the last few years Norfolk House and Wood Lodge to the west of the Brighton Road have … on the south side of the second common, called Streatham Place, 18 which he described in a letter of 1767 as 'my …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… street, and to the south of the street is Streatley House, the residence of Mrs. G. H. Morrell, which represents … by Mr. Akerman to the Anglo-Saxon period. 27 Fifteen, or possibly twenty-five, hides of land at Streatley were said … agent for William de la Pole Earl, and afterwards Duke, of Suffolk. 73 A rent of 20 reserved by Lord Strange was …
A History of the County of Bedford
… buildings consists of the church, with the red brick manor-house, and several cottages on the east boundary of the … the rest of the village lies to the south-east, some ten or a dozen houses in all, with a green and a pond. The following place-names have been found in this parishBerry Close in the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… boundary of the manor along the top of Ivythorn hill, or the paved causeway from Glastonbury. 2 The parish is … possibly centred on a grange on or near the site of the house, now known as the Grange, half a mile south-west of the … 64 Public building in the later 20th century has taken place south-east of the church including the Strode College …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… further north. On the same site probably stood the manor-house of 1649 5 and 1757, 6 which also had its moat with an … to Lord Wharton, 33 and in the exchange which took place a fortnight afterwards the prebend came back to the … of his son Sir John Bulmer. 57 This as Mowbray's fee or land afterwards came into the possession of various …
A History of the County of Worcester
… through it from south to north. The village is at Upper (or Over) Strensham near the southern boundary, with Lower (or … condition. 2 This must be the site of the mansion-house that Sir John Russell received licence to crenellate in … in 14001, 55 and in 1405 Sir John died at Letheringham in Suffolk, according to the inscription on his tomb at …
A History of the County of Rutland
… of Stretton village, close to the Lincolnshire border. The house dates from the first half of the 17th century and was … who was M.P. in 1660 and sheriff of Rutland in 1677. The house was twice greatly altered and enlarged, on the first … on the London Midland and Scottish Railway. St. Liz. Paly or and gules a bend sable. Forz. Earl of Albemarle. Gules a …