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A History of the County of Buckingham
… of the parish. The Oxford and Bletchley branch of the London and North Western railway crosses its south-east … north-east of the church occupies the site of the manor-house of the Chaloners, which was taken down in the early … 18th century. 2 West of the church is the Camp, a modern house of brick, the residence of Major Wilfred Woodcock. In …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… the village. North of the church is Church Farm, a stone house originally built in the early part of the 17th century, … but much altered and added to at a subsequent period. The house is surrounded by the remains of a moat, now dry, … In the village street there is a late 17th-century stone house with gabled ends. A nearly rectangular moat 2 lies to …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Ouzel forms the eastern boundary, and the main line of the London and North Western railway runs through the middle of … a quarter of a mile south-east from the church. Stoke House, the property and residence of Mrs. Percival, stands in … which in 1245 acquired about 2 virgates from Adam de London and his wife Alice. 85 The priory built a great barn …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… an illegal meeting in the neighbourhood. 21 In 1672 the house of Edmund Carter was licensed for Presbyterian worship. … with his half-brother Lord Richard Grey on his journey to London in 1483, when the latter, along with Lord Rivers and … within thirty years. John Oliver by his will, proved at London in 1862, bequeathed 500, now represented by 534 1 s. …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… is taken up by the grounds and park attached to Stowe House, which is approached from Buckingham by a public avenue … and additions throughout the 18th century, Stowe House has preserved a unity and directness of plan which … room, saloon, and music room, are probably those of the house as rebuilt by Sir Richard Temple in the last half of …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… is an interesting example of a 17th-century timber-framed house with brick filling of a later date. On the green are … Magdalen College, Oxford. This is a two-story Elizabethan house built of stone with a small 17th-century addition at … found that the master of the college of St. Thomas Acon, London, ought to maintain a cantarist in Thornborough Church, …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… into a small lake where it flows past the lawn of Thornton House, the seat of Mr. H. W. Harris, which stands in a park … the lands and will of John Barton, sen., Recorder of London. 72 In 1440 the Chastillon family renewed their claim, … of land. 88 He is described as of Thornton, late of London and J. P. for Buckinghamshire. 89 A brass in the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 1735, speaks of an arched gateway leading to the rectory-house, conjectured by him to have been built by William of … the Oxford scholars in times of pestilence. 2 The rectory-house to which he alludes may be identical with the one … 1607, during the incumbency of Erasmus Williams. 3 The house consisted of fifteen bays, ten tiled and five thatched, …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… are the remains of the village stocks. The 16th-century house known as the Church Farm, to the north of the church, may represent the old manor-house. It is a timberframed building, much altered, and the … which contained the hall is now a ruin. The present manor-house, at the other end of the village, was built in the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… to the east of this again, across the road, is the Rectory House, built in 1855. About 200 yards north of the church is Turweston Manor House, the seat of Sir John Frecheville Ramsden, bart. It is an early 17th-century stone house of two stories, built probably by the Haynes family, …