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A History of the County of Oxford
… a third, Sandy Lane, connects the Thame road with the London road, which crosses the southern tip of the parish. … only of the church and rectory, Church Farm, and Albury House. The large rectory, built in c. 1819, 14 was untenanted … Foliot, who sold his rights in Albury in 1295 to John de London. 43 By the end of the century the rights of the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of the market, which is said to have been held between the house formerly belonging to Richard le Rous and Gunnyld … days from its situation on one of the main routes from London to Shrewsbury and Holyhead. Most of the coaches called … and Bartholomew Brokesby, citizens and scriveners of London, in 1549, 201 and to Edward Aglionby of Balsall and …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… of it, the Manor Farm, an early 17th-century brick house with a later addition on the south-west side. It has … Ripton, 4 miles to the north-east on the main line of the London and North Eastern Railway. Manors The manor of … bart., 75 son of Sir William, first baronet, Lord Mayor of London. 76 It was then acquired by Robert Lathropp, and in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… north-west of the stream, and north of the church is Court House which was occupied in the 16th century by tenants of … In 1643 a parliamentary army marching from Gloucester to London was attacked by Prince Rupert's cavalry north of … taken to Devizes and to Manchester but failed in London. The theatre was closed in 1912. 101 Manors and Other …
A History of the County of Hertford
… a small portion of the parish on its western side, and the London and North Western Railway main line, with a station in … (Mr. John Mead), north-west of the village; Brightwood House (Mr. H. R. G. Craufurd, J.P.), and The Wolds (Mr. F. … modern. In the north-east angle is a marble altar tomb of 'London' type in Purbeck marble, in the slab of which are …
A History of the County of Hertford
… purposes, while in the south and east occurs the London clay. The subsoil is of chalk in the north and west … the Woolwich and Reading beds occur at the outcrop of the London clay. There were formerly extensive commons and wastes … to 1,000 acres and that he, having no convenient manor-house, proposed to inclose 50 acres and build a house …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Devizes branch of the Great Western railway. 2 The soil is London Clay, Bagshot and Bracklesham Beds and, in the Kennet … The church of St. Mary stands to the east of the manor-house in the park, where there are also various fish-ponds. … of these forms a small lake near the village. The manor-house, known as Aldermaston Court, is the seat of Mr. Charles …
A History of the County of Worcester
… road on the opposite side to the church, is an L-shaped house, two stories in height with an attic, dating from the … which are probably of oak but are now thickly painted. The house has been considerably added to and the staircase is … it to John Woodward, who on 13 November 1601 died in London seised of the manor, with a chief messuage called …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Aldershot (xvii cent). Aldershot is situated 35 miles from London, and has stations on the London and South Western and South Eastern and Chatham … Aldershot Place, occupies the south of the parish. The house was built in the middle of the 19th century by Charles …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the 12th century took its name from Dixton. 14 The manor-house at Dixton, rebuilt in the 16th century, had an … were five or six houses in Dixton, 17 including the manor-house, Manor Farm, and three or four cottages a short way from the manor-house. A warren at Dixton was mentioned in 1599. 18 The main …