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A History of the County of Hertford
… Wallington WALLINGTON Wallingtone (xi cent.); Waudlington or Wadlington (xiixiv cent.); Wadelington (xv cent.). The … are almost entirely employed in agriculture. In 1401 a house with 360 acres of land in Clothall and Wallington was … was aged thirteen at his grandfather's death, which took place in 1543. 42 In his time a single court was held for his …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… called Hanville, so called after the family of Handville, or Handfield, whose habitation, (now belonging to Mr. Lade, … at Wadenhall. He left two sons, Nicholas, of Hauts-place, in the adjoining parish of Petham, and William, who … of poison, in 1262, on a visit to him at this manor-house. 6. His son Bertram left two sons, John and Bertram, …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… which contains several ponds. The main portion of the house was built by Sir Henry Neville about1567. In 1669Cosmos … the houses and cottages are of some antiquity and of brick or half-timber, while the roofs are generally tiled. They are … Farm, but have been removed to Bracknell. Interesting place-names are Waycock Hill, Blazes (a corruption of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of Glastonbury. 1 Within the parish stood the plea house of Whitley hundred in the north-west by the Ashcott … Pyes water in the 17th century, and later as Ford stream or Peckmill rhyne: it crossed the road at Walton ford until … kept by a stone cutter's wife in 1861. 378 Ekwall, Eng. Place-names, 495. This article was completed in 1998. B.L. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… to be to the enclosure round the large site of the manor-house at the southern end of the village. The site was … at some time by one further west. Except for the manor-house and one cottage, the houses of the village are all of … in 1490 and 1545, and either the minor road to Fiddington or that to Tredington crossed the Dolmead brook by Broad …
A History of the County of Surrey
… a mile west of the station, and a neolithic flint knife or dagger. 1 Other neolithic flints have been found. An … Coway Stakes Ford has been often taken to be the place where Caesar crossed the Thames on his second invasion. … of Silvermere, was a round barrow, removed when the house was built about 1830. In it were three cinerary …
A History of the County of Surrey
… of glass and metal. Further digging on the spot took place in 1808, 3 resulting in the discovery of part of the … with a mound and ditch and gateways to the east or south-east. They are east of the road from Betchworth to … is a well, now dry and mostly filled up, with no modern house near it, which may belong to the same period of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the parish and crosses the northern boundary at Cockcrow or Cockcrowing Stone, so called in 1765. 9 The original … in the area of the church, north of which lay the manor-house. Immediately south and SE. lies Lower Wambrook, known … field system, has been traced SW. of Wortheal farm-house, possibly of pre-Roman Iron Age date. 15 Also in the …
A History of the County of Surrey
… of the chalk hills with a parish reaching over the chalk or on to it northwards. The village and church are to the … in whose honour the church is dedicated. 25 The manor house, a fine old gabled house near the church, is now the seat of Sir Algernon West, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 14 but the southern boundary follows the 'Folces Dic', or 'Thieves Way', the ancient hundred boundary, 15 which may … the stream known as the Lidd in Wanborough Marsh. 29 Hall Place, the home of the Polton family at the beginning of the … 30 The chapel of St. Ambrose, probably attached to the house, has left traces in a field called 'Ambrose', which has …