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A History of the County of Surrey
… is the Royal Hospital for Incurables, which occupies the house which belonged to a Hamburg merchant, Mr. Rcker, in the … Lane, Down Lodge Hall and Dunsford Farm preserve, or until recent days preserved, the memory of the manors with … in 1538 177 Dunsford Manor was granted to Charles Duke of Suffolk, 178 who sold it the next year to Thomas Cromwell for …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Parishes Wantage WANTAGE Wanetinz (xi cent.); Wantage or Wanting (to xix cent.). The parish of Wantage lies on the … 3 There is no doubt, however, of the importance of the place in Saxon times. Its name is supposed to have been … a century. 15 The remains are in the garden of Winslow House in Newbury Street. A town hall in which the manor …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of the village; there is a larger tributary, running more or less parallel, forming the western boundary of the parish. … no licensed alehouse till 1642; 2 there is now no public house here. There is a Roman Catholic chapel, built in 1849 … wood at Wappenbury, and undertook not to alienate to a Jew or to any other person so as to disinherit Thomas his son and …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… village and adjoining it to the north-west is the Manor House, now the residence of Mr. G. L. Ekins, J.P. It is an … are said to have come from Ramsey Abbey. There are three or four old cottages in the village, including the White Hart … London, 161617. He was the son of John Leman of Beccles in Suffolk and died unmarried in 1632. 27 His elder brother …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… to the parishes of Eastchurch and Leysdown, with which a house and land was purchased, as has been already more … it thirty-six pounds. Church of Warden. PATRONS RECTORS. Or by whom presented. James Barnard, June 20, 1595. obt. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of a large part of Williamscot, including Williamscot House and the school, 5 is almost certainly a post-medieval … Cherwell and was known in the 15th century as 'Overes', or, in 1762 as 'Over Hays' (whence Hays Bridge), i.e. 'over … Mrs. Coke sold the manor to George Rush of Imley Park, Suffolk. 118 Rush sold it in 1792, when it consisted of 320 …
A History of the County of Rutland
… under 300 ft. The parish lay in the Forest of Rutland or Leighfield, from which grants of trees and deer were made … walls of ruined cottages as boundary walls, etc. Wardley House, near the church, is a good stone-built farmhouse with … Two large floor slabs with initials and dates mark the place of burial. North, Ch. Bells of Rutl. 162. Thomas …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Act of Parliament was passed in 1571 for bringing the Lea (or Ware) River to the north of London by means of a new cut … on the north side seem to be encroachments on the market-place, which, now a square space in front of the town hall, … of Musley Lane. In the High Street probably the oldest house is no. 65, formerly the Christopher Inn, 18 but now a …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… So much as is in the borough of Great Kenardington, or Old Herlackenden, is in the hundred of Blackborne, western … or more properly, the Lecton, on which is a handsome house, the property of Mr. Thomas Hodges, who lives in it, as … son, in 820, gave to one Godwine, two plough-lands, in a place called by the English, Werehornas, situated among the …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… practices and condemned in February 16401, by the House of Lords, to be deprived of his benefices. His books … before 1428 it came into the possession of William Druell or Drewell. 19 Druell in 1423 also bought Gaynes Manor (q.v.) … is now the owner. Bohun. Azure a bend argent cotised or between six lions or. Hewett. Gules a cheveron engrailed …