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A History of the County of Berkshire
… The church stands in the well-wooded park of Wasing Place, the residence of Mr. W. A. Mount, a plain modern … soil is partly clay and partly sand and gravel. No railway or canal passes through the parish, but the high road from … Emily third daughter of Robert Clutterbuck of Watford House, Herts., and died in 1906, when he was succeeded by his …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the north of which is the small village, containing four or five thatched cottages with remains of 17th-century timber-framing. The Manor House, about a furlong west of the church, is an … was built in the solar wing. This has a Tudor stone fire-place on the first floor and carries five diagonal shafts of …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… North Road, across which on the south side is Water Newton House, with the smithy to the east of it. It is said that the … close to the north and west walls of the church. The Hall, or Manor House, originally stood to the west of the Rectory; 1 the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… southern has a set of six small panels with quatrefoiled or cinquefoiled heads, the middle bottom panel with a small … shield. There are three square steps up to it. A farm-house nearly opposite the graveyard is a T-shaped house, … locally as the old manorhouse. 5 It has a great stone fire-place. Farther west, at the corner of the road to the bridge, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and 18th-century date. They are built of coursed rubble or brick and some are timberframed; their roofs are of thatch or slate. Manor Farm, an 18th-century house of coursed rubble with ashlar quoins, looks towards the … Thomas Chaucer, and then to his daughter Alice, Duchess of Suffolk, in the 15th. 25 After her death in 1475 it lapsed. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the south by the road leading from the Thame-Oxford road, or from the east by the Tiddington-Ickford road. 6 It is … to connect with Curson's carriage road from Waterperry House and bridge over Back Ditch. 11 The bridge has a single … settlement at Waterstock, but the name, meaning 'water place', indicates an AngloSaxon origin. In 1086 it was …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… 1 The soil is sandy on a subsoil of either Keuper Marl or Magnesian Limestone, except for some alluvium in the … rectory is across the road. The latter is a 16th-century house, originally of an E-shaped plan with a hall in the … early 18th-century date, are built of red brick. Among the place-names found in connexion with the parish are Cokeshotte …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were said to extend upwards of 20 miles. 4 'Processioning' or beating the bounds still took place once every three years … as to obtain the right thickness. 15 The principal manor-house and Oseney Abbey's grange were certainly in this area. … of the Household; and in 1438 William de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, who headed a commission of inquiry to discover …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Watringbury WATRINGBURY. NORTH-EASTWARD from East or Great Peckham lies Watringbury, called in Domesday, … and pleasant; in it is the vicarage, a neat genteel house, almost rebuilt by Mr. Charlton, a late vicar, since … resided in it; and at the west end of it is Watringbury-place, a handsome brick mansion; at the east end of the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… village lies along the road. There are in this part one or two late 16th-century houses, notably a timber and plaster house in the middle of the village on the north side of the … upper stories, one of which is thatched. Watton Place, now a farm-house, stands beside the main road at the …