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A History of the County of Northampton
… Sheep Street and overlooking the Swans Pool Brook, is the house called 'Croyland Abbey', which embodies some remains of … windows, red-tiled roofs, and two gables on the principal or south front towards the churchyard: on the north side it … of Wellingborough gent, gave to the schoolmasters of this place 15 per an. for the further encouragement of Learning An …
A History of the County of Hertford
… acres wood. 1 It is divided into two by the River Mimram or Maran, which flows through it from north-west to … twostoried building, probably originally the church house, afterwards used as the poor-house and now as the … under the auspices of Dr. Young to make Welwyn a watering-place. Assembly rooms were built, which enjoyed a short …
A History of the County of Oxford
… an ample water-supply. The Saxon Wndel had his burh or fortified house here and gave the village its name. 11 Its position on … later assessment to the 15th fixed in 1334 at 5 2 s. 8 d. Place Wendlebury among the more flourishing villages of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The parish 1 lay on the southern bank of the river Cam or Rhee 8 km. north-west of Royston. It covered 1,023 a. … Gammons Grove: it was presumably the site of Gambons manor house. 73 Another estate in Wendy probably descended from a … it was agreed that the vicar should receive 40 a year in place of all tithes, 182 a payment recorded in the late 18th …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… cottages. This probably represents a former market-place, for in 1202 Hugh Malebiche gave King John a palfrey … the Hon. William G. A. Orde-Powlett, M.P., J.P.; Wensley House, the residence of Mr. E. T. Umpleby, Lord Bolton's … front bears the initials A.I.Y. The wings on the south or garden front are pedimented, and the house is entered by a …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… AT THE TIME of taking the general survey of Domesday, this place was part of the possessions of Odo, bishop of Baieux, … His son, Mr. Henry Golding, gent. resided at the manor-house of West Barming, called Barnjet, and about the year … and deanry of Malling. The church of West Barming or Barmynget, seems antiently to have been reputed but as a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… by Aldrington. The whole area was farmland until a year or two ago, but the southern portion has now been developed … the old way enters the parish. 2 The church and manor-house stand at a point where this route is intersected by … this is a modern single-light window inserted in 1890 in place of the original 12thcentury window. 41 PARISH CHURCH of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… West Bradley, including the church and West Bradley House, in the centre, Plot Street to the west, and part of … died in 1394 but his wife Alice survived until 1404 or later. 41 Nicholas Kentwood, probably their son or … a new central doorway was provided on the south side, in place of a large four-centred arch, and a tall staircase …
A History of the County of Somerset
… manorial waste, once including the pound, the Second Poor house, and a carpenter's shop with Methodist chapel above it. … of these probably still survive as the rubble-and-tile or thatched farm-houses scattered throughout the parish. The … at Little Marston that by 1503 the arable fields had given place to pasture for sheep. 132 The glebe terrier, by showing …
A History of the County of Surrey
… according to the usual rule, lie just below the chalk, or on its extreme boundary. The village is scattered along a … Richard, still holds it. The second Lord Onslow built the house in 1731 from designs by Giacomo Leoni. The house is of … land to Sir Richard Onslow, the recusant naturally giving place to the Parliamentarian, who inclosed the park again. …