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A History of the County of Bedford
… but besides this there is nothing of interest about the house. Opposite the rectory is the Hill Farm and to the west … The village is generally modern, of brick with tile or slate roofs. There are one or two examples of flint walls … for the loss of such common rights. 2 The following place-names occur in documents relating to this …
A History of the County of Rutland
… to the east is grouped around the church and the Manor House, while on the high land on the west is the larger group … his mother Helen, obtained a charter for these lands in or about 1212, when Alan was holding Whissendine as a … general reconstruction and enlargement of the church took place, when a transeptal chapel was added on the south side, …
A History of the County of Northampton
… of Combe Hill, on which stands the 16thcentury church. Place House, a detached farm-house on the west side of the village, … Argent fretty sable a quarter gules charged with a wreath or. Church The church of ST. MARY THE VIRGIN stands on Combe …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… William Todd, kt., of York, bequeathed a mease and salt-house in Whitby in March 15023. 13 Saltwick, about a mile … Salters settled in Whitby in the 17th century near the place still known as Salt Pans. 15 Their industry, however, … portion of the town, known as the West Cliff. The opposite or East Cliff is crowned by the lofty ruins of the abbey …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Street, at the corner of Church Headland Lane, is a large house now divided into several tenements and called Lime … part of the town formerly lay around the old market-place, which evidently extended originally from the south … right to claim 5 d. for each cow and 4 d. for each heifer or steer pastured at certain times of the year in Great and …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the forge; and a little farther west is a small farm-house of 17th-century square timber-framing with brick … estate to meet heavy death duties. 35 Mariett. Barry or and sable. The manor of BRUTON or BROUGHTON was settled … from the patching about the extrados of the head, took the place of a still earlier round-headed window. In the south …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… northern boundary; it crosses the Newbury road at Clapgate or Chapgate, which marks where the chapmen or travelling … King Charles slept the night of 19 October 1644 at the house of Mr. Richard Brooke of Whitchurch. 4 In 1649 the … to Andover and Newbury to Winchester roads. The market-place is in the centre of the town and from it diverge these …
A History of the County of Worcester
… and unspoiled appearance. Aston Hall, a farm-house at the lower end of the village, is a half-timber … Stack at Aston Hall, White Ladies Aston The following place-names have been found: Farmelandes 4 (xvi cent.); Hunt … 17 Robert de Evercy held the manor in 1166, 18 and he or a descendant of the same name obtained a recognition of …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Waltham (xi cent.); West Waltham (xii cent.); Wyght or Whyte Waltham (xiii cent.); Waltham Abbas (xiv cent.); … of the boundaries in his own life-time, mentioning all the place-names and commenting on 'the insolence of the … On the north side of the churchyard is a halftimber house of some antiquity, and on the opposite side of the road …
A History of the County of Somerset
… clay. 4 Quarries at Longlie and south of the manor-house were formerly worked for limestone for both burning and … 'thinly scattered and very mean, there being many cottages or huts of only one floor and a single room for the family'. … in the 18th century but more extensive remodelling took place in the early 19th century. The roof of the hall range …