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A History of the County of Hampshire
… fine trees standing on the west side of the road and two or three detached houses lately built on the opposite side, … for about a mile and a half north, the road rises to a house which standing to the west at the top of the hill is … some year Edward Penruddock, who had paid 10,000 for the place of clerk in Chancery, and had only held it three years, …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… outbuildings incorporate remains of the 15th-century manor-house of the Deyncourt and Lovel families. The cottages are … the southeast of the grounds of Wooburn House is Burghers or Beggars Hill, with a school and chapel, and beyond in the … allotment was made to the poor for fuel. 22 The following place-names occur: Ovepetur or the Monte Quay 23 (xv cent.); …
A History of the County of Oxford
… forms the parish's eastern boundary. There is no railway or bus service. The village, 7 whose original name of 'Eatun' … in the 19th century, though part of the 18thcentury house remains, 9 together with the stables. 10 To the north … or of inclosure. Some inclosure, as has been seen, took place in the 15th century, and more probably in the 16th. At …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… of Leofric, Earl of the Mercians, held the manor of WALTON or WOOD WALTON. 7 He had promised that after his death it … of two knights' fees and castle ward. 12 Ramsey Abbey. Or a bend azure with three rams' heads argent thereon. The … aged two, as his heir. 77 Prolonged litigation took place between Katherine, the widow of Thomas Penycok and wife …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… from, and adjoining to Birchington, lies the ville or parish of Wood, otherwise Woodchurch, corruptly called by … of Wood, or Woodchurch chapel; near it there is but one house, the rest of the houses being near a mile from it, at a … of the archdeacon, and was standing and used as a place of worship in the year 1563. The vicar of Monkton, to …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… on the Pewsey road. On the west of the base are Manor House and the post office. At the end of Church Lane, which … was apparently granted the advowson of Woodborough church, or to John, marquess of Dorset, who had the manor of … likely that the then unconsummated conveyance later took place. 64 Matthew was dead by 1391 when his lands were …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the church on the north-west side of it, and the parsonage-house. In the south-west part of the parish is Shirley-house … southward is a large tract of marshes, called Shirley, or Sherles-moor, being about three miles in length and two in … Evans, the present possessor, who resides in it. THE PLACE-HOUSE, or Woodchurch house, is a seat situated at a …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… chalk. The chief crops are wheat, oats and turnips. Among place-names mentioned in the 16th century are the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… stands on the east of the road near the river. The rectory house was built in 1820; some portions of the medieval … Their holding was known as the manor of WOODFORD, PIELL'S or VAUX. John de Bois did homage for it in 1289. Roger de … sister of Roger Lichefeld. 29 Whether the marriage took place does not appear, but the terms of the settlement were …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… roads go to Bluntisham and Old Hurst. Probably at one end or the other stood St. John's Cross, of which mention is made … Lane runs southward from it to South Street. The Manor House stands at the north-east corner of the village. It is a … Robert Audley and their successors. 37 The manor of PECKS PLACE probably had its origin in the hide in Woodhurst which …