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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… but it is well lighted. It is topped like a pigeon-house with 2 bells. Under a group of figures, which is not …
A History of the County of Worcester
… borders of the park. This latter is a plastered halftimber house of the late 16th century, two stories in height with an … newel stair. Cotheridge Court is a large half-timber house, two stories in height with an attic, dating mainly … date than the original construction of this portion of the house. To the north of the dining room is a small panelled …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 7 Among Coton's older secular buildings is a timber-framed house extended in brick, but retaining an original … Manor Farm. That farm does not represent a medieval manor-house, but was built in the late 18th century 8 as the farm-house in Coton of a manor owned by King's College and centred …
A History of the County of Hertford
… chapel stand in this road. The Lordship, now a farm-house, is a timberframed building, occupied by Mr. Tucker. It … and filled with water on the south and east sides of the house, but filled in on the north and west. The house apparently dates from about the middle of the 15th …
A History of the County of Rutland
… village. The nearest railway station is at Ashwell, on the London Midland and Scottish Railway, 2 miles from Cottesmore. … manor was forfeited by Sir John Busshy, the Speaker of the House of Commons, who was executed in 1399. In the same year … was attached to Cottesmore rectory. 149 Charities Stamford House Charity is comprised in indentures of lease and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… is shown in Davis's map of 1797. 9 The church and manor-house (now Cottisford House) are depicted lying, as they do … family of note. James Eyre (173499) was Recorder of London and finally Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. The … 1627 to 1641, 73 when George Austin of Coleman Street, London, became the lessee. 74 Austin devised the lease to his …
A History of the County of Warwick
… building with chancel, north chapel, and naveand priest's house, both erected c. 18535. Along the south side of the … called Wike Moat. This, which is probably the site of the house of the de Coctuns and de Bruylys, stands on the south … of the king. Some loyalists from Coughton were summoned to London in the company of Mr. William Dugdale of Shustoke. 15 …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Downs 6 miles south of Croydon and 16 miles by road from London. It contains 4,313 acres. The subsoil is all chalk, … the residence of Mr. C. Babington, an old-fashioned house on an ancient site, set in beautiful park-like grounds … still, however, open spaces. The lines jointly used by the London, Brighton and South Coast railway and the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… farms and cottages), stands a mile from the main road from London to Northampton. It has diminished in size since its … the parish, together with 500 for the adaptation of a farm-house as the master's and usher's dwelling, and for the … 23 from whom it passed to Sir Samuel Jones, the son of a London merchant, who became a Shropshire gentleman and was …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… the church are the remains of what was probably the guest-house, which have been incorporated into the modern … in 1625 214 and 1631 215 to trustees for the City of London, and subsequently granted to John Rushworth and … capitals, and the second and third cast by Pack & Chapman, London, 1770. The plate includes a cup, paten and flagon of …