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A History of the County of Oxford
… modern building, but Davis's map of 1797 marks a house on its site, and Martha Floyd was licensed as an … works of the architect J. B. Rebecca of Leicester Square, London. 20 It is of two stories and has a slate roof with … else in the district. He spread rags, bought from London at 8 10s. a ton or 10 delivered, at the rate of 6 cwt. …
A History of the County of Surrey
… parish 2 miles east of Godstone station and 24 miles from London, with a village of scattered farms and houses. The … preserved there. Opposite the church stands the Mansion House, formerly the seat of the Angell family, but now a … inscribed 'The gift of William Angell of the Middle Temple London and of Barfield Place in the County of Berks: Esq r, …
A History of the County of Worcester
… possesses no remarkable features. Crowle Court, the manor-house of the Priors of Worcester, was destroyed about 1864. … It included a chapel and tithe-barn. A portion of the house remained in 1868 and was then used as a cider-house. 6 Habington mentions a coffin found in Crowle 'made of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the parish once had two nuclei, one near the old manor-house of Westbury at the south end of the village street, and … 1704. 63 The manor was then inherited by Edward Leeds, a London merchant, son of Edward, a vintner of London (d. c.1678), son of Edward Leeds (d. 1680). Edward, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… road just below the hill crest. The church and manor house stood facing one another in the northern half of the … issue by 1499. The manor then came to Henry Walter, a London scrivener, son of John's uncle Henry. 123 The younger … Baldwin Bereford sold Clopton manor to William Newport, a London fishmonger, 182 who died in 1391 having provided for …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Way has been made up. The CrudwellMinety road was called London Way at Eastcourt in the mid 17th century, 15 and in … east of it around the mineral spring and the rectory house west of it: Crudwell was an early endowment of … in the house may have been brought from Norfolk House, London. 178 In the earlier 13th century Malmesbury abbey held …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… being made into gardens for the seat of Ollantigh, and the house for the habitation of the gardeners, and others. Beyond … them, and soon afterwards alienated them to Jeremy Gay, of London; from which name they some years afterwards were … religion, and, after many perils and dangers, arrived at London in 1685, obt. 1692. The altar piece was given by Sir …
A History of the County of Worcester
… of the Salwarpe. There is no church and only one farm-house, known as Crutch Farm, which stands near the site of the ancient manor-house. All trace of this manor-house has now disappeared; it is said to have stood on the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… west of the south gate of the churchyard is the Manor House, an 18th-century building of red brick with stone … On the opposite corner to the south is a large L-shaped house, of which the east limb and the east gable of the main … of Rockingham (Northants.) and Henry Herdson, skinner, of London, 28 who later in the same year obtained licence to …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… of the clerk of the peace. A messuage called Shepherd's House, 4 and fields called The Hillground or The Home 5 and …