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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… opposite to it, all which are conspicuous objects from the London road and the neighbouring country. It is even in this … part of it is yet remaining, and is made use of as a farm-house. The west front is almost entire; the hall or …
A History of the County of Worcester
… there are many fine trees, especially beeches. Daylesford House is a handsome late Georgian building standing in the middle of a well-timbered park. The house was built about 1793 by the East India Company for … of Indian workmanship. The gardens at the back of the house were planned and laid out by the exgovernor. Possibly …
A History of the County of Bedford
… the west by this brook, has the church on the east. Dean House, better known as The House, stands in large grounds in the south of the village. … the treble by Hugh Watts, 1603; the second, a 15th-century London bell inscribed 'Celorum Xpe placeat tibi rex sonus …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… little over 300 ft. above the ordnance datum. Deane House, which is situated in a well-wooded park of 70 acres … string, and thin turned balusters. On the outside of the house no work earlier than the 18 th century is to be seen. … Oakley parish. Deane is intersected by two branches of the London and South Western Railwayby the main line which …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of 545. 10 The road was disturnpiked in 1875, and the toll house, purchased by Christ Church in 1876, was demolished for … and in 1836 of the Mendicity Society, which, like the London society of that name, was aimed at controlling the … Deddington; 262 Gilbert's brother and heir Fulk, bishop of London, 263 was succeeded in Deddington on his death in 1259 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… The priory buildings survived in part in 1964 as a private house. 2 The parish is unusual in having two Saxon churches; … built in the 16th and 17th centuries, and at least one house was built on the road to Wightfield Manor. The houses … the road to Wightfield, is a timber-framed and thatched house which although it has been much altered and restored …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and Buckingham as he was attending the young king towards London, and being hurried away to Pontefract, was there … sons, Geo. Talbot Hatley; and John Foote, now a banker in London, who married the daughter of Mr. Joseph Martin, of London, banker, deceased. He bore for his arms, Vert, a …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… 17thcentury chimney stacks are of brick. South-west of the house is a large outbuilding with a hipped roof and wooden … A farm in the north of the parish is also on the site of a house of greater pretensions. This Hyde Farm cannot have been … but it is probably on the site of their 14th-century manor-house. In 1383 there were manor-houses known as Loveday's …
A History of the County of Northampton
… and root crops. The Kettering and Huntingdon branch of the London Midland and Scottish Railway crosses the parish, the … the river. Not far from it is the Cock Inn, a two-storied house which is dated 1593: except for one or two mullioned … windows, it has no special architectural features. Another house in the village has a panel inscribed 'T.G. 1622.' The …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… filling and tiled roofs. Among them may be mentioned Hill House, a late 17thcentury brick building with a triple-gabled … church expenses. In 1861 John Lovett, by will proved at London 11 April, bequeathed a legacy now represented by 48 8 … poor widows. In 1897 William James, by his will proved at London 18 December, bequeathed 500, the interest to be …