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A History of the County of Worcester
… Somery is said to have begun to make a castle of his manor-house in 12612, but was not allowed to continue it. 38 In … here. The bells are ten in number, cast by Thomas Mears of London in 1818; the fifth bears the inscription 'To Doomsday … The letter shows that Lord Dudley was afraid to go to London because 'Sir John Dudley lays wait for me to keep me …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 12 That was probably the parkland opposite Dullingham House, of which 38 a. remaining at inclosure 13 were still … Hare Park, on the heathland between the Cambridge and London roads. Shortly before 1800 a training groom put up the … (d. 1311) granted it in fee at rent to John Knight, a London merchant, but Nicholas's son and heir Hugh 93 held it …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of Kempshot, and skirting the grounds of Kempshot House, the residence of Mr. Henry Gourlay, continues towards … which runs a narrow grass inclosure. The church, the manor-house, and the rectory are grouped together at the east end … of the mayor's court and controller of the chamber of London fifty years, but the date of his death has never been …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Toft, is a large village situated on the main road from London to Coventry and Birmingham, where it is crossed by … Close to the church there is a two-story timber-framed house with a projecting upper story, formerly the Lion Inn … and it is the high and public road between the city of London and the city of Coventry.' 3 Licence was given in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to the south. Later contraction left several empty house plots among the houses, especially in Cow Lane. The … street and in Hill Farm Lane, formerly Cow Lane. Ridge House, south of the street and south-east of the church, was … matched in other houses such as the large two-storeyed house opposite and the three-storeyed house of ashlar and …
A History of the County of Surrey
… of persons now living. 6 At Burningfold is a fine old house of timber framework. The two gables of the front are … Dunsfold with the reversion of one-third of a quarter of a house which Joan widow of John of Burningfold was holding in … Dean and Chapter of Windsor. 43 Field Place, a small manor-house, shows a most delightful collection of roofs of all …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Dunstable is a municipal borough on the old road from London to Chester and Holyhead, from the former of which it … it. The ring and staple vanished, but were traced to a house inhabited by the widow Dun, whose son, the robber, was … and south of the Cross House, now destroyed, which faced London. All trace of the cross was lost for over 150 years …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… of the church is the Manor Farm, an 18th-century brick house, and there is a small wood called Blackland Covert … which it was afterwards held as of the honour of Peveril London and for ward at the castle of Dover. 4 This service, …
A History of the County of Bedford
… property charged, which has been converted into a dwelling-house and draper's shop. The distribution in bread is made …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… and Bishop's Waltham meet, is the old Robin Hood posting-house, on the southernmost point of the hill on which … the 'Manor of Durley' to Francis Fortescue. 10 The house attached to this socalled manor would be that now known … in this parish, is sometimes called a manor, the old manor house of which, Durley Hall Farm, stands within the …