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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… by which stood the church, parsonage, and principal manor house. The green lay where a track running north-east from … 12 cottages at the green, and the 'Palace', a high, gaunt house at its southwest end, erected for members of Downing … parish by exchange 162 and another in 1435 left it for a London chantry. 163 The St. Georges began to present …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… opposite the church, was originally a timber-framed house, but was enlarged in red brick about a century ago. In … of the Holy Cross or Crutched Friars, near the Tower of London, with the obligation to support the chaplains. 121 The … frame is old. The plate includes a large silver-gilt cup (London, 1632); a paten of the same date inscribed 'East …
A History of the County of Surrey
… the Chalk, the Thanet and Woolwich Beds, and on to the London Clay. The village is below the Chalk or just upon its … Canterbury, under Edward III. 2 Horsley Towers is a large house standing in a park of 300 acres, the seat of the Earl … Eldridge 1703; and the third is by Richard Hille of London, c. 1450, and has a black letter inscription: 'Sit …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… On the south side of Broad Street is a fine 18th-century house, built of red brick with a tiled roof, and two stories … a wooden modillion cornice. On the opposite side is a house of the same date with brick pilasters and a moulded … mortgaging it to Dade, Stile and Bold, citizens of London, surrendered it to Queen Elizabeth in 1602 in part …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… formed the retaining kerb of a round barrow or a circular house site of the Bronze Age. Langdean Bottom has yielded a … towards Thorn Hill and Langdean stone circle. The London-Bath road runs 500 m. north of the village. The lane … Wood and along a lane leading south-west from the manor house, the only substantial building between the road and the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… part of the parish. 16 More trees were planted in Clouds House park in the late 19th century and the centre of the … Salisbury and Shaftesbury, has been made part of the main London-Exeter road and improved. 22 Few archaeological … congregation, whose leader John Williams attended the London General Assemblies of 1689 and 1692, was possibly …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… since pulled down. It is at present occupied as a farm-house. THE MANOR OF PISING, together with the lands called … estate here now belongs to Mr. James Jekin, of Oxney. The house, when Mr. Jekin bought it, was in part only, standing; … arise from the working of it; and as he had repaired the house belonging to the clerk, that it might be a help for …
A History of the County of Somerset
… on the north side of the road in 1711, 18 and a rectory house was erected to the west of them soon after 1872. 19 Two … in the following year to John Blake of St. Clement Danes, London, and Ralph Etwall of Andover (Hants). 103 The … of John Deane's share were mortgaged to Elizabeth Low of London in 1686, whose representatives assigned it in 1738 to …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… latter thrive here remarkably well. The high road from London through Wrotham to Maidstone, crosses this parish at … of East Malling, at the north end of which is a handsome house, the property of Sir John Twisden, the church, and …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… building of more pretensions. Especially notable is a fine house on the north side, with heavy cornice and moulded brick … at the corner of a narrow lane which leads to Leythe House, the residence of Mr. Gerald Kingsbury. For about a … Privett Church can be seen away in the distance. Westbury House, the property of Colonel Le RoyLewis, stands in a park …