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Magna Britannia
… market town, five miles from Whitehaven, and 302 from London. The barony of Egremont was given by Ranulph de … Dykes, Esq. Ellenhall, in this parish, now a farm-house, was some time a seat of the Dykes family. The church … and Seascales was purchased by Sampson Senhouse, Esq. of London, (nephew of the late Humphrey Senhouse, Esq. of …
A History of the County of Rutland
… north-west of the church is a plain twostory ashlar-faced house with stone-slated roof and high end gables, which is … In September 1390 the prior and convent of the Carthusian house of St. Mary and St. Anne of Coventry obtained licence … high. The date is uncertain. The organ was originally in a London house, whence it was removed in 1842 to Edith Weston …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… To the north of the church there is a 17th-century house of red brick which has, however, been much altered. … 167 who sold it in 1763 to William Beckford, Lord Mayor of London. 168 By 1781 169 and at the beginning of the 19th … 'the farm of Hudnall' to Robert Browne, goldsmith, of London, 231 and others, who in the following year received …
A History of the County of Worcester
… antiquity and poverty.' 4 Nash's suggestion that the manor-house was formerly here seems probable. 5 It is the highest … church the late Mr. Richard Jones began building a brick house which remained unfinished at his death, and had since … said to have been built or the site of an old moated stone house called Camp House, and that bones and skulls were found …
A History of the County of Bedford
… of Bedford, 1615; and the third by William Kebyll, a London founder of c. 1480, inscribed, 'Sancta Maria ora pro …
A History of the County of Surrey
… down, across the Thanet and Woolwich Beds, down on to the London Clay. The church and village were on the beds between … the discovery of a small camp on the downs near Mare House, to the left of the road from Guildford to Dorking, … In 1660 Thomas Grey sold to Matthew Tayler, grocer of London, for the sum of 3,000, the manor of Effingham East …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of water which petrisies. About half a mile westward is a house called Goodale, formerly the residence of a branch of … appropriated to the dean and chapter of St. Paul's, London. The lessees of both parsonages have likewise ever … Or by whom presented. Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, London. John Kidd, in 1642. 5 Walter Palmer, ejected 1662. 6 …
Magna Britannia
… female heirs to Coplestone and Chichester. The manor-house was rebuilt by Edward Lord Chichester (who married the … present proprietor and patron of the rectory. Eggesford-house, then the seat of Lord Chichester, was taken by Colonel Okey in the month of December, 1645. 1 The house was rebuilt by William Fellowes, Esq., soon after his …
A History of the County of Durham
… and the water-mill was to the west, next to an old house called the Scat-house. There was formerly a considerable weaving industry in … was rebuilt in 1843. The old rectory was a three-storied house with dormer windows; the top story is said to have …