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A History of the County of York North Riding
… Michell and the residence of Capt. P. Maitland French. The house, built in the Italian style, was praised by Lord Harley … only its ancient manorhouse, Barforth Hall, now a farm-house, remaining. It is said that the outline of the main … by is a very perfect specimen of a domed stonebuilt pigeon-house. The stream then becomes Hell Hole Black Beck, and from …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… a mile west of the town is Fordingbridge Station on the London and South Western Railway. From the 13th to the 15th … discontinued. A fair is still held on 9 September. Burgate House (Mr. John Coventry) and Packham House (Mrs. Foley) are … In 1897 Harry Frederick Withers by his will, proved at London 21 August, left 100, the interest to be applied in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… triangular in shape, with its base partly on the Oxford-London road, which was constructed in the 18th century, and … Bridge formed its eastern side: 11 this was the old 'London Way', which was once a gated road, for there is a … to the people of Banbury to build their church and market house. 20 Though the woods were cut down, much fine timber in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of 1327. 21 Two of the houses are farmhouses. One, Corner House Farm, is a brick farmhouse of the early 19th century … formerly Church or Upper Farm, then Fine View or Vine View House, 22 which has in the back wing indications of a … has carved barge-boards. Vine Farm was evidently the house assessed on 5 hearths in 1672. 23 Two of the smaller …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Foston Hall, which was built on the site of an old manor-house in 1823 by the Rev. Francis Simpson, then rector and … hilly turnpike road on which stand the Friends' meeting-house and post office, whilst the Wesleyan chapel is on a … 20 to St. Mary's Abbey. 21 Another gift to the same house consisted of 3 carucates here, also waste at the time …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… taking over another 220 a. to the south, near the London road, in 1917. By 1918 there were 700 R.A.F. staff … farmland. 14 Fowlmere is crossed by what was once the main London-Kings Lynn road, already in use in 1260. 15 It was … the 18th century, including the Green, a timber-framed house of c. 1700, long the home of the Wedd family. There …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… parish may have been c. 35. Foxley's church and rectory house, and almost certainly its early farmsteads, were built … in the road 25 where the farmhouse which became the manor house stands. That house was enlarged, possibly in the 1680s, 26 and farm …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… filled in, partly put underground. 26 The principal manor house stood near the middle of the street, nearly opposite … in the 16th and 17th centuries. 29 About 1571 one house was put up by night in the street, 30 and in 1618 seven … by 1547, 61 was sold by the Crown in 1544 to certain London aldermen, including the great financier Sir Ralph …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Farm, and a few cottages. The site of the old manor-house lies to the west of the church. It was formerly the … its falling into the hands of the enemy. In 1601 the house was described as 'a very fair brick house and in good repair, and hath large and sufficient …