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A History of the County of Hampshire
… in the south. The railway station, on the main line of the London and South Western Railway, is three-quarters of a mile …
A History of the County of Hertford
… just to the west of it is Graveley Hall, a 17th-century house refaced with brick, but having its original chimney … south of the church is Graveley Bury, a 17th-century farm-house with pargeted walls and tiled roof. The village has at … of St. Etheldreda, adjoining which is Chesfield Manor House, now a farm-house. The existing building is only a …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… called Grainey. IT LIES about two miles from the high London road, on the north side of it, at the 48th mile-stone, … to him without any cavil or exception. 10 The vicar has a house and two acres of glebe land. The vicarage is worth …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… THE PARISH OF GRAVESEND lies on the north side of the London road, which runs along the southern side of it at the … from the town, which is situated twenty-two miles from London and eight from Rochester, the soil towards the west is … persons as should be in this parish and Milton, and a house for a master weaver to employ them; and he settled an …
A History of the County of Essex
… of Thurrock, lying beside the Thames 34 km. east of London. 1 It was formerly a small port, with chalk quarries, … Stifford. Grays Hall, on the site of the ancient manor house, lay in the angle of Orsett Road and Bridge Road. By … a few terraces of cottages had been built in Orsett Road, London Road, and Argent Street for the workers in the chalk …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Station on the Northampton and Peterborough branch of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The soil is partly … the smithy. Opposite, and west of the road, is the Manor House, a good example of simple Jacobean work, and the … them with Thomas Gerrard, was conveyed to Samuel Whitby of London, with the chief messuage or manor house of Great …
A History of the County of Warwick
… in 1676 11 and was derived from Burford's or Burrard's House, now Burford Lane Farm, on the north side of the road. … city of Westminster and Thomas Gainsford of the city of London, to be held in chief as 1/40 knight's fee. 48 … George Greene, in 1635, settled the manor with the Manor House or Farm Place of GREAT ALNE or ROUND ALNE on Margaret …
A History of the County of Hertford
… in the 14th century. 10 Star Holme belonged to the house called 'the Star' in Ware. 11 Hedenhoo Marsh and Amwell … of the Lea, a little to the east of the main road to London from Ware, where Izaak Walton promised to meet … boundary, was doubtless the mediaeval route from Amwell to London. There is record of the swamping of a boat on the way …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… until after 1937 it was run by the People's Refreshment House Association, a temperance organization. 39 It was still … sold both manors to Sir John Spencer 94 (d. 1610), the London financier whose daughter and heir Elizabeth married … of the Abington estate to Thomas Western, 101 a wealthy London ironmonger, who took possession in 1697. At his death …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of the church within the park and beside the large manor-house called Barrington Park may indicate that the village … village is called the Green, and the names of Overgreen House and Undergreen House, indicate the site of the village … Barrington from which he took stone for the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire. 157 The River Windrush was used …