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A History of the County of Oxford
… projecting portion to the south, containing Little Bourton House and Hardwickhill House, was taken into Banbury borough. … by William's son Thomas, citizen, merchant, and cooper of London (d. 1728), who was followed by his surviving child … Little Bourton manor to Thomas Gardner. Josiah Gardner of London, son of Thomas Gardner of Little Bourton, deceased …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… there. 12 At the cross-roads stands the Hoops public house, open by 1851, and the former smithy. 13 To the … and to secure the yearly payment of 13 6 s. 8 d. to the London house of Blackfriars, 72 where she and her brother … Congs. i, f. 172. C.U.L., Ely Dioc. Recs. B 7/1/2. London Christian Instructor or Cong. Mag. (1819), 374; Wilson …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… the inscription, 'Michael Postgate built this school house in the year 1704. Rebuilt 1785.' It was here that … Ayton in 1637 to Christopher Coulson, 49 a citizen of London, whose family was resident here for some time. 50 The … The plate consists of two cups made by Aldridge & Green of London, one in 1770 and the other in 1773, each inscribed, …
A History of the County of Bedford
… as Green End, is the site of Creakers Manor; the farm-house bearing this name is comparatively modern. One of … 1545 his son Sir John alienated it to Anthony Cockett of London. 127 From the latter it descended to Thomas Childe, junior, of London, 128 whose family was still in Great Barford in 1603. …
A History of the County of Northampton
… was described by Bridges about 1720 as 'an handsome old house with pleasant gardens adjoining it'. 2 About 1776 Lord … 4 Many of the old walls were left standing when the house was rebuilt, one of which divides the main building … part of the thoroughfare from Northampton to Horton on the London road. In 1274 Roger de Wanton was accused of having …
A History of the County of Surrey
… beds, on which the church and village lie, over the London Clay, to the alluvium of the Mole. Bookham Common is … of Surrey. The road from Letherhead to Guildford, and the London and South-Western Railway between the same places pass … the parish. Bookham Station was opened in 1885. Roreing House was transferred from Great Bookham to Fetcham in 1882. …
A History of the County of Rutland
… station, on the Stamford and Essendine branch of the London and North Eastern Railway. About a mile and a half to the north is the moated site of the ancient manor house or castle of Woodhead, 2 which was probably visited by Edward I in 1290. 3 No remains of the house exist and it was stated in 1543 to be in ruins: 'The …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 150 and 200 ft. above sea level. 3 Great Chalfield manor house (see below, Manors) is 3 miles north-east of Bradford. … the manor to Richard Gurney or Gurnard. 67 Gurney was a London mercer, an ardent Royalist, and a benefactor of the … corporations he was warden. He was chosen Lord Mayor of London in 1641 after a fiercely contested election in which …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… many houses in the memory of man. The ruins of the market-house were to be seen in the field where the fair is now … it still continues. The company of baberdashers in London, are the present lessees of the demesnes of this … mill, in this parish, to the company of haberdashers of London, as trustees for the support of the hospital at …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… church stands on the ridge's highest point with the Manor House and earlier-19thcentury Manor House Farm to the west, … in Great Cheverell which Richard of Cromhale, William of London, and Margery de Limesy, Hamelin de Ballon's heirs in a … of Bristol. A new treble, cast by Mears of Whitechapel (London), and inscribed as the gift of Sir Charles Chitham, …