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A History of the County of Worcester
… village pound. Behind the church is Hallow Park, an old house remodelled in the 18th century. The road from Worcester … of Worcester. Habington in the 17th century described the house as being raised on a small hill at a short distance … Park. A working men's club hall for local meetings and a house for a district nurse were established by Mrs. Lea in …
A History of the County of Somerset
… suggest pre-Christian occupation. The medieval manor house and the parsonage barn stood in an apparently detached … they sold the rectory to Richard Musgrave of Lyons Inn, London, later of West Monkton (d. 1727). 79 Two of Musgrave's … absorbed in the endowment made by Edward Wescombe of London, merchant, member of a prominent local family, who …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… it, is situated about half a mile westward from the high London road, leading through Farnborough towards Sevenoke, at the distance of about eighteen miles from London, on which is a hamlet called Lock's Bottom. The … shillings and four pence for a dead heriot. The mansion-house, or court-lodge of the manor, formerly called …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… by will, in 1615, for poor widows, not receiving alms, a house and land, vested in the parish, of the annual produce …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… it. A court baron is regularly held for it. Charities. A HOUSE, with a garden, and two acres of land, in this parish, … the prior and convent, granted to his beloved son John de London, nephew of the then blessed martyr Thomas, the church … that he had two vicarage-houses, one an old uninhabited house adjoining to the sea side, which every spring tide …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… The principal building in the parish is the great modern house of Mr. Alfred de Rothschild. Manor The manor of HALTON … grandson, Sir John Dashwood King, lived at Halton Manor House, 48 but after his death it was unoccupied for some …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… where it remained till the suppression of that house, anno 30 Henry VIII. when it came into the king's … 38th year of king Henry VI. in asserting the cause of the house of York; on whose death, his two daughters became his … sixty pounds. There is some glebe land, but no parsonage-house. It seems not improper to remark here, that the value …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… led respectively west to Shalbourne and east to Ham Spray House, could still be seen south of the village as tracks in … 19th century. 23 Its site was marked in 1976 by a modern house. At the green's south-west corner, south of the school, … brick cross-wing built to designs by Waring & Blake of London. 147 The central range was later extended northwards …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… the site of the ancient priory, while opposite is Hamble House, the residence of the Rev. Joseph Curling, M.A. As far … Cliff,' near to Netley Hospital. 'Ravenswood' is a large house facing the river, owned by Mr. A. G. Beale, and in School Lane is the house of Sir John Fullerton, late captain of the royal yacht. …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… near the school built by Viscount Hambleden. The Manor House, a picturesque, many-gabled structure of dressed flint … mill is Hambleden Lock, newly erected in 1376, when the London bargemen lodged a complaint against the tolls exacted … for a night the Earl of Leicester on his way from London to Cumnor. In the eastern half of the parish on high …