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A History of the County of Essex
… Parishes Harlow HARLOW Harlow lies 37 km. north-east of London, on the south bank of the river Stort, which forms the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… site of both a medieval and a 16th- or 17th-century manor-house. 26 The site was apparently disused by the late 17th … c. 1598 for helping two Roman Catholic priests in London, but he was pardoned and his lands were restored to … farmed them and sold the hay and chaff from both, buying London manure instead. Sainfoin had been sown on c. 30 a. of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… belonging to Harrietshamplace, in which there is a summer-house, shrubbery, and plantation, with a large sheet of … her husband's will, to Charles Booth, esq. of the Temple, London, who resided here, where he kept his shrievalty in … Sir Charles Booth married Mrs. Sheppard, and died s. p. in London in 1795, upon which it came by the further entail, and …
A History of the County of Bedford
… is a small (late 17th or 18th-century) octagonal market-house, the tile roof of which surmounts a wooden classic … the nuns succeeded in freeing themselves from the parent house. 52 The early benefactors of the priory in this parish … 10, 60 but on the expiration of this lease Ralph Farrar of London, grocer, received a permanent grant of the site. 61 In …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… lay partly along the street running west towards the manor house, church, and rectory, which stood together near the … a. in 1382. 159 The rest came c. 1387 to John Shadworth, a London mercer, who retained it until the mid 1420s. 160 By … 192 As BOTELERS manor, it descended from Thomas Whaddon, a London mercer, to his brother Nicholas, 193 and belonged by …
A History of the County of Durham
… was opened. The latter has since been taken over by the London and North Eastern railway. 3 The principal occupation … Ditchfield and others trustees for the Corporation of London. 43 In 1645 Dr. Christopher Potter had an estate here … op. cit. iii, 295. L. and P. Hen. VIII, iv, 5111. See House of Lords Jour. i, 60 a (19 Jan. 1533); Harl. Chart. 58, …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… by the poet Cowper when living at Huntingdon. Hartford House, formerly Grove House, originally consisted of a red … and her son Daniel Taylor, citizen and barber surgeon of London, sold the rent to John Welde son of Sir John Welde for … and advowson of Warboys to Richard Sutton and John Lane of London for 6,900. 47 After this the forest passed to John …
A History of the County of Worcester
… contains few features of particular interest; the best house is, perhaps, the rectory, a good building of the late … and ancient manor to the south of the village. Waresley House was for many years in the latter half of the 19th … Waresley Court is now occupied by Lord Hampton. Whitlench House, 8 to the east of the village, is the residence of the …
A History of the County of Durham
… the promontory about 640. 4 The cemetery probably of this house was discovered in 1833; it lay on the south-east end of … as one of Cromwell's agents, attempted to escape to London by sea, but his ship was driven by contrary winds to … the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company, now the London and North Eastern Railway. 116 In 1845 the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… which was somewhat softened, for he only lost his head at London, the king himself being a spectator of the execution. … 4th year granted licence to Robert Braybrooke, bishop of London, and others, then feoffees of several of his … in the church of Fawkham, and then return to his mansion-house there, where they were to have a plentiful dinner. 14 …