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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… on the north side. 30 The older buildings include the Old House at the west end, the south part of a timber framed early 16th-century house. It has a gable over its jettied south end and inside a … Near the church stands the 17th-century Little Manor House, also timber framed, with a gabled east cross wing and …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… stands at the west of the village street. At present the house is T-shaped on plan, with the cross at the southern … date. Against the east wall is a large chimney stack. The house is built of rubble masonry with ashlar quoins. The manor-house lies in the centre of the village facing the Wesleyan …
A History of the County of Essex
… 3 miles north of Romford, forms the northern part of the London borough of Havering. 1 It is still mainly rural, with … between Romford and the river Roding. The soil is mainly London clay, with Bagshot Beds in the centre of the parish … Hainault forest. Until the 17th century the royal Havering House stood beside the village green with its 1,300-acre park …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Entertainment they were to give him every Year, in their House at Thurgarton, which his Son Walter in his Confirmation … will be noted. There was a good Share was Mr. Grice's, a London Tailor, which is now sold to Mr. John Hacker, of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… where a market-cross once stood, and near it was a small house, called St. Margaret's cross, long since demolished, in … was the youngest son of Isaac Kilburne, of London, third son of John Kilburne, of Saffron Walden, in … from Thomas, the youngest, those of Sutton-at-Hone, and of London. They bore for their arms, Argent, a cross-croslet …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the south-east part. In it there is a handsome new-built house, belonging to Mr. Kelsey, who resides in it; and a … boundary of the parish is Combe farm, part of the house of which is within this parish. There is a fair held …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… cottage at Lower Green, which was originally the mill house of Hawkley mill, is a tablet put up by the late J. J. … the college from that date. The stream at the back of the house, which is part of the River Rother, originally drove …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… the Rye's tributaries. On its south bank stands the manor-house, Arden Hall, the seat of the Hon. J. H. Savile. The … been sold by these trustees to Sir John Aleyn, alderman of London, who in his will dated 1545 gave to his son … to trustees for money advanced to the king by the City of London. 127 Sir Hugh Cholmeley bought it with Aislaby (q.v.) …
A History of the County of Bedford
… slope of the valley through which the stream runs, but the house is in itself of little architectural interest, having … the park, for 300 by the name of 'the messuage or mansion house wherin Robert now dwells, known by the name of the site … and lands, by the title of the manor, to Robert Morgan of London, for the purpose of a settlement on his second son …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… cottages of 17thcentury date, and a little further on is a house dated 1571, which is built of heavy timbers, and has a … Botchmore Farm, on the same road, is a timber-framed house of about 1600 with 17th-century additions, and, like … south-east across the common to Vale Farm and the rectory house beyond and finally reaches Heath End, which is chiefly …