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A History of the County of Buckingham
… lay in a favourable position half-way between Oxford and London, and commanded the important road to Marlow. According … and it is at least possible that he possessed a house here; but the most illustrious name connected with the … his Life 8 shows us the bishop lodging here on his way to London with a retinue of servants and pack-horses and …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… omitted. THIS PARISH is situated on the north side of the London high road, nearly opposite to Shorne. It lies low … those parishes, which lie on the north side of the high London road as far as Canterbury, and thence again to the … not far from the east end of the church, where the farm-house, of which the sides and back part are built of stone, …
A History of the County of Bedford
… The Camp. 2 It probably was connected with the manor house. Roman remains have also been found in the parish. The manor house, now a farm, is on the northwest side of the church, … the B.V.M., 44 Hen. III, and found a dead child beside the house of the vineyard of the age of 3 or 4 days, and a hue …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of Sir Robert Sawyer in 1692 occurred 'at his mansion house of Highclere.' 11 The first Earl of Carnarvon was …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… west of the chapel. Highway Farm was probably the manor house. It has been much altered, rebuilt, and the interior … to the porch are all that remain of the late 16th-century house. In 1364 the capital messuage in Highway was said to be … the manor in 1364 to the rector and brethren of the house of Bonhommes at Edington. 24 The property was then …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… sides of the river. Hildersham church and one manor-house stand north of the river, the other manor-house, later Hildersham Hall, south of the river. Before the … Mary, who in 1829 married William Stutfield, 163 a London wine-merchant. In 1865 Stutfield and his wife sold …
A History of the County of Worcester
… the by-road about which the few houses are grouped, is the house formerly known as the 'Glebe Farm.' It is of … L-shaped plan. The main limb is the earliest part of the house and appears to date from the 14th century. The … the church are the remains of the moat of the former manor-house. The Manor Farm, formerly known as the Court House, …
A History of the County of Warwick
… south side of the road, slightly west of the cross, is a house (No. 88) with 17th-century timber-framing internally, … eaves-cornice. Two hundred yards farther west is a house ('Handley Cross') now divided into two tenements, … only timbering visible externally is at the rear of the house, and this has been considerably altered from its …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… chapel. 24 Here in a field below Cliffansty House some irregularity of the ground probably marks the the … been acquired by John's father William Calley, draper of London, for William had land in Clevancy at the time of his … devised Catcomb to his nephew, John Barlow, watchmaker, of London. 215 John Barlow's daughter, Eleanor, married John …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in the village are built of a pleasant ashlar. Hilperton House, on the west of the street, is a good example of an … broach spire. The clock was installed by Fairer of London in 1863. The pulpit and seating are contemporary with … rebuilding. There are six bells; (i) and (ii) were cast in London in 1909; (iii), (iv), and (vi) are inscribed 'Richard …