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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… 34 dwellings, one of which is the remains of an old manor-house, a part of it only is inhabited by a villager. The last … is a good tomb to the memory of John Bley, citizen of London, but born in this village; and it is pleasing to …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… lies westward of a line drawn from the centre of Chilston-house, northward to the east end of the church, and thence to … this station to the north side of the present great London road to Dover, and suppose it to be a short and direct … the reign of king Charles I. alienated it to Mr. Wood, of London, merchant, who possessed it at the restoration of king …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Lytton about the year 1620, on the site of an earlier house, and all the old parts of the existing building are … Hall: Ground plan North of the church is a timber-framed house now divided into cottages; it is of early 17th-century … date with a projecting porch. The post-office is a house of the same age and style of construction, now …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… mutilated parts of two others was found in the parsonage house of Letcombe Bassett & for its better preservation for …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… agricultural. In the village is a timber and plaster house dated 1698 and bearing the initials H kM. The old manor-house is an 18th-century building near to the church, the house now known as the Manor being a modern building …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of houses, which reaches as far as Deptford-hill on the London-road, many of these are handsome, and some inhabited … In the street, opposite the rookery, there stood a great house, once the habitation of Sir William Wild, knt. and bart. recorder of London, and afterwards one of the justices of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… them to the north-west a road leads from the present London and Oxford road to Moor Court Farm and once continued … from Thame converge at the hamlet of Postcombe to form the London road. North of Postcombe the road from Oxford forms … of the pond stands the church, and at one time a vicar's house stood on the south side. The 'old Vicarage', now …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… abbey, called St. Mary Graces, near the tower of London. These feoffees, after king Edward's death, in … of it, many years ago, there has been built a dwelling-house, which seems to have been for some generations the … but it has for many years past been converted into a farm house. THE GRANGE is a seat in this parish, which in the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… three chaplains for divine celebration in the chapel-house near it, for ever, and for praying for the souls of all …