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A History of the County of Huntingdon
… at the south end of the village, is a mid-18th-century house, but has remains of earlier work, both in its walls and … much employed in the general rebuilding of houses in London and the country in the early 19th century, was a … his son, Sir Henry Pickering, sold it to John Bacon, a London merchant. 17 Thomas Bacon and his wife Elizabeth were …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… mainly (though not exclusively) 7 occupied by the manor-house mentioned in the early 13th century, 8 for a large house near the church called the court house was demolished … the manor to Paul Withypool and other merchant tailors of London, 63 and it was presumably from them that ownership …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… spread from a nucleus near the ford, including the manor house and church, westwards along Church Street and … 26 Next to it stands a dovecot which was converted into a house in the 18th century. A 14th-century house on High Street was moved there from Eaton Socon (Beds.) …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of 500 ft. above the ordnance datum. Little Somborne House, occupied by Chevalier Guglielmo Marconi, is a modern … in the possession of the family of Welles of Brambridge House, being held by Gilbert Welles in 15523. 12 This Thomas, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the church was standing in the 13th century, and the glebe house stood south-west of it in the 17th century or earlier. … 18th century it was incorporated as the east wing of a new house built of red brick with stone dressings: the house was called the Old Rectory after the rector lived there …
A History of the County of Bedford
… size, which marks the site of the ancient manor-house. Small outlying districts of the parish are Green End … of these counties and their men, took refuge in the house of Roger, a servant of the Templars, in this parish. … at the battle of Naseby, and imprisoned in Winchester House, where he took the negative oath. 27 In 1644, being …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… scattered. Here at the south angle of the crossing is a house, which was formerly the Swan and Salmon Inn, a two-storied brick house with tiled roof and a gabled projection in front. On a … Farm, further south, are the foundations of an earlier house. A Purbeck marble effigy wearing a chasuble and alb …
A History of the County of Oxford
… it was aligned with the north-east avenue from Heythrop House. There were also paths towards Showell on the west and … truncated southern end can still be seen between the Manor House and Bell House, ran north from the village to join the Swerford road …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… of the church is a substantial early 18th-century farm-house of red brick. The village street runs south-west from … an oak tree here, 12 and Thomas Ravis, who was Bishop of London in 1607, was incumbent here in 1598. 13 The Wittenham … of the Mint, 29 who sold it in 1552 to William Dunch of London, 30 to whom the reserved rent was released and the …