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A History of the County of Bedford
… the centre of the parish. The Bedford branch of the London and North-Western railway runs through the parish; the … moat which must have originally encircled the former manor-house of the Beckerings. Just to the west of Brogborough … Ditchfield and others, trustees for the Corporation of London. 33 They sold Brogborough Manor previous to 1676, in …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Wallis, or de Galeis, a capital merchant of the city of London, lord mayor several times in the reign of king Edward … of king Henry VII. holding it of the abbey of Tower-hill, London, as was then found by inquisition. He left his son and … chancery, it appeared, that Ridley was a parsonage, with a house and thirty-six acres of glebe land, all worth fifty …
A History of the County of Rutland
… is the church, and near it to the north-east is the Manor House, formerly a place of importance and the residence of … table. 91 Charities Richard Watts, by his will proved at London on 18 March 1707, as appears from an entry in the … Exch. Spec. Com. Rutl. no. 6417. See Round, Commune of London, p. 28. V.C.H. op. cit. 13940. Cal. Pat. R. 125866, p. …
A History of the County of Northampton
… is a panel inscribed t. e. 1630 m. e. A thatched gabled house north of the church is dated 1641, and near the … entrance to the village from Denford is a good end-gabled house with pantiled roof, alternate bands of freestone and … in the end walls, and panel inscribed i f d 1711. Another house in the middle of the village, though much restored, is …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… through the village, in which the church and parsonage-house is situated. The parish is both healthy and pleasant, … family of Dauling; one of whom, Richard Dauling, gent. of London, presented to it in 1679; at length by Mary, daughter … Dauling, clerk, obt. 1679. 4 Richard Dauling, gent. of London John Dauling, A. M. June 19, 1679, obt. 1727. Ward …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… hill a mile south-west of the town. Avon Castle, a modern house, the property of Colonel Ralph Peacock, V.D., C.E., … and a broken curved pediment, to Mr. Bartholomew Layton of London, merchant, 1681, and Anne his wife 1702; also Joseph … trustees. In 1855 Mrs. Mary Baldwin by will, proved at London 28 February, left 50 to the vicar and churchwardens to …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Hall, the residence of Miss Behrens, a good half-timbered house of the type commonly built in South Worcestershire at … Elizabethan silver cup of the usual pattern, bearing the London date letter for 1571, and a cup, paten, flagon and … and John Webb the antiquary. Edmund Bonner, Bishop of London (154059), is also said to have held the living. 174 In …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… about a quarter of a mile from it, and the parsonage-house nearly as far distant, on the opposite side of it. In … Langley, where it remained till the suppression of that house, anno 30 king Henry VIII. when it came into the king's … of the manor of Ripple court, for the building of a poor-house, upon this ground a building was erected, consisting of …
A History of the County of Bedford
… In the north of the village is Riseley Lodge, now a farm-house, a Georgian house of brick and tiles with a wooden cornice. The village … his death John Harvey is recorded as only holding a dove-house and 6 acres of the Bedford barony; Chan. Inq. p.m. 25 …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… country of high hills and deep extensive valleys; the high London road goes through it, on the left side of which the … wood wildly placed among them. The view of this from the London road forms a most romantic and picturesque scene, when … rich and fertile. Upon the hill, on the left side of the London road, near the lime kiln, are several tumuli, some of …