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A History of the County of Hampshire
… near the middle of the parish, near Romsey station on the London and South Western Railway. The River Test runs past … just south of the municipal boundary, lie the Broadlands house and estate, formerly the residence of Lord Palmerston. … 5 4 s. issuing out of a house in Laurence Pountney Lane, London; and Charity of the Hon. Andrews Windsor (see under …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… village on the Bentley, Alton, and Fareham branch of the London and South-Western railway, which passes through it on … which were built in 1884 by Miss Hagen of Ropley House for the use of the working men of the parish. From the … the road runs on to Ropley Dean, the vicarage and Ropley House, with its well-grown beech trees, being on the north, …
A History of the County of Surrey
… and Geoffrey de Wychingham, citizen and mercer, of London, land in 'La Brecche' in Rotherhithe, including that … in 1576. 16 Gregory de Rokesle, the distinguished London citizen, eight times mayor between 1274 and 1285, 17 … licence to inclose a common way for the enlargement of his house on condition he made another of like dimensions on his …
A History of the County of Northampton
… cottages, is the delight of artists. Behind the manor-house at the entrance to the village is a circular stone … as a temporary gift, 39 confirmed by Edward I; 40 and that house remained in possession until it came to an end … was to have the manse on the south of the church and the house that 'Sarra called the nun' used to dwell in. The abbey …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… miles north-west from Hook Station on the main line of the London and SouthWestern Railway. Tylney Park takes up the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… vicar of Rottingdean in 1792, had a school in the vicarage house at which several famous men were educated. Cardinal … in England. 12 Sir Edward Burne Jones lived at North End House from 1880 till his death in 1898 and his art is … in land in Rottingdean and Balsdean which John Osbarn of London and Alice his wife conveyed in 1456 to Thomas Chaloner …
A History of the County of Worcester
… building built by Sir Charles Rouse-Boughton as a public-house on the site of an earlier one. It was closed as an inn … the village, is a much-modernized two-storied halftimber house of the early 16th century. The original house appears to have been a large building, inclosing two …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Holloway, whose farmhouse in the village opposite Rousham House Sir Charles had demolished. Leys Farm dates from the … its later descent has not been traced. Michael Dormer of London bought a quarter in 1542 from Richard Sapcotes, son of … usually 10030 sheep, and cattle and oxen were sold on the London market. Scotch oxen were bought in 1769, but proved …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Sea Company, M.P. for Chippenham and later for the City of London. His son Francis was one of the directors of the South … broke, and with his colleagues was sentenced by the House of Commons to forfeit part of his personal estate. 30 … until 1808, when it was sold to Wadham Locke of Ford House in Bromham. 33 Wadham (d. 1835) was succeeded by his …
A History of the County of Warwick
… from Hatton Station to the church, is an early-17thcentury house. The front is now brick-faced, but the gables at the … of the ceilings are open-timbered. Behind (east of) the house is a large square moat with high ground in the middle; … Shakespeare sold the property to Sir Simon le Blanc of London, in whose family it remained till it was sold to …