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A History of the County of Oxford
… passes through the parish, but lanes connect Shelswell House and Home Farm with Newton Purcell, Hethe, and … Home Farm, 10 probably mark the site of the medieval manor-house. The site of St. Ebbe's church and the lost medieval … his uncle. The manor was purchased by Gilbert Harrison, a London merchant (d. 1790), whose son John attained his …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Mrs. Whitehead, the present lady of the manor. The actual house is only part of the west wing of a large rectangular …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… that Family, sold it to Sir Thomas Bennet, an Alderman of London, whose Issue enjoys it at this Day intire and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… surrounding open fields. The water-mill and the miller's house lay on Shenington Brook in the southeast corner of the … by having a panel with the arms of the Masons' Company of London. Two houses on the green, 'Longwalls' and 'The Limes', … By will proved in 1734 Samuel Davenport, wharfinger of London, left 100 for repairing, rebuilding, or finishing the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Grange, the residence of Mr. John Charrington, Wilton House, the residence of Mr. George Lionel Dashwood, J.P., and … most beautiful in Hertfordshire. The old main road from London to St. Albans and the Midlands runs through the parish from north to south, and the existing main road to London goes through the northern portion of the parish. There …
A History of the County of Hertford
… are largely poor except the vicarage, which is an old farm-house of red brick, with a good wing added some fifty years … About half a mile north-east of the church is an old farm-house called Half Hyde, and a modern house built about twenty … 32 who may have been a trustee for Michael Heathcote of London, to whom it afterwards came. 33 Mrs. Price had an only …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… estate in the early 19th century. 10 At the former mill house (no. 8 Fowlmere Road), however, the survival of what is … was formerly the east gable-end of the oldest part of the house, a building of two bays which has been raised in … advowson, were held by Sir William Laxton, an alderman of London. 45 Joan Wauton, widow and heir of Sir William, died …
A History of the County of Somerset
… access to the eastern side of Church Street. The manor-house stood isolated to the south-west. More scattered … house. In 1874 a large rectory, designed by R. W. Drew of London, was built west of Church Street by V. S. S. Coles as … by Edward VI's commissioners and in 1553 sold to London agents. 233 The church house was later used as an …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 9 The village is in two parts separated by Sherborne House and Park. It may have been a more compact settlement at … entirely on the north side of the road, the park and house being on the south side. The west end lies near the … it was leased to Sir John Allen, a citizen and alderman of London. 62 Sir John's son Christopher Allen and Audrey his …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… lake formed by the widening of Wey Brook. Beaurepaire House in the north (an ancient mansion surrounded by a moat) … Wolsey, Fox Bishop of Winchester, Tunstall Bishop of London, and Warham Archbishop of Canterbury. Tunstall became Bishop of London in 1522, and was translated to Durham in 1530, and …