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A History of the County of Worcester
… on the west. Adjoining the Bell Inn is a good 18th-century house, and not far distant, in the Bell Inn road, is a house … variously as Stratford Road, Church Street, New Street and London Road, is the Ellen Badger Memorial Cottage Hospital, … The charities founded by will of Richard Badger, proved at London 7 December 1907. This testator bequeathed for the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of St. Peter, and half a mile south is Snoddington Manor House, the residence of Mr. H. C. Formby, J.P. The soil is …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the ridge was known as Gloucester way in 1584 and as the London road in 1680 46 and with the route up from Frogmill it … in the south-east of Shipton was described as the old London road at inclosure in 1793, when it was among land … valley bottom on the north bank of the stream and a manor house on the south bank close to the site of a complex of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… parish, and the road from Swyncombe that joins the main London road and crosses the south-eastern end of the parish … village. The castle dates from the 14th century. The manor-house of West Shirburn, which belonged in the 13th century to … Gill' is referred to as the architect in letters from the London mason, Andrews Jelfe, relating to the supply of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… contains about twenty houses, one of which is a farm-house, formerly belonging to the Crayfords, but now to the … end of Henry VIII.'s reign, alienated it to Brown, of London, from which name it passed to Sir Roger Manwood, chief … I.'s reign, it passed by sale to Sir Thomas Smith, of London, whose son, Sir John Smith, succeeded him in the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… next to Otford, having both the church and the seat of New House on the eastern side of it. Hence, on both sides, the … to Anne, daughter of Bartholomew Partridge, merchant of London, by whom he had a son, Thomas, who survived him; … married the daughter of Sir Thomas Scawen, alderman of London, and died in 1751, leaving his wife surviving, and two …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… about three miles in extent each way. The high road from London to Rochester runs thro it, westward of which are the … and at a quarter of a miles' distance northward, a good house, which was for some generations the property and … and coppice wood, which reaches to both sides of the London road, and there are still larger ones of the southern …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… built of stone and thatched. The fine Jacobean manor-house of North Court lies back from the road to the west at … room and offices, and has rather gained in dignity. The house contains some good pictures. Plan of West Court, … the village on the road to Brighstone is the earlier manor-house of West Court. It lies just off the left-hand side of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… northern slope is mainly park-land belonging to Shotover House while its southern slope is covered with gorse and … when the new turnpike was constructed, 9 the main Oxford-London road traversed Shotover Plain and brought the parish … hill. 13 The flying coach first travelled from Oxford to London in one day in 1669, 14 and thereafter much is heard of …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… well-wooded grounds to the north-west of the church. The house appears to have been erected in the latter part of the … Shottesbrook to John de Oxonia, a citizen and vintner of London, 29 who in 1335 enfeoffed William Trussell, son of … is a peal of five bells : the treble is by T. Mears of London, 1811; the second is inscribed, 'Campana cantare …