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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… town of Sittingborne is situated about forty miles from London, the high road from thence to Dover leading through … about a quarter of a mile from the town is a good modern house called Glovers, which lately belonged to Thomas … corn and wood, and relanding the several commodities from London and elsewhere. At a small distance north-west from the …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… mentioned in the 18th century. 15 To the south-east is a house called Glaphowe, and north of this is Glaphowe Whin, … where Kill Gill makes a furrow in the hill-side, is a house called How la Hay, which seems to show the site of an … the maker's mark N. W., probably for Nicholas Wollaston (London); and a pewter flagon. 163 The registers begin in …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… granted it in fee to Thomas Rowe, citizen and alderman of London, 10 afterwards knighted. 11 His son Henry, afterwards … after his father's death in 1570. 12 He was Lord Mayor of London in 1609, 13 and died in 1612, having settled the manor … manor to the Duke of Bridgewater in 1724 the site or manor-house was, or lately had been, in the occupation of James …
Magna Britannia
… the abbey of St. Michael, in Normandy. The abbot of that house conveyed it to Sir Nicholas Bonville. Leland, speaking … are monuments of the family of Beavis of Clist House 3, in the adjoining parish of Farrington; and that of … being possessed of these lands and the manor, built a house for his own residence at Mount Wise, where is now a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of the rape to a point on the main road from Brighton to London just south of New Town and Crawley, and has a … of 504 ft. at Handcross and the main road from Brighton to London runs up the eastern boundary north of this part. At … tiled roof with a central chimney-stack of thin bricks. A house, north of the triangle, is of the 17th century; the …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… are now in the British Museum. 4 The Wyvills had a house here in March 121516, 5 probably the capital messuage … in 1302. 6 Wyville Hall was described in 1619 as an old house of stone at the east end of the town. 7 In 1344 Ralph … of the manor (q.v.). The present ruins are those of a house of considerable size and pretension erected on its site …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Copse is a moat, probably representing the site of a manor house. The Islip Iron Company have extensive mines of ironstone, and tramways connect the quarries with the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The village stands on …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… ordnance datum, while in the south it is less than 70 ft. London clay is found in the neighbourhood, and supplies … first, two rooms being hired as ticket offices at a public-house known as the 'North Star,' near the present station. 5 … In 1908 James Albert Harding, by his will proved at London 11 January, devised a messuage known as Adeline Villa, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… a small distance below Yalding bridge. There is a market house remaining in the town; but the market, which is said to … for toys and pedlary. There is a modern well built meeting-house, with a burialground, in which are several handsome … possession of Matthew Parker. JACOB TURNER, merchant, of London, as appears by a deed of trust made in 1686, gave in …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… for thirty-eight years at Scottshall, feeding in his house not less than one hundred persons, besides other … of whom Francis Talbot Scott, esq. the eldest, was of London, barrister-at-law, and died in 1789, having married … 10s. yearly to two poor women of each of these parishes, a house and land lying in the parisnes of St. Mary, Romney …