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A History of the County of Bedford
… moat and approached through a 15th-century stone gate-house which originally guarded the drawbridge, though this … opening. This upper story was at one time used as a pigeon-house, as seen by the marks in the walls for the framing for … charity, being a rent-charge of 2 issuing out of a public-house known as the 'Red Lion,' at Hockliffe. The Poor's Land, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… boundary of the parish. Near the river is Timsbury Manor House, the property of Colonel T. E. Vickers, C.B., V.D., a … with a red brick gabled front. North-west of the manor-house is the village with the parish church of St. Andrew. …
A History of the County of Bedford
… the eastern boundary of the Tingrith estate. The manor-house, at present the residence of Captain Trevor-Battye, is …
A History of the County of Somerset
… across Hackum bridge, passed just south of Bearley farm-house and led directly to Ash. 15 Part of the route is still … 200 a., 76 the land was sold to John Lavyson or Lovyson, a London goldsmith (d. 1582). 77 By 16023 the original 300 a., … Bewley farm, to Henry Seymour of St. Giles in the Fields, London, for 6,500 in 1676. 82 Seymour's son retained his …
A History of the County of Rutland
… repaired by Richard Cecil in 1546. 3 The present Manor House, said to have been a dower house of the Cecil family, stands between the church and the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and also many scattered cottages. The chief manor-house, Tirley Court, occupies one of the remoter sites, close … as the medieval name of the manor indicates, there was a house by the mid-14th century. 18 The church, with the … end and at the centre the Haw Bridge Inn, an 18th-century house that was formerly the Passage Inn. 20 Downstream from …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… m. north of the old Wardour castle, and 130 m. near the house called Wardour Castle. The relief of all the high … was connected to the L. & S.W.R.'s line from Salisbury to London, and was extended to Exeter in 1860. 50 It closely … not then all in use. 1331 Tisbury stone was available in London in the early 19th century but was expensive. 1332 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… parishes in 1837, 1871, and 1872, respectively. Place House, Titchfield (from an Ancient Map) The parish stretches … Southampton to Fareham passes through the town, and the London and South-Western Railway crosses the parish from east … Royal Navy, while turnip greens are largely grown for the London market, 'green cutting' being a recognized industry …
A History of the County of Northampton
… street is the church. Not far from it is the rectory house, which was rebuilt in 1861, and has in its garden a … cottages dated respectively 1742 and 1750. The old manor house stood on the south side of the village a quarter of a … but it may have been built of stone obtained from an older house known as Titchmarsh Castle, 6 which seems to have been …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… of Drayton, Grandfather to the last Lord Basset of that House, who died the 12th of May, 13 R. 2. 16 at which Time … very probable that he was the chief Builder of that strong House, which from thence forward was the principal Mansion of … Church at Wiverton; 26 there was a very good Chapel in the House, now ruinous with it; and besides it there are no more …