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A History of the County of Surrey
… parish has been entirely transformed from a village into a London suburb. It now forms a ward of the Metropolitan … there are only 21 acres of permanent grass. The soil is London clay and the gravel and sand of the river deposits. … extremity of the parish, and in the south stands Hill House, the manor-house of 1802, 4 which afterwards became a …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… a mile from Topcliffe; just beyond the bridge, near a farm-house called Manor Lodge, a road goes towards the south … Elmire and Crakehill, passing near the present Manor House, a modern farm-house standing on the opposite side of … to ye Church of Toplyffe in Yorkshire 1669.' It bears the London mark of the same year. The second cup is inscribed …
Magna Britannia
… with Newfoundland than any other port in the kingdom, London excepted. 3 It has long since been wholly removed. 4 … John Duckworth, K. B. and Bart., who greatly improved the house, and died there in 1817. It is now the residence of his … miles from Barnstaple, about 36 from Exeter, and 192 from London. No record appears of a grant of the market, which is …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… To the west is a thatched barn contemporary with the house. The stables are of a little later date. There is a … There is one bell, inscribed Thomas Mears, Founder, London, 1840. 47 There are two monuments in the nave, viz. to …
A History of the County of Hertford
… acres permanent grass and 2 acres wood. 1 The subsoil is London Clay. The land attains a height of 400 ft. in the … and Totteridge Park, on the site of the old manor-house, the residence of Mr. A. Barratt. Poynter's Hall … of 1 13 s. 4 d. received from the Haberdashers' Company, London. William Campion, will, 1720, being an annual sum of 2 …
A History of the County of Bedford
… at Stanbridge Ford station on the Dunstable branch of the London and North-Western railway, which here cuts across the … End is the hamlet of Lower End, where in the garden of a house are traces of a moat, which probably marks the site of … century it reappears in the hands of John Mead, a wealthy London grocer. 58 It has since followed the same descent as …
A History of the County of Worcester
… been a particularly fine example of a large 15th-century house, was unfortunately demolished in the 'forties of the … or with the crest of a mitre, for William Laud, Bishop of London; (4) the Stuart royal arms. The coach-house, to the … by the Parliamentary Commissioners to Nicholas Lockyer of London. 37 He seems to have made a bad bargain, for in the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Court, Mill Farm, Home Farm, Manor Farm, and Tredington House, which are mentioned below, 19 all timber-framed … his hall and chamber. 20 In 1491 the destruction of a house by wind was recorded. 21 Corn Mill Cottage, beside the … apparently the 160 a. that was put up for sale with the house called Home Farm in 1918, following the death of the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… the north and east with the Grand Junction Canal and the London and North-Western Railway. Tring station is in the … stock market, which is held on Mondays. There was a market-house at Tring in 1650, with a court loft over it, in which … dairy-pasture. Large quantities of milk are sent up to London. The village is steadily decreasing, and most of the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… to different tenants; in which state the manor and mansion-house of Trottesclive continue at this time. The family of … the bishop of Rochester, and have resided in the manor-house, during which time they have acquired the rank of …