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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… School. 22. George Hotel. 23. Post Office. 24. Blind House. 25. Former Bethesda Chap. ( Now part of Home Mills). … the 'Trowbridge roads' thrice weekly in the directions of London and Frome. 14 The Kennet and Avon Canal crosses the … the construction of a line from Bristol to meet the London and Birmingham Railway provided incidentally for a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was a turnpike from 1793 to 1872. 29 The tollgate keeper's house, put up in 1811 with a weighing machine at the south … along Church Street, including School Lane and Wood End. London Street, the southern part of the high street, had 4045 … 58 The main line of the former Great Eastern Railway from London to Cambridge, opened in 1845, 59 runs northward across …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Abingdon to Faringdon. In the midst of the park is Tubney House, the residence of Mr. John Parsons, which may perhaps … Sir John Lenham alias Plummer, citizen and grocer of London who died seised in 1479. 41 In the next year his widow … college and in the church of St. Bartholomew the Less in London. 42 Magdalen College has ever since been the owner. 43 …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Medway, to the edge of this hundred, where the manor and house of Badsell is situated in a very wet and unpleasant … which this mansion has been made use of only as a farm house, and in his descendants, earls of Westmoreland, this …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… through Tufton it branches south-west, passing Manor Farm House, the residence of Major the Honourable William Chambr Rowley, and Westfield House, the residence of Mr. James Walter John Kennedy, which … of the house. Next day the lady rode freely away to London, and, affirms the deponent, 'she was not then and ther …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… village, with the church. and parsonage, a small modern house, stands nearly in the centre of the parish, and near … John Drue, rector of Harpley, and John Seymour, citizen of London, and they seem soon afterwards to have conveyed it by … name was frequently spelt both ways, citizen and draper of London, and lord mayor in the years 1413 and 1423, who bore …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… mid 18th century although its western end was part of a London road that diverged from it on a south-easterly course … Farm) and, on their south-west, the former vicarage house (the Glebe House); in the late 18th century those … John Spencer by 1599. 194 Sir John, a former Lord Mayor of London, died in 1610 and was succeeded in his manor in …
A History of the County of Bedford
… 1801. In the garden at the back is a small stone summer-house, with an original old oak door. It is called the … including Turvey Abbey, to Charles Higgins, Sheriff of London in that year. 32 He died in 1792, when his nephew John … are by Mears & Stainbank, 1900; the third by G. Mears, London, 1864; the fourth and fifth by Henry Bagley, 1682; the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… years the residence of Lord Chancellor Lyndhurst. 6 At the house is a well dated 1308, and a long lime-tree avenue … It was erected about 1847 7 on the site of the manor-house built by Robert Doyley in 1635 8 and has been recently … in money. In 1896 Mrs. Harriet Beisly, by will proved at London 11 February, bequeathed a legacy, now represented by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Hardwick. A lime and yew avenue runs from Tusmore House to Hardwick. The central and eastern parts of the … was one of the outstanding business men in the City of London. He played an active part in Oxfordshire, being Lord … but there are no designs in the Soane Museum (London) or at Tusmore. Blo. Tus. 8687. Country Life, 30 July …