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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… in this county, afterwards an alderman and lord-mayor of London, who died possessed of it in 1795, and his son … to the parishes of Eastchurch and Leysdown, with which a house and land was purchased, as has been already more …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of a large part of Williamscot, including Williamscot House and the school, 5 is almost certainly a post-medieval … to Sir John Spencer of Islington, a former Lord Mayor of London. 56 He died seised of it in 1610. 57 Spencer's heir … at inclosure to Thomas Chamberlain, also of Knightsbridge (London), who was almost certainly unconnected with the …
A History of the County of Rutland
… walls of ruined cottages as boundary walls, etc. Wardley House, near the church, is a good stone-built farmhouse with … The nearest station is at East Norton (co. Leic.) on the London and North Eastern and the London Midland and Scottish Railways 2 miles west of the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… in 1854. 2 The parish is intersected by the main road from London to Cambridge through Buntingford and Royston, from … between the eastern side of Hertfordshire and London, and it was therefore of great importance for the … of Musley Lane. In the High Street probably the oldest house is no. 65, formerly the Christopher Inn, 18 but now a …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… or more properly, the Lecton, on which is a handsome house, the property of Mr. Thomas Hodges, who lives in it, as … houses, one of which is the parsonage, and another Tinton-house, Mr. Howland's, who lives in it. The church stands on … earl of Thanet, the present possessor of it. There is no house or court lodge on it. TINTON, antiently called …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… Ives, two and a half miles from Gamlingay station on the London Midland and Scottish Railway. A skeleton with a small … practices and condemned in February 16401, by the House of Lords, to be deprived of his benefices. His books …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… acres of woods and plantations. 2 The subsoil is mainly London Clay; the land is very level, lying about 200 ft. … parish, and the nearest station is at Bracknell, on the London and South Western railway, 2 miles from Warfield … late Mrs. Hulbert, who left it to her nephew. The oldest house of any importance in the parish, however, belonged to …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… and on the higher ground Woolwich and Reading beds and London clay. The highest point is at Bowsey Hill (454 ft.), … Wargrave Court, a completely modernized 16th-century house, stands close to the church and was probably the … White, widow, of the parish of St. Bartholomew the Less, London, in the following year. 52 The premises were at the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… of the 19th century to replace the old thatched rectory house then pulled down, which occupied a lower and less … the united benefices resides at Weekley, and the rectory house at Warkton with part of the glebe was in the same year … to Mr. Charles Edward Lamb, who has since occupied the house. To the north of the church is the school built in 1867 …
A History of the County of Surrey
… a village 4 miles south-east of Croydon and 17 miles from London. It lies on the downs east of the Caterham Valley, … old houses. The vicarage is a fine old red brick house, with tiled roof, facing the common. It has Doric … made to Richard Wooden of Warlingham and John Cater of London, vintner, on 14 April 1541. 13 Sir John Gresham was a …