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A History of the County of Gloucester
… 36 Further north a road climbing Northfield hill by the house called the Hewletts once descended south-eastwards by … up against and dwarfing the church, the 16th-century manor house, Whittington Court. Earthworks east of the brook lie … road from Winchcombe by way of Puckham Farm. The largest house (the Old Rectory), standing between the roads and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… closes, the church and the moated side of the former manor-house stand slightly detached from the village. A lane west … inclosure; another towards Newton was straightened. 31 The London-Cambridge railway, completed in 1845, crosses the … farm. 225 Numbers of turkeys were also reared for the London market and driven up before Christmas in flocks of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… stone-mullioned cottage, at one time used as the church house. The Hermitage, a house under the east slope of the … In 1858 the Rev. Richard Dixon, by his will proved at London 28 July, bequeathed 100 also for bread at Christmas … In 1894 William Pelham Winter, by his will proved at London 24 November, bequeathed 500 for bread and coals to the …
A History of the County of Rutland
… cup with only the maker's mark I.G., the paten with the London date-letter for 157071, and a breadholder of 171819. … chantry were acquired by John and William Dodyngton of London. 57 Its possessions in other parishes included a messuage called 'le Chanterie House of Whightwell' and lands in Hambleton and a messuage …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… shifted to the village of Swainby close by. Plan of Gate-house, Whorlton Castle Whorlton Castle, the stronghold of the … little is now left of the castle buildings except the gate-house. This building is a 14th-century rectangular structure … There is a ring of six bells cast by John Warner & Sons of London, and a clock was presented in 1891 by the Rev. Alleyne …
A History of the County of Worcester
… more space than it does now. 6 By 1866 it was only a farm-house, 7 but the remains of the moat are still in existence. The present house is in the main a red brick building of about 1700, with … and wattle barn put up in 1695. There is also near the house a half-timber dovecote on a red sandstone base, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… many trees were planted in the parkland around Wick Hill House in the north-east of the parish. 11 The village is near … fences, and the name Court Hayes suggest that the chief house of the village once stood. According to one account it … Bush, 70 and in 1539 from Bush to William Mounslow 71 of London from whom it was bought by John Stratford, purchaser …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… A court leet and court baron are still held in the manor house, and those summoned to the former are sworn in the cellar of the manor house, while before the opening of the court baron all those … opposite the churchyard, and look at the spot where the house of the Uvedales stood. At the court leet tithingmen are …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… on one side, and the parsonage, a handsome brick house, on the other. At the further end of the green, the … a corn-mill belonging to the manor, beyond it is only one house, called the Stone-house, being built of squared stones and slints in chequers, …