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A History of the County of Hertford
… the north of the present road. This was made when the new house at Blakesware was built. The old road joined the … a thegn of King Edward. It was the land of the Bishop of London in 1086, when it was assessed at 3 hides, 2 of which … 7 and a mill. 8 Another hide was held of the Bishop of London by a certain Tedbert, the successor of Alward, who had …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Park, runs north-west towards Southwick, Purbrook Heath House and Broomfield House lying to the north of its course. The soil is loamy, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… here makes a more distinct curve to the south round the house and thatched outbuildings of a small farm which lies in … and also by the circumstance that an agent sent down from London to report on the whole bailiwick of Bishop's Sutton 4 … some distance from the village is the site of a destroyed house, known as the Castle. It was probably a house of the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… against a background of dark woods. There is also a church-house of brick faced with Bath stone. The houses here used to … of the old state of the village except in the name, Pest House, on the site of which are now three new cottages. In … with the Grand Junction Canal, and the main line of the London and North Western Railway, the nearest station being …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… cup (York, 1695) with the maker's initials W.B., a paten (London, 1753) inscribed 'Wiginton 1754' and a modern flagon, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… at South Fields, Withycombe on the Heath, and at the mill-house. 14 Wigginton's isolated position and lack of any … Plans for restoration were made by William White of London. George Anthony of Waddesdon (Bucks.) was employed as … 195262. An organ, designed by Norman & Beard of London, was obtained in 1913 and electric light was installed …
A History of the County of Northampton
… chapel and a Congregational Sunday school. Of the manor-house, on the south of the village, the only relic is a rectangular stone dove-house. To the east of the village lie the brickworks, and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… it flows through the ornamental lake of Wilcot manor-house. They are too small to have deposited much alluvium and … land around Wilcot Green in the 18th century. A public house called the Swan stood at the south corner from 1746 at … houses. The village remains in two parts. The manor farm-house stands near the manor-house, the church, and the …
A History of the County of Bedford
… at the present day as Sewick End, and including a farm-house and a few scattered houses. Smartwick, a small settlement, now consisting of a farm-house, cottages and public-house in the north of the parish, … five bells: the treble of 1649; the second, a mediaeval London bell, c. 1460, by Henry Jurden, inscribed 'Sancta …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the southern bounds of the parish is a large handsome house, well timbered, standing on high ground, built by … Boys, gent. the late possessor of it, removed to a smaller house near the church, which his father had begun to build, … died possessed of this manor of Sotherton, together with a house and lands at Lacton, a principal house at Swatford, and …