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A History of the County of Hampshire
… acres of land, and 9 acres of land covered by water. The London and South Western Railway passes through the north of … Canal. The church, rectory, and school, and the Court House Farm 1 lie some distance to the west of the village, … by small copses, and there are parks at Winchfield House, 1a the seat of the Beauclerk family, lately occupied …
A History of the County of Surrey
… on the north-west border of the county, 25 miles from London. It contains 5,672 acres, and measures 5 miles from … beyond the parish. The great south-western road from London passes through the parish. The London and South … of Mrs. Christie; The Towers, of Lady Elvey. Woodcote House is a boys' school. There are an Institute and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… on the barns) Welsh slate. Windrush Manor, a stone house with a Cotswold stone roof, is two-storied and of … window with round-headed lights; this part of the house may well date from the 16th century. Part of the north … and hipped dormers. There are various extensions to the house, one of which is of 1919 22 in a style similar to the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… are hay, wheat, barley, oats, beans, and roots. Both the London and North Western railway and the Grand Junction Canal … south-east. South of the school is Wing Lodge, a modern house of white brick in the French style, with dark brick … 2 14 s. a year, 1,052 2 s. 2 d. consols, and 1,320 London and South Western 3 preference stock, which are held …
A History of the County of Rutland
… to the street similar to those at Greetham. The rectory house has been much altered and modernised, but a stone, now … north side of the church is an undated 17th-century stone house, with two-story mullioned bay window, end gables and … Middleton and Richard Hartopp, citizens and goldsmiths of London, to Robert Johnson, Archdeacon of Leicester. 14 Hugh …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… boundary of the parish. Wingfield Common, Wingfield House, Trowle House, and Trowle Farm are just to the north and east of the … below) are in an isolated position mile south of Wingfield House. Pomeroy Farm (see below Manors) adjoins Belle Cour on …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… been disused for a number of years past; though the market-house seems yet remaining. There are two fairs held yearly … the latter end of the same year he was chosen bishop of London, being still chancellor, and was consecrated the … of the manor, to trustees, for the use of the city of London. From whom, by the direction of the mayor and …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… to the south-east are the school and Wingrave Old Manor House, the residence of Mrs. Stewart-Freeman, a 17th-century brick house with tiled roof, which has been modernized in recent … lying to the south-east of the church, is a timber-framed house dating probably from the 16th century. It is now …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… The soil is clay, loam and gravel, with a subsoil of London Clay and Bagshot Beds. The general slope of the land … the road. To the west of the church stands the old rectory-house, probably erected at the same date as the church tower. … Winkfield Street, along the same line of road, is the pump-house, erected c. 1800, containing the old 'Physic Well,' now …
Magna Britannia
… by himself. Richard Melhuish, Esq., in 1799, gave a house for a charity-school, and 700 l. three per cent. for … his machine, with the assistance of a cooper in London. It was of wainscot well secured with iron hoops, with … was finished, he offered his services to some merchants of London, to adventure on the wrecks of some treasure ships …