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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… from being healthy. In it there is a handsome sashed brick house, named Woldham house, built by Captain Robert Trevor, … to William Whorne, afterwards knighted, and lord-mayor of London, who built Whorne's-place, in Cookstone, where he … in the 12th year of king Edward IV. was made recorder of London, and in the 2d year of king Richard III. chief baron …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Park, outside the parish in Godstone. The easy access from London and Croydon has caused the building of numerous small … but it was probably then seized. John Gresham, kt., of London appears to have obtained a grant of the estate; he … of a Yorkshire gentleman of the name of Carrol. The house is now a farm owned by Mr. Jackson of Croydon. CHURCH …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Of the bells the earliest is probably by John Sturdy of London, c. 1430; the other is by Pack and Chapman, 1780. 5 …
A History of the County of Warwick
… with no distinctive features. In the yard of a farm-house southwest of the church is a stone pigeon-house of c. … parlour is lined with late-16th-century panelling from a London house and has a modern north fire-place and a reset … cheveron between three compasses (the Carpenters' Company, London). The room over the east parlour has an …
A History of the County of Northampton
… On the west side of the church is an undated two-story house of this period with gabled dormer windows and thatched … Thomas Walton of Strixton, St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London 26 and the abbeys of Lavendon and St. Mary Delapr by … it was included in the grant to the mayor and citizens of London as trustees of the new foundation. 54 Hospital of St. …
A History of the County of Warwick
… on the eastern edge of the extensive grounds of Brandon House. Half a mile north-east of Wolston village, passing the … to Marston and having a station just south of Brandon House. The Roman 7 Fosse Way runs through the parish from … Wodelowe and Margaret his wife by Richard Quatermaynes of London, and the other moiety by John Boteler of Wolverton. 78 …
A History of the County of Worcester
… late 16th-century work with stone mullioned windows, the house was almost entirely rebuilt early in the 19th century, … of which the mutilated crest was evidently that of his house, a swan's head and neck between two wings. The steel … Acts. 138 In consequence of the leases of a considerable London estate now falling in the endowments are now large and …
A History of the County of Warwick
… it belonged woodland 1 furlong by furlong in extent, and a house in Warwick. 5 The overlordship of the first portion … Clement Throckmorton and Alexander Avenon, ironmonger, of London. 33 Clement died seised thereof in 1573, leaving John …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… in the extreme west of the parish. Near it is Wolverton House, which has been rented from the Duke of Wellington by … 67 who sold it in 1782 to Charles Van Notten, a successful London merchant and uncle to Sir Peter Pole of Ewhurst. 68 … There are six bells by Thomas Lester and T. Pocock, London, 1752. The tenor and treble were recast and the bell …
A History of the County of Warwick
… yards south of the 'vestigia of a moat, a pool and an old house within it', which still exist, marking the site of a … 1616, when it was granted to John Gray and Samuel Jones of London. 19 Thomas de Asteley also granted a messuage and 36 …