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A History of the County of Hampshire
… to Basingstoke, not far from the point at which the London and South Western Railway crosses both this and the … ' which burnt to the ground the parish church, a farm-house adjacent to the parsonage, the White Horse Inn, six … 1732. 7 A little to the north of the rectory is Hillside House, the residence of Mr. Sidney Lauriston Bullock. Within …
A History of the County of Surrey
… and then east to west towards the Wey, uniting at Wotton House. The streams on the other slope of Leith Hill run to … the favourite resort of all lovers of the picturesque near London. The traveller, on foot or horseback (the road is not … Stahlschmidt considers that they were cast by a Reading or London founder. The third bell, by Richard Eldridge, bears …
A History of the County of Bedford
… main street to the west of the church stands a picturesque house, H-shaped, of seventeenth-century date, known as the Manor House, and now occupied as cottages. One of the ground-floor … is Potton, 3 miles to the south-east, on a branch of the London and North Western Railway. Biggleswade, on the Great …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… hills at the southern extremity of it; the high road from London through Farningham to Maidstone leads through this … town, which is a little more than twenty-four miles from London. At the entrance of it is the mansion of the rectory, a handsome house, well suited to the income of it, and on the opposite …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… deeply into it. The church, Vicarage, and former rectory-house (now Wroughton House) stand together on a promontory … century. 44 A bridge to carry it over the motorway from London to South Wales was built in 1971. 45 The Wilts. & … was filled in. 47 The section of the G.W.R. line from London to Bristol was completed across the parish in 1840. 48 …
A History of the County of Warwick
… to the south. It is probable that this was the Chapter House, and it appears to have extended eastwards, or it may … stones are used in the grounds for rockeries, &c. The house built by the Burgoynes about the end of the 16th … 'Assit Principio Sca Maria Meo' by Thomas Bullesdon of London. 32 The registers 33 begin in 1556 but are missing for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Saltway, a route from the Worcestershire saltworks to London. It has not yet been possible to prove the existence … stream of travellers on it, and it figures prominently as London Way on maps of Wroxton of 1684 and 1768. 5 Regular … by name in 1782; the 'North Arms', although a 17th-century house in origin, does not appear to have been licensed until …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… celebrated in secrecy at Girlington Hall, an Elizabethan house to the east of Wycliffe, now a farm-house. They had later a chapel attached to Wycliffe Hall. … the Committee for Compounding to examine his title to a house and lands in Wycliffe, as they were withheld from him …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… is the church and college close to it, and on the other a house, which was once the gaol to the manor-court, but long … left two sons, of whom Thomas, he youngest, was bishop of London. The eldest left one son, Sir Thomas Kempe, K.B. he … his wife, daughter of Mr. George Wanley, banker, of London, two sons, John, who was of Ollantigh, and Wanley, who …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… priory of St. Mary the Virgin closely adjoin the modern house called Wykeham Abbey, the seat of Viscount Downe. The … of Wykeham is all modern. It includes a cup and flagon (London, 1851) and a paten (London, 1852) presented by Viscount Downe, 1852. The …