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Compton Beauchamp, Oxfordshire, England= Compton Beauchamp In 955 King Edred gave to Alfe 8 hides in Compton, and these Alfe gave to the abbey of Abingdon. No later evidence, however, has been found to connect the place with the abbey, and in 1086 William Fitz Ansculf was holding the 5 hides at which it was then assessed. The overlordship followed the descent of his manor of Bradfield (q.v.), o...
Caversham Cell, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England=Near Reading, on the opposite side of the Thames, is Caversham, where the Earl of Cadogan, who was created baron Reading in the year 1716, built a magnissicent house, which his successor thought proper to reduce: it is now in the possession of Major Marfach. Here was a priory of black canons, cell to Notley abby in Buckinghamshire, famous for...
Wallingford Castle, Berkshire(now in Oxfordshire), England=>===== Image by Pitou250 - Own work, Public Domain, Wiki Commons Robert D'Oyley of Liseux built Wallingford Castle, a motte and bailey affair, between 1067 & 1071. He spent much of his time acquiring land, mostly at the expense of the church. The monks of Abingdon were eventually forced to conspire against him and pray for his repentanc...
Shirburn Castle=>===== Image Geograph © Copyright Colin Bates and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence . Excerpt from A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 8, Lewknor and Pyrton Hundreds. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1964. The church, dating perhaps from the late 11th century, is the oldest building in the village. The castle dates from the 14th ce...
Historic Buildings of Cheshire ==England Image right - Arley Hall, Northwich >===== By Pixie2000 at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Kurpfalzbilder.de using CommonsHelper., Public Domain, WIKI The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Cheshire, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GE...
Abingdon Abbey, Berkshire, (now Oxfordshire), England= Abingdon Abbey , also known as 'St Mary's Abbey was a Benedictine Monaster.===History===It is thought that the abbey was founded either by Cissa, viceroy of Centwine, king of the West Saxons , or by his nephew Hean, in honour of the Virgin Mary, for twelve Benedictine monks.During the reign of King Alfred . it was destroyed by the Danes hav...
Deanery Garden, Berkshire, England=An early C20 house by Edwin Lutyens surrounded by a contemporary formal and informal garden by Lutyens, with planting plans by Gertrude Jekyll .HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT Edward Hudson of 'Country Life' Magazine was introduced to Edward Lutyens by Gertrude Jekyll so when he bought a walled orchard in Sonning in the 1890s he was an obvious choice to employ to design ...
The Malbon Family are descendants of William Malbank, First Baron of Nantwich . He arrived in Britain with Hugh Lupus in 1069 and was made one of the eight barons of the palatine county of Cheshire, gaining lands across southern Cheshire and northern Shropshire. Specifically, as the Third Baron of Nantwich had no male heirs, the Malbons descend from Philip Malbank , the younger son of the Secon...
Historic Buildings of Northumberland ==England Image right - The Keep at Alnwick Castle >===== Image Geograph © Copyright Len Williams and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence . =====See Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Northumberland, with links to sub-projects for s...
Historic Buildings of East Sussex ==England Image right - 14th Century Bodiam Castle ===== Image Geograph © Copyright J.Hannan-Briggs and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence . See>===== Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page ===== Historic Buildings of West Sussex The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in East Sussex, with...
This is a list of people that I found in my tree that immigrated to different counties. Google translate: Esta é uma lista de pessoas que encontrei na minha árvore que imigraram para diferentes países. Traductor de Google: esta es una lista de personas que encontré en mi árbol que emigraron a diferentes condados. // Private User Anders Thalus Ericsson finnish citizen 1836==England==# Nina Oakle...
Historic Buildings of Staffordshire ==England Image right - Whitmore Hall ===== Image Geograph © Copyright Stephen Richards and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence . =====See Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Staffordshire, with links to sub-projects for specific bu...
This is the umbrella project for the County of Cheshire===Related Projects -===== Image right Cheshire county flag - by Vexilo - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wiki Commons * Cheshire - Famous People >* People Connected to Cheshire >* Cheshire - Genealogical Resources >* Historical Cheshire >* Historic Buildings of Cheshire >* Monumental Inscriptions and Graveyards of Cheshire
Wolvesey Castle (Bishops Palace) Winchester, England= Wolvesey Castle was one of the greatest medieval buildings in England – the palace of the powerful and wealthy bishops of Winchester. One of the most important Norman palaces in England, it was built during a period when Winchester was second only to London as a royal and ecclesiastical centre. The palace remained in use until the 1680s, whe...
This project is set up to track Welsh, Walsh, Welch, Walshe, etc. Family members who migrated to the New World, especially the Caribbean and North America. ==Summary== ==Notables== ==Locations=====Jamaica===* Robert Welsh arrived in Barbados or Jamaica in 1690.* Robert Welsh arrived in Barbados or Jamaica in 1691.* Robert Welsh arrived in Jamaica in 1725.* Robert, age na, arrived in Jamaica ...
Sussex College (referred to informally as "Sidney") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. The college was founded in 1596 under the terms of the will of Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex (1531–1589) and named after its foundress. It was from its inception an avowedly Protestant foundation;[1] "some good and godlie moniment for the mainteynance of good learninge". ...
Oakhurst Cottage, Surrey, England=Oakhurst, the National Trust-owned 16th Century farm labourer’s cottage,The restoration process has unearthed much new and fascinating information about the history of the cottage, a remarkable survival of a largely-unaltered humble agricultural worker's dwelling into 21st Century Surrey.As usual, village volunteers will be responsible for showing visitors arou...
Horsley Towers, Surrey, England=This drawing of East Horsley Park in 1839 shows it as Charles Barry designed it.‘East Horsley Park’, 1839There was a small tower with an onion dome over the front door, but during alterations in the 1850s Lord Lovelace added a porch in front of this entrance and a Great Hall, or Banqueting Hall as it was sometimes called, to the right of the porch. The large wind...
Guildford Workhouse, Surrey, England=The Guildford Union workhouse was built in 1836 accommodating up to 300 inmates. The building was designed by George Gilbert Scott and his partner, William Bonython Moffatt. They designed many workhouses during this period.Vagrants made up a large proportion of most workhouse populations and were usually placed in more basic accommodation than that in the ma...
Edge Hall, Cheshire, England====Description===A country house with a timber framed core, standing on a moated site, it was encased in brick in about 1700. The front dates mainly from 1721, and there have been later alterations and additions. It has two storeys, and is in six bays, with two gables to the left of the entrance, and three to the right. The entrance is recessed, and has a brick para...
Denbies, Surrey, England=Although once a farm house, Denbies became the symbol of the success of one Jonathan Tyers, owner of the famous Vauxhall Gardens in London. The pleasure gardens, originally called New Spring Gardens, opened in 1661 but had subsequently declined until Tyers took on the tenancy of the Gardens in 1728 and, with William Hogarth (the painter), revived their fortunes after a ...
The Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company was organized in October 1849. The "donations to the fund" helped outfit members "for the trek west" from 1850 to 1887. It also funded voyages to America starting in 1856. The fund was dis-incorporated in 1887 under the provisions of the Edmunds-Tucker Act. Approximately 30,000 people were assisted with all or part of their transportation expenses during th...
Brill Windmill, Buckinghamshire, England=Windmills have been a feature of Brill since at least the 13th century. Two fields adjacent to the Thame road are named Milldene and Millpiece, signifying connections with the earliest siting of windmills in Brill around 1250.The present windmill on Brill Common was probably erected sometime in the 1680s. Although not quite the oldest windmill in England...
This is a project for all of Graham Bartlett's Family Trees . The aim is to put down all descendants from the family tree onto Geni. If you would like to help, then please send a collaborator a message.If you get invited unexpectedly, that means that you might manage some profiles that have people on the family tree.APPROXIMATE COMPLETED STATUS ON TRANSFER TO GENI: (FYI these are all the family...
Historic Buildings of Suffolk ==England Image right - Kentwell Hall , Long Melford ===== Image Creative Commons License 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) Flickr John Fielding =====See Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Suffolk, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate...