Place Name Frederick North (April 13, 1732 – August 5, 1792), the 2nd Earl of Guilford, was better known by his…
Place Name Frederick North (April 13, 1732 – August 5, 1792), the 2nd Earl of Guilford, was better known by his…
Place Name Although named after Robert Adam (July 3, 1728 – March 3, 1792), the 18thCentury architect behind some of the…
Place Name Burmester was a family name of the local landowners. The property was inherited by Susan Burmester Pulleine (March 13, 1803…
Place Name The name is a corruption of Sanford, recorded from at least 1225 and means a hill by a…
Place Name This was originally Blue Anchor Lane after a public house. But its name was one of many changed in…
Place Name Previously Buckingham Street. The new name comes from Boadicea or Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni. According to a…
PLACE NAME The former Stoneleigh Abbey in Warwickshire was founded in 1154 as a monastery for Cistercians monks from Staffordshire.…
PLACE NAME The former Selby Abbey in North Yorkshire was founded by Benedict of Auxerre in 1069. It takes its name…
PLACE NAME Shrewsbury Abbey, in the town of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, was founded as a Benedictine monastery by Roger de Montgomery,…
PLACE NAME Shaftesbury Abbey in Shaftesbury, Dorset was founded by Alfred the Great as a house for nuns in about…