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A History of the County of Shropshire
… Church CHURCH. Parts of Wrockwardine church predate the mid 12th century 62 and there was a priest in 1086. 63 Shrewsbury abbey claimed the church itself as a … 30s there were c. 200 Easter communicants. 22 Miss E. M. Clay, dissatisfied with the ministry and witness of the vicar …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. In 1086 the 7½ berewicks of Wrockwardine, for which geld was paid on … field to the west, Dale (or Dole) field to the north, and Clay field and Clayhorns farther north still. Leaton field …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and … comprises by measurement 2920 acres: the soil is partly clay, and partly a rich red loam; the surface is undulated. …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Castle St, Bristol, cm and u (181819). Trading at no. 10 in 1818 and no. 8 in 1819. [D] Yale, Elihu, London, cm, … remitted because he married an Alderman's daughter and at the instance of Copston [sic] Bampfeild, Bart. [Devon and … Staffs., cm and joiner (1833). [D] Yarnall, Richard, Barton St, Tewkesbury, Glos., chairmaker (182039). Listed at …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yaddlethorpe - Yazor Y Yaddlethorpe YADDLETHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of Bottesford, union of Glandford-Brigg, E. … YANWATH, with Eamont-Bridge, a township, in the parish of Barton, West ward and union, county of Westmorland, 2 miles …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… yeard; y'd; yd; yarde; eard] A term with several meanings, the most important in the Dictionary Archive being a unit of linear measure that … of which the most common was YELLOW OCHRE; or a YELLOWish CLAY. In either case the yellow colour occurs through the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 1:10000 a SP 74 NW, b SP 74 NE, c SP 74 SW, d SP 74 SE) The long, narrow parish, once part of Potterspury, stretches … to the R. Tove, below 76 m. above OD, is on Upper Lias Clay and riverine deposits. Bands of limestones are exposed on the steep slopes N.E. of the main village, and in the valley of the stream where the medieval settlement of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 1:10000 a SP 85 SW, b SP 85 SE, c SP 85 NW, d SP 85 NE) The roughly rectangular parish, covering about 1460 hectares, … 110 m. and 66 m. above OD, and is entirely on Boulder Clay except where the down-cutting of a number of N.-flowing … Prehistoric and Roman A polished stone axe was found in the parish in the 19th century ( JBAA, 29 (1873), 304; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Economic history Economic history The presence in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, … once shared a single set of fields. The medieval yardland in Yarnton seems to have comprised c. 25 a. exclusive of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… YARNTON lies 4 miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of the river Thames. 41 The river forms the … boundary, and a tributary stream known as Rowel brook in the north and as Kingsbridge brook in the south formed the … Hill. North and west of the village the land is Oxford clay, interspersed with terraces of river gravel. The largest …