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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the vicinity being highly favourable to the growth of barley: the fens and marsh land near the town form an …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the north-eastern boundary as far as the southern edge of Barley Park wood (in Ducklington parish) in the 10th century … Lane, which met the ditch (then called 'Bernelesdych' or Barley ditch) apparently also near the wood. The boundary …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Talbots' demesne was sown with 70 a. of wheat, 22 a. of barley, 25 a. of dredge and oats, and 16 a. of beans and … name Linton suggests that flax was grown. 21 Wheat, barley, and beans, peas or vetches remained the chief crops, … followed a fourcourse rotation of (1) wheat (2) beans (3) barley or oats (4) fallow, which with occasional variations …
A History of the County of Oxford
… appearance is shown in the plate facing p. 33. M. W. Barley, English Farmhouse and Cottage, 216; Wood-Jones, op. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury for Queen Eleanor's use; 137 but rye or maslin and barley or dredge were the more usual crops there. During four … Thomas Harris (d. 1594) left 5 worth of peas and 40 of barley and maslin; following his widow's death after the next … reported the local prices to the Privy Council were wheat, barley, beans, peas, and oats; 151 evidently rye or maslin …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… quarters of oats, 1174 quarters of wheat, 976 quarters of barley and bear, and 194 bags of potatoe-flour, were shipped … earth, moss, and meadow; and the crops, consisting of barley, oats, and potatoes, grown merely for home … approved usages of husbandry, crops are obtained of wheat, barley, oats, peas, turnips, flax, clover, and potatoes, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… date of use: c1450 See also BAR SKIN. Sources: Acts. Barley corn Apart from the obvious senses relating to GRAIN, for example in [Inventories (1637)], Barley corn was the name given to any TEXTILE woven with a small figure resembling a BARLEY kernel. According to Florence Montgomery it was …
A Dictionary of London
… of that sign. There is still a public house called " Barley Mow " at No.50 Long Lane. Barn Yard North out of Beech …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of stockings. The chapel is dedicated to St. Giles. Barley (St. Margaret) BARLEY ( St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Royston, … of 32 acres. A school is endowed with 10 per annum. Barley, with Whitley-Booths BARLEY, with Whitley-Booths, a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Barley 15. BARLEY. (O.S. 6 in. (a)v. S.W. (b)v. S.E.) Ecclesiastical …