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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 'staith', meaning such parts of the banks of a watercourse or sea beach as were used for a regular landing-place for men or goods. Staithes were quite common in East Anglia, e.g. the … Here, at Tydd, was the outlet to the sea of the old Nene or Sluice Drain or Elloe River-the last of which alternatives …
A History of the County of Sussex
… cover remained in 1978 in the wide strips of wood, or 'rews', which divided the fields. The home park on the … Ibid. QR/W 543, ff. 1-14. Stopham Bridge and Steyning Rd. Act, 50 Geo. III, c. 55 (Local and Personal); Turnpike … Wolseley, Suss. in the Past (1928), 123; see above, pl. facing p. 225. E 179/258/14. W.S.R.O., Wiston MSS. …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… and was 50 in 1931. 14 Wistow Hall, which may be built on or near the site of the earlier medieval house, retains the … finials, kneelers, and large lateral stacks remained more or less unaltered until after the end of the 18th century. 18 … Henry Halford succeeded to the estate in 1814 and he built or rebuilt several farms-certainly Kilby Lodge (in Kilby …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… wife, inscription plate and groups of children, late 15th or early 16th-century. In N. aisle(5) of figure in shroud, … 15th-century but mutilated. Plate: includes alms-dish or basin elaborately engraved and with shield of arms in … and moulded arm rests, panelled back and base, late 15th or early 16th-century, much altered and used as sedilia. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The parish comprises 2740 acres, of which 370 are common or waste. It anciently belonged to the priory at Bodmin, of … a co-heiress of the Alansons, who married Roger de Withnil or Wythenall. By a charter of the 11th of Edward III., the … 1787 a. 2 r. 31 p., of which 592 acres are common or waste: limestone is quarried, and burnt for manure. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… structural changes before the Second World War, when one or two manufacturing firms moved to Witney partly to escape … below. Beckinsale, 'Cotswold Woollen Ind.' 360. ORO, B1/PL/EB/2, summary of weavers employed Aug. 1949. Plummer and … 'Cotswold Woollen Ind.' 360; local inf. ORO, B1/PL/EB/2, summary of weavers employed Aug. 1949; Kelly's Dir. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… gable to the street, perhaps of the late 15th or early 16th century. No. 49 Market Square is a … no. 18. W. Wilkinson, Eng. Country Houses (2nd edn 1875), pl. 60. Datestone; cf. Lewis's Topog. Dict. Eng. (1840), … and Early, Blanket Makers, 123, 1269, 1478; ORO, B1/PL/A/2. C. and J. Gott, Bk. of Witney (1986 edn), 67. Plummer …
A History of the County of Oxford
… survival of blocked, single-splayed windows of late 11th- or early 12th-century type high up in the nave of the … completed in 1723, and 'rebuilt' (presumably remodelled or repaired) by Freind's son and successor William in 1754. … f. 32; illustr. in Skelton, Antiq. Oxon. Bampton Hund. pl. 5. ORO, MS dd Par. Witney c 40, a (8). Above (chantries); …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… conjecture has deduced the latter from the Saxon Willi or Vili, signifying "many," and Combe, "a deep ravine" or "dell." The town occupies a gentle eminence, in an … Whitefield; comprising 5790 acres, of which 78 are common or waste land. The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of …