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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Twyford, lathe of Aylesford, W. division of Kent, 6 miles (S. W.) from Maidstone; containing 2467 inhabitants. The … October 15th. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 20. 18. 9.; net income, 1184; patrons and … West ward and union, county of Westmorland, 2 miles (S. by W.) from Penrith; containing 316 inhabitants. In this …
A History of the County of Sussex
… earliest known secular building in the village is Coachman's cottage in Church Lane, a probably 16th-century … urban district council, together with the Arun ferry to which it led, in the early 1900s. 60 A new section … or before 1709, it was sold in 1713 by his heirs to John Smith and his son John; the latter's brother and heir …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of wider textiles. It is noticeable from the Dictionary's Archive that broader fabrics become more common during the … to the one for which both Richard Bradley and Eliza Smith gave recipes. Their recipes contained SAFFRON which … have given a yellow tinge [Bradley (1736, facs. 1980)]; [Smith (1758, facs. 1994)]. It is at least probably that the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… cuts a steep-sided valley from east to west between God's Hill (107 m. (352 ft.)) and Yarlington Sleights (127 m. … Northampton, who in the same year sold it to (Sir) Thomas Smith. 15 The Queen died in 1548 and in 1556 Sir Thomas sold … xix (1), p. 83. Cal. Pat. 1547-8, 143; S.R.O., DD/WR 1. Smith was the author of De Republica Anglorum: D.N.B. S.R.O., …
A History of the County of Oxford
… because of a threatened uprising. 25 The Privy Council's concern may have slowed the process, but it could not … in the later 19th century, are included in Yarnton's lot meadows; the west part was also lot meadow in the 18th … were a number of surnames derived from the occupations of smith, weaver, carpenter, gardener, chapman, and clerk. 62 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… granted 10 hides at YARNTON, formerly his cousin Godwin's, to his newly founded abbey at Eynsham. 63 The land was … later bishop of Lincoln, who eventually returned the abbey's other estates but not, apparently, Yarnton. In 1086 … Thomas's daughter and heir Alice and her husband Thomas Smith both died in 1708 and were succeeded by their son …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Hill. 30 Flat and well drained, nearly all Yatesbury's land is suitable for ploughing. Large areas of open field … John, 45 who apparently conveyed it after 1617 to Thomas Smith (d. 1637). Thomas settled it on his daughter Mary (d. … until 1853, when William Money-Kyrle sold it to A. C. Smith, whom he had presented as rector in 1852. 38 In 1680 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… at Yelford by 1221. 99 In the later 13th century Yelford's incumbents were called rectors 1 and the living remained a … 1952 Parker sold it with the manor house to B. Babington Smith, whose family retained it when the house was sold in … in the church and the sole memorial is to B. Babington Smith (d. 1993). The register dates from 1813; another, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Yelford's medieval open fields probably covered much of the area of … MS. Top. Oxon. c 118, f. 7 and v., mentioning both Mr. Smith's Great Linthorn and Mr. Hastings's Linthorn. Cf. also … Oxf. Chron. 22 Jan. 1852. Inf. from Mrs. H. Babington Smith P.R.O., HO 107/1731. Except where stated otherwise this …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford Introduction YELFORD YELFORD, one of Oxfordshire's smallest rural parishes until it was included in 1932 in … econ. (agric.). Below, manors. Inf. from Mrs. H. Babington Smith. For Taberwell, Wadham Coll. Mun., 86/88, 121, 1234. … SMR air photo. SP 2605 AS. Inf. from Mrs. H. Babington Smith. For Stockwell, Wadham Coll. Mun., 86/121, 123-4. …