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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… has been re-tooled and plastered; the capitals are re-cut, or modern; of the S. arcade only the W. respond and the … the steps in the turret appears to be part of the capital or base of a clustered column of early date. The W. doorway, … of brick and was re-built in 1610, the date being shown in black bricks; in the lower part of the wall are seven small …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Wood ash - Wort trough Wood ash [wood-ashes; wood or weed ashes; wood or sope ashes; wood or soap-ashes; wood ass; wood ashes] Not … to 6s. OED earliest date of use: 1293 Found described by BLACK, BROAD, CREWEL, CRIMSON, DOUBLE, ENGLISH, Exeter, IN …
Alumni Oxonienses
… March, 1685-6, aged 20. [ 16] Woodcock, Lawrence (Wudcocke or Wodecocke) fellow New Coll. 1508-20, from St. … Thomas B.A. 31 May, 1568. Woodhall, John (Woodwall or Wodall) B.A. 27 June, 1523; fellow Oriel Coll. 1524, from … i. 268; & Bloxam, v. 203. Woodroffe, Walter (Wodroffe or Woderoff) demy Magdalen Coll. 1539, from co. Lincoln, aged …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… appears to have been the residence of the propraetor, or perhaps of the Emperor Adrian. Among the antiquities that … be descriptive of the situation of the church either in, or contiguous to, a wood. The church is a highly interesting … principally in meadow and pasture; 396 acres are common or waste. Woodford-Bridge is a beautiful village, situated on …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… named from the Wigmore family of Kirtling, and Church Hall or Hall wood. In the mid 14th century 75 a. was coppiced on a … and ashes on each acre. 46 North of Hall wood, Nunns wood or grove, once belonging to the nuns of Swaffham Bulbeck, … wood, Shepherd's House (renamed Crockford's Farm), Black Hall northeast of the church, and on the Newmarket- …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and a small part 'on the other side', presumably in closes or fields south-east of Ditton Green. 3 Ditton Valence's home … cash rents. 10 Ditton Valence had eleven greater and six or seven lesser tenants in 1302. 11 The larger holdings were … and Woodditton Road was bought in the 1920s by Sir Alec Black, Bt. (d. 1942), who laid out 12 units with shelter …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1899; Kelly's Dir. Cambs. (1900). C.R.O., C/ES.55A/21; Black, Cambs. Educ. Rec. 55. Above, Cheveley, educ. Bd. of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (Melvil), wife of Dr. Thomas Holbech, 1666, alabaster and black marble tablet flanked by Ionic pilasters with pediment … brackets and arabesque ornament and wooden scroll work or cresting, now in the fanlight of the front door. On the …
The Environs of London
… there, in 1420 10. Whether this was another manor, or whether the Hickmans held under the Abbey of Waltham, I am … the inscriptions of which have been since either removed or defaced:Anne, wife of Daniel Thelwall, 1638; Elizabeth, … who is mentioned in the Spectator, as having always worn black leathern garters buckled under his knees, a custom, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… survey. It comprises 3725 acres, of which 40 are common or waste. About a mile from the church is Edwin Hall, a … was a hermitage, which was superseded by a priory of Black canons founded and endowed by Maurice FitzJeffrey, in … the county of Chester, 6 miles (E. N. E.) from the village or town of Mottram. This district lies on the border of …