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A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… 1 Land in the parish belonged to the bishop of Worcester's estate by the river Coln in the early 8th century when land … route from Ready Token to Ablington and Winson. Packhorse lane, recorded in 1712 as Packer's lane, 48 ran … on 3 hearths in 1672 126 was evidently the coaching inn called the Swan, where his widow lived at the end of the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… consisted of a wooden framework that could secure a cow's head while she was milked [Wright (1898-1905)]. Not found … in the OED Sources: Acts. Bilboquet [bilbo catche] A child's TOY also called 'Cup and ball' and 'bilbo catch', like the … Diaries, Inventories (early). Birds eye [byrd eyed; bird's-eye; birds ey; bird eye] With regard to TEXTILEs, this …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Nantwich, Higher division of the hundred of Broxton, S. division of the county of Chester, 3 miles (E. N. E.) from … Stratford division of the hundred of Barlichway, S. division of the county of Warwick, 5 miles (S. by E.) from Alcester; containing, with Little Dorsington, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Bierton with Broughton 8. BIERTON with BROUGHTON. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxviii. S.E. (b)xxix. S.W.) Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. … the Manor Farm. Main street, N.W. side a(4). The Red Lion Inn, opposite the church, is of two storeys, built of brick …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… was one bovat of this Township Soc to Ernehale, the King's own Land; but here were two Mannors which Aylric and Vlsi … the family who live at the old hall at Broxtow, Mr. Toll's. Patron. Thomas Edge, Esq. in 1783. Incumbent, Rev. Barlow …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… and ironstone. A typical example is Doone Cottage in Long Lane, probably built after the middle of the 17th century. … doorways. One has a porch with 'Gothic' detail and Potter's Cottage has Gothic windows with four centred heads. There … 'The White Hart' is an early-19th-century coaching inn. The adjoining stables, of the same period, were …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… land, lies immediately E. of Northampton, on land sloping S. to the R. Nene between 50 m. and 115 m. above OD. The … and the varied rocks of the Estuarine Series, while to the S. Upper Lias Clay outcrops. The parish contains the villages … Museum; OS Record Cards). (1) Enclosure (SP 811638), S.W. of Rectory Farm, on limestone at 100 m. above OD. Air …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the N. by Overstone, on the W. by Little Billing, on the S. by Cogenhoe, Brafield and Little Houghton and on the E. by … formed by Billing and Ecton Brooks respectively and its S. boundary by the River Nene. The subsoil is chiefly … banks, situated in a paddock which fronts on to Penfold Lane, are perhaps the remains of toft and croft boundaries of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… on the N. by Moulton, on the W. by Weston Favell, on the S. by Little Houghton and on the E. by Great Billing. Its E. boundary is formed by Billing Brook and its S. boundary by the R. Nene. The subsoil is chiefly of … m. above OD at its N.W. corner down a gradual slope to the S.E. until it meets the R. Nene at 52 m. above OD. …