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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the Cam or Granta as in 1066, when Ickleton, Hinxton, and Duxford in the southern half each accounted for twenty of … the Middle Ages the land has been devoted mainly to arable farming, and a three-course rotation was normal in open … much of it sold outside the neighbourhood for malting. Sheep have been widely kept, and rights of foldage and …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… will now I think bear comparison with any of the roads and bridges that the Romans have left us. My father has been … answered us yet. 4. Sunday. Went to Maze Pond in morning and evening. Very rainy. This morning about past 11 o'clock, … have suffered from it; they have been penned in like sheep, kept waiting for hours and frequently have had to pass …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… 1855 1. July. Sunday. Went to Maze Pond twice morning and evening. No news. A very fine day. The Head … that at least 150,000 people assembled in the park and 600 policemen to oppose them. Upwards of 100 arrests were … of the ringleaders. Some of the mob were very desperate and wished to show off. For instance, one man got to the edge …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… 1. Finished Egyptian stamp, read two tales, cut up wood and began ancient wood cut figures. Very wet and in morning was favoured with a sharp thunderstorm, … that one which astonished Liverpool yesterday. The Queen and family are gone to Manchester; they take up their abode …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Woodside, North Wick WICK, a royal burgh, the county town, and a parish, in the county of Caithness; containing, with … Highland breed, and a cross with the short-horned; and the sheep generally of the Cheviot, with a few of a cross between … lands in many parts have been drained and inclosed, on the sheep-farms principally with stone dykes, and on the arable …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… which forms the S.E. boundary. Large areas of alluvium and river gravels occupy the Great Ouse flood plain at about … 68 m. above OD. The higher land to the S. of the village and in Whittlewood Forest in the W., is covered by Boulder … was apparently a third settlement, now Dagnall Farm (4), and an isolated moated site (5) (Fig. 125). Prehistoric and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wicken lies about ten miles north-east of Cambridge, and five south of Ely. 17 It covers 1,604 ha. (3,965 a.) 18 … western bank. 20 In the south-west corner stands the small and isolated hamlet of Upware, at a site possibly so named … A long, narrow strip of boulder clay bends westward and northward from Wicken's south-eastern angle, over gault …
A History of the County of Northampton
… which here forms the boundary between Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire. 38 The parish is separated by the river … £4 10 s. yearly in 1185, when stocked with two ploughs, 50 sheep, four cows, four sows and a boar; because there was no … as much for their ability to ride to hounds as their farming skill; rents were low, although few tenants were of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… St. Margaret stands in the village. The walls are of flint and pebble rubble with dressings of clunch. The roofs are … tiled. The Chancel was built early in the 13th century, and possibly lengthened towards the E. at the end of the same … The rest of the church was almost entirely rebuilt and the chancel was restored in 1858. The Church, Plan …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the whole benefice was taxed in the late 13th century, 76 and the 1270s. It was by then in dispute with Anglesey … of the church confirmed by the bishop of Norwich and the Pope. 80 No vicarage was established, and all the tithes, great and small, which in 1340 yielded …