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A History of the County of Oxford
… 49 The name was preserved in the 17th century in Frize or Frice farm and grounds, 50 and that corner of Yarnton was … Hill. North and west of the village the land is Oxford clay, interspersed with terraces of river gravel. The largest … footpath running eastwards from Worton towards Church Lane or Mead Lane. 62 Pre-inclosure maps of Cassington do not …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… is associated with reminiscences of deeper interest, or more closely identified with the finest strains of … a mile and a half in circuit, by a narrow neck of land, or sandbank, thrown up by opposite currents of two small … modifications of moss, with admixtures occasionally of clay incorporated with particles of rock and of sand …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… extreme W. where the higher ground is covered by Boulder Clay. The intensive occupation of Yarwell during the Roman … found only 20 cm. below the ground surface. No tessellated or tiled floors were uncovered but pottery of the 2nd and 3rd …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… all the larger and fashionable houses were copyhold or freehold; the only house of more than average status built … within a circle. Floor slabs: in chancel (1), of Edward Bullock, 1826: (2), of W P. 1695; (3), of J E, 1681. In N. … Feb. 1715(?) and Elizabeth his wife, 1742; (9), of John Bullock, 1811, and Ann his wife, 1810; (10), of Ann Tilton, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is stated, that "Mathew de Redeman and Robert de Kemyers, or Cynyers, held the eighth part of a knight's fee in Yeland, … to the Romans. It derives its name from the river Yeo, or Ivel, the Velox of Ravennas, which, having its source in … and pasture; the soil varies from a light sand to a strong clay, with portions of rich loam. The living is a vicarage, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 162 estimated acres, implying a yardland of 30 a. or more. 26 The valuation of a ploughland in 1305 as only 60 … was payable by 16 persons, of whom 8 were assessed at 2 s. or below, while 3, including John de Grey, were assessed at 5 … 130 a. of arable land, described as strong loam on clay above a substratum of gravel; the grass, of good …
A History of the County of Oxford
… follows a watercourse which once bordered an ancient road or 'way', mentioned as Shifford's boundary in 1005; 77 the … Hill (87 m.) and near Home wood ( c. 90 m.), and Oxford clay the hill slopes. 80 The problem of flooding, not … of the village there was an unfailing spring, Taberwell or Taperwell, reputedly both holy and medicinal, which from …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… except in the extreme W. of the parish where Lower Lias Clay is exposed most of the area is covered by Boulder Clay. … Deserted settlement (?) (unlocated but possibly SP 570749 or 575752; Fig. 152), possibly lay somewhere in the W. part … embanked edges but the soil revealed by cattle treading, or in molehills, is notably darker than that in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… the parish of Llangyvelach, form the ecclesiastical parish or district of Clydach, formed under the act 6th and 7th … manor. The area is 332 acres, of which 30 acres are common or waste. Ynyscynhaiarn (Ynys-Cynhaiarn) YNYSCYNHAIARN … consists of elevated and sterile hills; the rocks are clay slate; the soil of the arable land is sandy, and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yielding - Yoxhall Yielding, or Yelden (St. Mary) YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, … various. In some places a yellowish, in others a reddish, clay occurs. A loose freestone rubble, resting either upon a …