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A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1318. 4 That residual dependency probably concerned burial rights, for, although Yelford was not named when the … buried there. 7 In the 18th century Bampton was the usual burial place, 8 but there were also burials at Shifford, … apparently caused controversy because of fears that the ground might be unconsecrated. 10 In the 20th century most …
A History of the County of Oxford
… at a height of c. 65 m.; gravel deposits cover the higher ground in the north of the parish at Rickless Hill (87 m.) … on the north side of Rickless Hill. 94 An Anglo-Saxon burial ground, probably of the 7th century, was discovered in 1857 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… full height of the building. The N. and S. fronts, on the ground-floor, each have two windows on either side of the … many are now blocked and the southernmost one on the ground-floor of the E. front is the only window retaining its … building. Inside the building the two front rooms on the ground-floor each have a moulded ceiling-beam; the kitchen …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… this part of Yelvertoft, much of it still surviving on the ground. In only two places is there a complete absence of … S.E. of this assumed manor house is an area of disturbed ground beyond which a narrow channel runs S.E. from the S.E. … survives. Ridge-and-furrow of these fields exists on the ground or can be traced on air photographs over most of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… and forms the upper portion of the parish, where the ground is bleak and mountainous, the inhabitants thinly … from whom he expected a hostile attack, he razed it to the ground. From that time it does not appear that it was ever … rise abruptly, and almost perpendicularly, from the level ground, and present an unbroken face to the summit, so as to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… painted with the crowned initials Ihs in black on a white ground, alternating with white and red stars on discs; the … The front has two three-light transomed windows to the ground floor and three three-light windows to the first … The front has two 17th-century five-light windows on the ground floor and some two and four-light windows on the first …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of 30,000, including the purchase of twelve acres of ground for parade, and for performing the different … temple of Diana, was rebuilt in the reign of Mary, and the ground of the churchyard, which had risen to an enormous … of 893 feet. From the ordinary elevation of the cliff the ground rises, in most places very rapidly, to the height of …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… FUSTIC. OED earliest date of use: 1812 Found described as GROUND, of the growth of Cephalonia See also FUSTIC. Sources: …
Survey of London
… early eighteenth-century date comprising two storeys above ground and basement with an attic in a tiled roof. The brick … of No. 10, York Buildings Condition of Repair. Very good. Ground Landlords. Nos. 6 and 7J. Allnutt & Co. Ltd.; No. 8R. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… this area had been occupied by a cemetery. 1 The Roman ground surface, about 30 ft. above sea level, was overlaid by … 107 Under the original ground surface there was a crouched burial in a stone cist, perhaps of the Roman cemetery to the … has been made that it may have been a prehistoric burial under a round barrow. 108 Traces of timber-work at 15 …