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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Yard - Yew Yard [y'rd; yrd; yerde; yerd; yer; yearde; yeard; y'd; yd; … III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard or VIRGA (the Latin equivalent) was 36 INCH or 3 FOOT … the width of a piece of cloth. Until the invention of the 'Flying Shuttle' by John Kay [Patents (1733)], it required …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… which stands the present Castle Barn, was known as Castle Yard in 1728 (map in NRO). In its S.E. corner are at least … ('a' on plan). These lie in the area known as Castle Yard in 1728 (map in NRO) and may be associated with the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… been re-faced in stone. The Barn, on the N.W. side of the yard, is of six bays and is roofed with corrugated iron. The barn S.W. of the yard is of five bays and is partly stonebuilt. (7). The …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Yarlington choristers visited Redlynch House in 1782. 1 Horse races were held in 1795. 2 In 1641 168 persons were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… too 'Romish'. They were later rescued from a builder's yard and two were sold in 1914 to the British Museum and to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to the lot owners. In 1797 the stint was 1 cow to a yard of meadow (¼ of a lot), but it was said that it had formerly been double; 1 horse was reckoned equivalent to 2 cows. The stint in Pixey … of a dairy parish'. 89 Yarnton's grassland also encouraged horse breeding, and horse-sellers from the parish regularly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Pits Lane was reputedly briefly a public house called the Flying Arrow. 34 Yarnton was referred to in 1931 as a 'quiet …