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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard … a yard, was the equivalent of the rod, perch or pole and consisted of 16½ FOOT. OED earliest date of use: 1377 for … appears to have been of marginally greater value than BLACK ROSIN. OED earliest date of use: 1839 See also ROSIN. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… It consists of land sloping generally N. between 110 m. and 66 m. above OD, and is entirely on Boulder Clay except where the down-cutting … and a stone scatter associated with ditches and patches of black soil (NM Records). (e) at SP 86485535, a ring ditch 22 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… shape, measuring 2.5 km. from north to south at its widest and 3 km. from east to west. The only natural boundary is a … Dors. R.O., D/FSI, box 218, accts. 1781-7. The Diary of a Country Parson, ed. J. Beresford, iv. 223. Som. Protestation … Som. Arch. Soc. lxxxii. 121-2; xci. 73; The Diary of a Country Parson, ed. J. Beresford, v. 159; Phelps, Hist. Som. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of lot meadows along the Thames, may indicate … seems to have comprised c. 25 a. exclusive of meadow and pasture, 15 and in 1617 a 2-yardland estate contained 44 … Hund. (Rec. Com.), ii. 853, 855. Dugdale, Mon. v. 697-8; Black Prince's Reg. iv. 30. P.R.O., C 133/97, no. 25. Ibid. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Thames. 41 The river forms the southern parish boundary, and a tributary stream known as Rowel brook in the north and as Kingsbridge brook in the south formed the eastern … edn.); O.S. Map 1/25,000, SP 41 (1963 edn.). Below, Econ. Country Mus., aerial photo. (1962). Compton, Oxf. Canal, 40, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Manor and other estates Manor and other estates In 1005 Ealdorman … Ch. and Chapel, 1851, no. 506. G. Nares, 'Yarnton Manor', Country Life, cx. 2096-7, and Pevsner, Oxon. 867-8 appear to … xxxiv. 61; Oxf. Fnl. Illustrated, 4 July, 8 Aug. 1917; Country Life, cx. 2096-9, 2162-5; Pevsner, Oxon. 867-8. Oxf. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Selkirk; containing, with the village of Ettrick-Bridge and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. This place, which … and romantic scenery, and perhaps no stream in the country is associated with reminiscences of deeper interest, … of the Cheviot breed, with about 1200 or 1500 of the black-faced kind, which was once the prevailing breed; also a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the R. Nene. It has always been a chapelry of Nassington, and served by a curate. Yarwell is not named in Domesday Book … ceiled. Fittings Bells: four; 1st inscribed 'hi' in black-letter, a tall and narrow bell, medieval; 2nd inscribed … chest with fielded panelled sides in limestone, inscribed black marble top with shield of arms of Bellamy impaling …
The Rulers of London 1660-1689
… with Richard BAGNALL, John CRISPE, George POCHIN and Edward SHERWOOD in a brazil warehouse (5) Tory, 1687, … John Co Co Cornhill, 1668-70 Lombard Street, 1641, the 'Black Bull', Cornhill, 1670, St Michael Cornhill, 1661, 1670 … 1641, 1670 (5) Personalty, Jun 1671, £13,182 EIC, RAC and Gambia C stock (RAC stock £400 of original stock, 1671) …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… YAXLEY (C.b.). (O.S. 6 in. V. S.E.) Yaxley is a parish and large village 4 m. S.S.W. of Peterborough. The church is … 18th-century. In S. chapel(2) broken stone with part of 'black-letter' marginal-inscription, defaced, 15th- or early … a white collar, on left, female figure with long hair, in black cloak and kneeling; ( c) The Road to Emmaus, three …