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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… abounds in coal and ironstone; the mines are let on lease to the Low-Moor Iron Company by Miss Currer, and T. Carvick, … Wyken pippin was first planted here; the parent apple was brought from Holland. Wykin WYKIN, a hamlet, in the parish … annum. The Rev. John Hendry, in 1722, bequeathed 400 to be vested in the purchase of land, and the rental to be given …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and there is a glebe of 10 acres. The chapel, dedicated to St. Michael, is a chapel of ease. The inhabitants … Lewis, in 1829, gave 1500, directing the dividends to be expended in clothing, bread, and meat. Yardley-Gobion … on each side with trees. A duty is levied on all coal brought to the port, and applied, under the direction of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… within Yapton, one of which had also once partly belonged to an estate centred in Barnham, were added to Yapton, while … the former has 16th-century timbers, and the latter may be partly 17th-century. There were c. 10 dwellings in all at … agent. The growth of motoring and tourism from c. 1920 brought a motor garage and two tearooms by 1934. 7 Wicks …
A History of the County of Somerset
… roughly triangular in shape, measuring 2.5 km. from north to south at its widest and 3 km. from east to west. The only … Earth and Fuller's Earth rock. 78 There were said to be light and dark blue marls at Woolston. 79 The turnpike … decreased 70 but by the early 16th century rents and farms brought in twice as much as the assessed rents although in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… set of fields. The medieval yardland in Yarnton seems to have comprised c. 25 a. exclusive of meadow and pasture, … parish in 1279, but by the 17th century there were said to be only 44, 17 presumably because of the loss of arable land … to work in Oxford and elsewhere, and new employment was brought to Yarnton by the the district headquarters of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… present name was acquired from the removal of the church to the banks of the river Yarrow, about the middle of the … are found large trees, though scarcely a shrub is now to be seen. The arable land is chiefly near the shore; but it is … of the tenants, of being rendered doubly valuable by being brought under tillage. The prevailing rocks are gneiss, with …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… Yaxley 101. YAXLEY (C.b.). (O.S. 6 in. V. S.E.) Yaxley is a parish and large village 4 m. S.S.W. … and S. chapels altered in pitch, that on the N. probably to provide space for the still existing paintings over the … gable on the S. side has a blocked window of oval form but brought to a point at the bottom. On the N. side of the E. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 12th century or earlier re-used in the church porch may be from the chapel in existence at Yelford by 1221. 99 In the … in the united benefice of Lower Windrush. 2 Bampton, to whose large pre-Conquest parochia Yelford belonged, … and a new pulpit in 1965. Until 1965 the church was lit by candles or oil lamps. 57 There are two bells, one given by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… commuted for 175. 9. 6., of which 36. 8. 6. are payable to the impropriators. Yokefleet, county York.See Yorkfleet. … The early importance of the city must unquestionably be attributed to the Romans, who had a colony here, and who … was arrested, on his return, by order of the king, and brought back into the city, on a charge of having secretly …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… the circuit S.W. of the Ouse from Skeldergate Bridge, to Lendal Bridge, then, across the river, by Bootham and Monk … to St. Leonard's Hospital in 1546. It only ceased to be a prison in 1929 and still contains the courthouse for the … of the Tower and Castle by the helpe of a surveyer brought with him to that purpas' (probably James Archer), he …