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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the English by Sir James Douglas, upon whom, as a reward for his fidelity, that monarch conferred the lands, which at … whole of the remainder moorland, affording rough pasturage for sheep and a few cattle. The surface is hilly and … statute-fair is held every Monday morning for hiring farm servants. A penny-post office has been established; and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and mounds which survived in the later 19th century. 29 For much of its length the boundary is marked by roads. Chalk … and well drained, nearly all Yatesbury's land is suitable for ploughing. Large areas of open field lay apparently … and east of the village. There was common downland pasture for sheep in the north and south corners of the parish, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… until inclosure in 1853. 19 In 1086 Yelford manor had land for 3 ploughs, 20 and there may have been other, unrecorded, … in Yelford. The 11 yardlands on which the parish was rated for poor-relief in 1708 presumably excluded much of the … bordars) had ½ plough; undercultivation may have accounted for a fall in value from 60 s. to 50 s. since the Conquest. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… In 1279 there was a twice-yearly view of frankpledge for the Hastings manor, and the Greys' manor in Hardwick, … the Lenthall estate was governed from Bampton. In 1708 rates payable to Bampton for the Lenthall estate, assessed at … reduced on appeal: it was found that Yelford had paid poor-rates to Bampton for at least 50 years, had called …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Culm is found in some parts of it, but it is worked only for home consumption and the supply of the immediate … of the Baron de Rutzen: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 70, and the glebe comprises 50 acres. … poor and appointing its own officers, but paying church-rates conjointly with the parish of St. Bride's Minor, to …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… OXen or BULLOCKs were attached to the hauling chains for drawing a PLOUGH or a vehicle like a CART or WAIN. HORSEs … Inventories (early), Inventories (mid-period), Newspapers, Rates, Tradecards. Yorkshire cloth [yorkesheir cloth; … Inventories (late), Inventories (mid-period), Newspapers, Rates, Tradecards. References: Kerridge (1985). Yorkshire ham …
Survey of London Monograph
… John Water alias Yorke, herald, as fee of his office and for services to Richard III, his predecessors and ancestors, … which he is styled York', but doubtful if he was a herald for although mentioned several times in Wrythe's will he is … 'Will'm Wrythesley alias dictus Rouge cross' in accounts for Henry VII's funeral (I. 11, 88 b); York before 26 August …
Survey of London
… the street frontage was built on at quite an early date, for the inquisition post mortem on Bishop William Alnewick in … Place to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, in exchange for the Duke's house in Southwark. This grant preserved the … led to the hall of the inn. Probably there were some servants' lodgings over and adjoining the gate in the medival …
Survey of London
… and which are of the fief of Westminster" to the Abbey, "for the souls of Henry, Richard and John, Kings of England, … of the late Important Trial respecting the Parochial Rates claimed from the Inhabitants of Richmond Terrace … In subsequent pages this book is referred to as "Parochial Rates Trial." P.R.O., C.P. 25 H. VIII, 27/181. No. 13. …
Survey of London
… and 27.] The first Waterloo Bridge Act contained a clause for the continuation of Stamford Street across Waterloo Road to Westminster Bridge Road. The new road, which was for several years called Stamford Street, but which … demesne land of the Arch bishop's manor of Lambeth. Except for a fringe of cottages along Narrow Wall and for Phelps' …