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Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… 179199. Took out Sun Insurance policies in 1784 for 600 of which 400 accounted for utensils, stock and goods; on 5 … (17881818). Polled at St Mary's, Norwich, 17961806: of Ipswich in 1799, South Walsham in 1812, and St Stephen's, … Yallop jnr in 1796, and snr in 1818. Admitted freeman of Norwich, not by apprenticeship, on 16 June 1788. His son, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yazor Y Yaddlethorpe YADDLETHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of Bottesford, union of Glandford-Brigg, E. division of the … rebuilt in a circular form, and of wider span. In 1802, an act was obtained for shortening the distance and improving … the quay, over the river Bure, under the provisions of an act passed in 1827. On May 2nd, 1845, a frightful accident …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Yapton YAPTON The parish of Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west of Arundel and c. 2 miles (3 km.) from the sea. In 1881 it … 94 Between 1882 and 1891 it was enlarged by the addition of two detached parts of Walberton in the north (20 a.) and …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… the most important in the Dictionary Archive being a unit of linear measure that largely replaced the ELL. This old … seems to have been a practice with a long history as the act 10 ANNE C18 required all CALICO to be within 7/8 and 9/8 of a yard wide. (The act is not included in the Dictionary Archive.) Occasionally, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… c SP 74 SW, d SP 74 SE) The long, narrow parish, once part of Potterspury, stretches from the R. Tove on the E. boundary … to a little beyond Watling Street (A5) which forms most of the W. boundary. An E.-flowing stream flows along most of … together with those of Potterspury, were enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1775 (NRO, Enclosure Map, 1776). Very …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… with Bedfordshire which forms its S.E. side. It consists of land sloping generally N. between 110 m. and 66 m. above … is entirely on Boulder Clay except where the down-cutting of a number of N.-flowing streams has exposed narrow bands of … Remains. The common fields of the parish were enclosed by Act of Parliament of 1776. Shortly before that (NRO, Map of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic history Economic history The presence in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of … E 179/164/504, m. 45. O.R.O., Dash. XV/i/13, 24, 51; Act for Confirming a Partition made between Robert Dashwood and Cholmley Turner, 3 Geo. 1, c. 22 (Priv. Act). Bodl. MS. Top. Oxon. b 19, f. 93. O.R.O., MS. Oxf. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction YARNTON lies 4 miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of the river Thames. 41 The … copy in Westgate Libr., Oxford. Stokenchurch Turnpike Act, 5 Geo. I, c. 1 (Priv. Act). O.R.O., tithe map. Annual Turnpikes Acts Continuance …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… TL 09 NE) The parish, covering some 760 hectares, lies E. of the R. Nene, between 40 ft. and 230 ft. above OD. The … is covered by Boulder Clay. The intensive occupation of Yarwell during the Roman period is particularly … Cultivation remains. The common fields were enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1777 (map of 1778 in NRO) but nothing is …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Yatesbury YATESBURY Yatesbury village stands 7 km. east of Calne. 27 The parish, 1,674 a. (677 ha.), was absorbed by … which survived in the later 19th century. 29 For much of its length the boundary is marked by roads. Chalk outcrops … whole parish, which lies on a plateau at the western edge of the Marlborough Downs. A head stream of the Kennet flows …