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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… yard or VIRGA (the Latin equivalent) was 36 INCH or 3 FOOT long, though sometimes by custom for some TEXTILEs of 37 … unit of measure was the nautical term for a comparatively long and slender WOODEN - SPAR hung at its centre in front of … three quarters.' This seems to have been a practice with a long history as the act 10 ANNE C18 required all CALICO to be …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… a SP 74 NW, b SP 74 NE, c SP 74 SW, d SP 74 SE) The long, narrow parish, once part of Potterspury, stretches from …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 64 m. above OD. It consists of a large embankment, 190 m. long, 25 m. wide and up to 3.5 m. high, broken towards the N. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… there were several cottages along West Street and Stoke Lane in the far west of the parish. Houses have been built at … buttery, cellar, and 13 chambers including the old, new, long, and gallery chambers. 35 When the house was sold in … Another mill, recorded in 1592, may have stood near Stoke Lane in the east of the parish. It was probably in use in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… house, which stood north of the church fronting Church Lane, 64 was taxed on four hearths in 1662. 65 It was in … Yarnton was a poor living, several medieval vicars were long-serving, notably William Pernel, 1365-1404. Most vicars … morning and in the evening alternately. 82 For most of his long incumbency Vaughan Thomas was also rector of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by names such as Corn Hayday in the early 18th century, long after their conversion to pasture, 27 and they retained … until the building c. 1829 of Parker's Farm north of Sandy Lane. 73 The Blenheim estate bought Robinson's land in 1849 and by 1863 owned 153 a. in Yarnton. 74 The long survival of several small farms in Yarnton may have owed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… new parish clerk's house at the north-west end of Church Lane was used as a schoolroom. 57 The children were taught by … accommodation for 53 children was built in 1875 in Church Lane, 63 and from 1877 it received a parliamentary grant. 64 … Kidlington parish. 68 A new building was erected in Rutten Lane in 1956 to take the two upper junior classes. 69 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Close (3 a.), lay north-east of the junction of Sandy Lane with the Woodstock road. The boundaries with Begbroke … known as Frogwelldown Lane runs north-westwards towards Long Hanborough and Witney; it was referred to in 1693 as the … into Oxford, is likely, though dispersal may have begun long before the break-up of the Spencer estate. Any houses on …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the College standing on manorial waste south of Cassington Lane, south-east of Southby's, later Exeter, Farm. 31 New …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were preserved, including the heraldic overmantel of the long gallery fireplace, one of the few in England to retain … of extensive fishponds of unknown date west of Mead Lane south of the railway line. Yarnton Manor was used c. …