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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… 56 N.E., cTL 56 S.E., dTL 66 N.W., eTL 66 S.W.) (Figs. 24 and 25) The parish, roughly L-shaped, covers nearly 7000 … N.W. of Newmarket. The S.E. part is entirely on the chalk and slopes N.W. from 160 ft. above O.D. on Newmarket Heath to … ft. above O.D. at the fen edge; the N.W. part is fenland and ranges between 10 ft. and 12 ft. above O.D. The fenland …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… almost four miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Newmarket and ten (16 km.) north-east of Cambridge. Approximately … watercourse running west into the river Cam on the north, and the line of the Icknield way on the south-east. It … revived into the 1990s as the Excelsior Band. 36 Plough Monday ceremonies were revived from the 1960s. 37 In …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in the vill; it included 16 of the 24 ploughlands, and had 8 of the 10 servi. Its demesne had four ploughteams, … the other two main manors villeins had in 1279 and 1298 to plough 8 a. yearly and owed a few days' works, which included … 14th century. 71 In 1307 up to 22 tenants turned out to plough 61 a. over three days, and 146 in 1325 to perform two …
Old and New London
… II. BUTCHER'S ROW.CHURCH OF ST. CLEMENT DANES. Temple Bar and JohnsonButcher's RowThe "Straits"ShenstoneThe Gunpowder PlottersThe Old Fish Shop"Bulk Shops" and their OccupantsChurchyard and Church of St. Clement … by wine in returning from an orgie at the 'Bear and Harrow,' in Butcher's Row, to his lodgings in Duke Street. In …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Hungerford (Berks.) on Wiltshire's boundary with Berkshire and Hampshire; the parish, which contains Buttermere village and Henley hamlet, measures 608 ha. (1,501 a.). The parish … On the north the parish boundary is marked by a ridge way, and on the east the boundary with Hampshire, from 1895 partly …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Bywell Buttolphs BUTTOLPHS, a parish, in the union and hundred of Steyning, rape of Bramber, W. division of … parish is bounded on the east by the navigable river Adur; and the Roman road from Bognor to Lewes probably passed near … of Roman bricks, tiles, and pottery, was discovered by the plough, on the downs. Buttsbury (St. Mary) BUTTSBURY ( St. …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Staffs. to Cable Cabt. Maker of 13 1s on 30 July 1766 and 9 7s on 15 January 1776, in the latter instance for a … M. de Chabrauseut. [Harrowby MS Trust, Notebooks vols 330 and 337] Caborne, Thomas, 3 Grub St, London, bedstead maker, … [Freemen reg.; poll bk] Clarke, Henry, The sign of the Harrow and Crooked Billett, Cumpton St, Clerkenwell, London, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… is about twelve miles in length, from north to south, and four in breadth, from east to west, is covered to a … yards square, and the walls, now almost levelled by the plough, were nine and a half feet thick, and built with … Roman coins, and fragments of urns, were discovered by the plough, at Cairney Hill, about the year 1820; and it is …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… own poor. A tithe rent-charge of 60 is paid to the Dean and Chapter of Winchester. Cader CADER, a hamlet, in the … by some called Cader Gwladus, or "Gwladus' chair," and by others Cader yr Arglwyddes, or the "Peeress's chair," … bricks, the last being still frequently turned up by the plough: on one of the bricks was inscribed " Leg. X.," which …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Edward VI
… he has refused a continual stipend from the Regent, and offered to serve his Majesty, being able to raise, if … Volland van der Ley, who also served under him at Guisnes, and is now at Frankfort, has likewise refused a life-entertainment from the Emperor, and sent a German to offer his services to his Majesty. He …