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A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1086 Walter son of Ponz held of the … acquittal in 1795 of Warren Hastings (d. 1818), governor-general of India, descendant of the John Hastings who sold …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Vaenor Isav Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 … situated near the turnpike-road from Pembroke to Narberth, and comprises a small extent of land, all inclosed and … inclosed some time ago by act of parliament. The soil in general is fertile, and well adapted to tillage, in which the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 6 in. (a)XI, S.E. (b)XXI, N.E.) Yetminster is a parish and village 4 m. S.S.W. of Sherborne. The church is the … The walls are of local rubble with dressings of Ham Hill and other local stone and the roofs are lead-covered. The Chancel was built c. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from Higham-Ferrers; … comprises 1912 acres, of which 836 are arable, 800 meadow and pasture, 10 woodland, and 177 common, roads, and waste. … as his superior lords. In the reign of Richard I., a general massacre of the Jews took place here, under …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of shaped wood designed to fit across a person's back and shoulders, with a chain hanging from each end onto which a PAIL could be attached and thus carried with less strain. OED earliest date of use: … to clothiers in towns like Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield and Leeds. There the cloths were fulled, frizzed and perhaps …
Survey of London
… CHAPTER 11: YORK BUILDINGS ( formerly George Street) Date and Description. York Buildings, the name which was once used … Street circa 1852. Only four houses there, Nos. 6, 7, 9 and 10, all of which are on the west side of the street, … from the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century, and is probably the original house erected circa 1676, but it …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… area (W. of the Ouse), the Central area (between the Ouse and the Foss), and the Walmgate area (E. of the Foss). In the … the three bartizans and forebuilding once rose above the general level of the battlements of the tower. In 1818 the … Cooper (1911), 211, 2204, 22732. ii, 23240. The Structural Engineer, 46 (1968), 1756. Torr, 150. Hargrove, ii, 238. NR …
Survey of London Monograph
… to John Water alias Yorke, herald, as fee of his office and for services to Richard III, his predecessors and … E.M. wt. 5, pat. 26 March, salary from 4 February 1872. 'General' de Havilland, of Havilland Hall, Bishops Hill, near … where his father John Haviland practised as architect and engineer. ( Dict. Amer. Biog.; Gent. Mag., N.S. xxxvii …
Survey of London
… surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance periods bordered the Strand between the Temple and Charing Cross. a York House, to which the York Water Gate … of an anchor. The side elevations have banded columns and general surface treatment in conformity with the south front. …
Survey of London
… as Richard FitzNigel or FitzNeale), Bishop of London, and author of the famous Dialogus de Scaccario, was in … The monks of Westminster were the lords of the fee, and a yearly payment had to be made to them of a taper of 2 … on 3rd October, 1518. In the earlier part of the day the general peace had been proclaimed at St. Paul's, and in the …