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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… formerly ran through the building from N. to S. but some of its enclosing walls have been removed. The rooms on … are traces of the foundations of a building extending some 35 ft. to the S. of the tower and of the same width, and … in the inner wall are modern. Inside the building are some original moulded ceiling-beams. At the N.W. angle of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… for Independents. James Marshall, in 1719, bequeathed some property, the rental of which, amounting to 184. 15. per … wheat much esteemed for its quality; and there are some quarries of gypsum. The village is pleasantly situated … the surface is undulated and hilly, and the soil various, some being clay, and some light land. Abundance of stone is …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… two large farms, the copyhold land seems to have included some former demesne, for it included 12 yardlands and … century the chief arable crops were wheat and beans, and some barley 5 and flax was grown, 6 but the proportion of … about a third in the south-east part of the parish, where some conversion to pasture was recommended, 8 and about a …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 16 On the north side of the hill there was apparently some woodland up to the 19th century, for 140 trees on … 19th century, as the Whitminster Hotel in 1968. By 1824 some small houses had been built scattered along the main … There was formerly a wharf there for landing coal. 44 Some cottages were pulled down to provide access to the house …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the grounds and rebuilt the stables and other offices, 31 some 18th-century windows and the pine panelling in the … c. 1775 as a good old house entirely unoccupied for some years. 32 By 1807 it was a 'dilapidated seat', 33 said …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… in 18656, and the N. porch re-built. The church contains some excellent 14th-century detail, especially in the windows … and in the windows of the dairy, formerly the chapel, is some 17th-century Glass. The semi-circular moulded arch is of … of about the same date but plainer, and there are some remains of panelling in two rooms. Part of the staircase …
A History of the County of Hertford
… transept to the north of the east window are traces of some elaborate canopied structure with the remains of a … half of the fourteenth century; at its base will be seen some ancient tiles. The oak Jacobean pulpit, the pews in the … the sacrament of baptism must have been administered here some hundred and twenty years before the date of this …
A History of the County of Hertford
… and valley, pasture, common, arable and woodland produce some pleasing and picturesque views. There are two parks in … manors with which this parish abounded. There are still some open fields at Manland Common and elsewhere. Three main … goods at Harpenden. Watercress is grown in the parish to some extent for the London market. The most important …
A History of the County of Hertford
… sashes in them. The drawing-room and morning-room have some eighteenth-century plaster decoration on their ceilings … The appearance of the building outside has undergone some modifications since it was first erected. The principal … the bishop of Ely and others, probably for the purpose of some settlement. 114 She died in the following year, when …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… been collected in full. 17 In the 1450s and 1460s there is some evidence of overstocking of common land with sheep. 18 … were licensed in 1592, 22 and there was still apparently some open arable in the 1670s or later. 23 Five men paid a … either side of the SomertonCastle Cary road although some closes had been converted to pasture. Arable accounted …