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A History of the County of Oxford
… land between the village and the river was meadowland. Some meadows were evidently arable in the Middle Ages; they … main stream of the Thames and Wolvercote mill stream. 29 Some 50 a. in the east part of Pixey mead, extraparochial … that in Pixey mead a single draw served for both shots. Some lots were divided into halves or quar-ters, which could …
A History of the County of Oxford
… road, and around Stonehouse Farm, 54 indicate that some meadow and pasture was temporarily ploughed, presumably … from the Iron Age to Romano-British times. Despite some fragments of medieval pottery in the area, there is no … a loss of population, although less heavy than in some other settlements in the area. 86 An accusation of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… imposing structure of coursed rubble limestone and ashlar, some of it re-used. The new house was a rectangular block of … been destroyed'. 84 Demolition of the south bay and of some of the lower service buildings on the north is usually … the painted graining and marbling on the staircase and in some upstairs rooms. The grounds of the house were also …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… a late 16th-century moulded frame. Inside the building are some original moulded ceiling-beams. The Outbuilding, W. of … partly set diagonally. Inside the building the N. room has some original panelled plaster-work with enrichments, an … bressummer and shaped brackets. Inside the building are some original moulded ceiling-beams. a(29). Cottage, on the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… are, the Yarrow, the Ettrick, and the Tweed, which last in some parts forms the northern boundary. The Yarrow has its … fathoms, in depth. Their borders are thinly ornamented by some dwarfish trees, part of the remains of the ancient … St. Mary. There are also several lakes of less importance, some of them containing rich beds of shell-marl, which is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… (OS 1:10000 a TL 09 NW, b TL 09 NE) The parish, covering some 760 hectares, lies E. of the R. Nene, between 40 ft. and … the field immediately to the W. a complete Roman pot and some Iron Age sherds have been found during quarrying ( … of the wood is dotted with many pits and hollows; some are recent and others, apparently dating from the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… early 17th-century, has a wing of c. 1800 on the E. and some later outshuts. The original range has parapeted gables … S.E. corner of the original house suggests the junction of some earlier walls. Fittings include a reset stair with … turned balusters, is mid 18th-century and reset. There is some early 19th-century plaster decoration. (28) Pound, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… parish. 62 As the population fell sharply in the 1880s 63 some were demolished; in 1885 there were only two cottages at … bungalows were built in Limer's Lane c. 1970. 65 There was some infilling in the village in the later 20th century. … from the trustees, to F. C. Carr; 12 in the late 1930s some of the land was sold for the wireless school and camp of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Nave, was built about the middle of the 12th century. At some date in the 16th or 17th century much of the N. wall … roof. The Roof of the chapel is modern, but incorporates some old timbers, including a moulded tie-beam of c. 1600. … staircase with an octagonal newel. On the first floor are some 15th-century slip-tiles with foliage and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… roofs of the N. and S. chapels are modern but incorporate some old curved braces and rest on 14th-century moulded … head-corbels. The roof of the nave may incorporate some old timbers. The modern roof of the S. porch … the roofs are covered with thatch, tiles or stone slates. Some of the buildings have original chimney-stacks, wide …