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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It is situated on an acclivity above Bottesford beck, and comprises 733 a. 3 r. 6 p. The common lands were inclosed … containing 452 inhabitants. It is situated on the right bank of the river Froome, and consists of 1644 acres. The … Brus, who died in 1240. It is beautifully situated on the bank of the Tees, along which the grounds extend for nearly a …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Christi Coll. 1714, M.A. 1717; rector of Greatham 1717-46, and vicar of Newton Valence, (both) Hants, 1718-46. See … 30 Jan., 1610-11; bar.-at-law, Middle Temple, 1619, as son and heir of William, of Petersfield, Hants, gent. See Foster's Judges and Barristers & Bloxam, v. 29. Yalden, Thomas s. Jo., of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… Ancient and historical monuments in Westmorland Yanwath and Eamont Bridge 113 YANWATH and EAMONT BRIDGE (D.b.) (O.S. … enclosure is a roughly circular sinking with traces of a bank on its E. side; there is nothing to indicate whether …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… along the N. side of copse banks between about SP 06651384 and 06741387, where the remains of a terrace 10 ft. wide are overlain by the E. bank of a wood. A modern field mile to the E. is known … platform, approximately 25 ft. by 17 ft., at SP 06051390, and by building stones (including a rectangular block 2 ft. 5 …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard … a yard, was the equivalent of the rod, perch or pole and consisted of 16½ FOOT. OED earliest date of use: 1377 for … as SPRUCE), and WOOLLEN yarns from Ireland. Kerridge notes that the chief stimulus in this import market was cost: …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the R. Tove, below 76 m. above OD, is on Upper Lias Clay and riverine deposits. Bands of limestones are exposed on the … Watling Street (SP 735450748438), but only a normal hedge-bank is visible today. The boundary then turned N.E. and ran … 753444). Along this section there are traces of a large bank 1 m.1.5 m. high and 5 m.6 m. wide. The boundary then ran …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… It consists of land sloping generally N. between 110 m. and 66 m. above OD, and is entirely on Boulder Clay except where the down-cutting … consists of a large rectangular enclosure bounded by a low bank up to 1 m. high with similar internal banks at its E. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… shape, measuring 2.5 km. from north to south at its widest and 3 km. from east to west. The only natural boundary is a … of the river Cam in the south-east; parts of the eastern and western boundaries are marked by roads. 74 The boundaries … outside the park pale to watch deer killed. 81 The park bank survives on the boundary with Pitcombe. There were two …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a church in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was probably a daughter church of the abbey, and it was still occasionally called a chapel in the 14th … Eynsham. 45 The benefice was united with Begbroke in 1984, and the joint benefice was in 1986 united with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of lot meadows along the Thames, may indicate … mead (66 a.) and West mead (75 a.) lie along the north bank of the river with no physical boundaries between them; … following account is based on Bodl. MS. Top. Oxon b 19: notes c. 1817, by the Revd. V. Thomas; Exeter Coll. Mun., and …