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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is mostly employed in the manufacture of woollencloth, in three large mills. The village, which is extensive, stands on … at a short distance to the east, beneath a stone bridge of three arches, near which it receives a small stream, turning three mills, that bounds the town on the south. The place was …
A Dictionary of London
… Ypres Inn See Ipres Inn. Ysmongereslane See Ironmonger Lane. Yvieselane See Alfieslane. Yvihaile Hostel of John … I. 419, 3 Ed. I. Not further identified. Yvilane See Ivy Lane. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… that half the land then lay fallow. 27 Change to a three-field rotation of crops before the mid 17th century may … even distribution of Wadham College's arable between three major subdivisions of Yelford field. 28 In 1086 Yelford … for 300 pigs was built near the Brighthampton-Boys wood lane. 85 When Manor farm was sold in 1949 only a third (107 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for its seclusion, 60 is accessible by a single narrow lane. In 1876 the parish contained 336 a., 61 but its … probably the result of plague, reduced Yelford to two or three taxable house-holds by the 16th century. There are … dereliction. In 1542 five men were mustered and six (in three families) were assessed for subsidy. 6 In the early …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 53 Yelford descended in the Lenthall family for almost three centuries, the owners living at Burford Priory and … its eastern bay, probably had similar features. The three main ranges of building were not tied together … in the earlier 20th century was subdivided to provide for three families. 72 From 1952 the derelict house was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… two-centred and of two chamfered orders with responds of three grouped shafts with moulded capitals and bases, … plinth. The Nave (35 ft. by 18 ft.) has a N. arcade of three bays of c. 118090 with two-centred arches of a single … capitals. The clearstorey has on each side a range of three 14th-century windows, each of two trefoiled lights with …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… rectangular area orientated W.N.W.E.S.E., situated between three distinct blocks of ridge-and-furrow and separated from … The larger and more complex area lies at the end of Wards Lane, N. of the church ('a' on plan), and consists of a … small embanked or ditched closes, on either side of School Lane and its extension to the N.E. They may represent former …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of Gest, in the parish, lived Blaidd Rhudd, one of the three royal tribes of Wales. Yr-Ddreiniog YR-DDREINIOG, a … of sittings is 630, of which 301 are free. There are three places of worship for Calvinistic Methodists, and one … been made in sums varying from 50 to 3, which appeared on three benefaction-tables removed from the old church; the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Chancel (33 ft. by 14 ft.) has an E. window of three pointed lights, partly of c. 1300 but reset and much … ft. by 14 ft.) has mid 15th-century N. and S. arcades of three bays with moulded two-centred arches similar to the … windows with labels. a(28) Cottage, on the W. side of the lane, 400 yards E.N.E. of the church, has gabled N. and S. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… near Acomb: in the immediate vicinity of the spot are three natural sand-hills, called Severus' Hills, upon which … Early in the reign of Edward III., the Scots having raised three armies to lay waste the English border, and take … endowed it for six aged widows. An almshouse in St. Denis lane, instituted by the Company of Cordwainers, having fallen …