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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… it required more than one weaver to operate a broad loom, so that TEXTILES defined as yard-wide or yard-broad were … in Ireland than on the mainland, wool and spinning were, so western parts of England could obtain wool and yarn … oil', etc. Much yarn was spun at home, hence 'home-spun', so typical entries put together the raw material and the yarn …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… John the Baptist stands in the S. part of the parish. The walls are of local sandstone rubble with dressings of the … chamfered order with chamfered imposts. In the S. and W. walls are late 13th-century windows of a single trefoiled … considerably on the N., S. and W. sides; in the E. and N. walls are windows of a single trefoiled light and in the S. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… S.R.O., DD/BT 15/4; Kelly's Dir. Som. (1899). P. Legg, So Merry Let Us Be (1986), 9; Science and Fruit, ed. T. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… most of his tithes. 61 Vaughan Thomas, vicar 1803-58, so vigorously pursued his rights that a proposed augmentation … of the north doorway in the 15th century and the church walls may have been raised. A clerestory was perhaps added at … and the Bodleian Library. 6 The church interior was painted white in 1707, and the exterior rendered. 7 In 1793 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… halves or quar-ters, which could be further subdivided so that ownership of the hay might be confined to a single …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the vicar reported in 1768 that the parish children were so backward that he had difficulty teaching them the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… paper mill: the river level was kept permanently high, so that low-lying ground was almost always flooded and water … for a time friction reminiscent of the infamous Cutteslowe Walls episode in Oxford. 38 From the 1960s the parish council … council mins. 27 Mar. 1930 Local inf. For the Cutteslowe walls see P. Collison, Cutteslowe Walls. e.g. O.R.O., Misc. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to the lord's scutage. 15 The 'hundred' of Yarnton, so called in 1279, seems to have been the name given to an … church, poor, surveyors', and constables' rates were all so assessed. 22 Vestry meetings were held in the Spencer … expenditure. In 1802-3 there were 13 men and 11 women so employed, and the cost had risen to c. £37. The effects of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… few in England to retain its original colouring, and the painted graining and marbling on the staircase and in some …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… (Plate 188) stands in the S. part of the parish. The walls are of local sandstone rubble with dressings of the … tracery. The South Porch is largely modern, but the side walls have each a 14th-century window of one trefoiled ogee … Detached Tower (21 ft. square) is of one stage with rubble walls enclosing a timber frame supporting the bells and the …