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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… by Brunswick, BROWN, CABLE, COLOURED, CORDAGE, DIAPER, DUTCH, DYED, Ermland, FLAXEN, FRENCH, greasey, GREY, … DAMASK, DEAL, DISH.DORNICK, DORNICK - YARN, DRAM, DRUGGET, DUTCH METAL, EBONY, EDGING LACE, FIDDLE, FLANNEL, FRINGE, … published in local newspapers. A 1673 patent proclaimed a method of gilding with yellow metal leaf, presumably as a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… of Perry and it occurs frequently in medieval documents after that. In 1537 the park was enlarged by 154 acres (64 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… under orchard. In 1838 the Rogers family had c. 940 a. and after the purchase of Woolston in 1858 owned the whole parish … Mill was the name of the farm when milling ceased shortly after 1906. 25 A mill recorded at Woolston in 1086 was not … century the fair appears to have reverted to 15 August and after the adjustment to the calendar it was held on 26 August …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as unfit and presentation was made by the bishop. 48 After the Dissolution the Crown presented in 1544 and 1547, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… names such as Corn Hayday in the early 18th century, long after their conversion to pasture, 27 and they retained … if all the meadow recorded in 1086 was lot meadow. 35 The method of holding rights in the meadows seems to have … to supervise the lot drawing and regulate the grazing. After the opening in 1789 of Duke's Cut, linking the Thames …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were taught by the clerk's wife Lucy Charlett, and after her death in 1827 by their daughter Ann, who continued …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of railway workers boosted the population to 317 in 1851, after which it declined to 280 by 1901. From the 1920s … the wastes' when the Spencer estate was divided and sold after 1685. 96 Traces of tenements had apparently been found … farms and cottages, were disinclined to invest in Yarnton after 1839, when Sir George Dashwood, 'to prevent strangers …
A History of the County of Oxford
… manor. 17 Yarnton remained quit of shire and hundred after 1281, under its new owner Rewley abbey. 18 The last … both overseers were women. 24 The parish paid for dinners after the Michaelmas and Easter vestry meetings. In 1810 the … the vestry ordered a register of hirings to be kept. After £56 had been spent in 1829-30 the vestry sought to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… or early 20th by Stephen Howse, and sold by him shortly after the First World War to Edward Harris, whose son Edward … manager, Nigel Evans, who bought out Fanny's share soon after. He sold the farm c. 1960 to Arthur Baylis, who renamed … The rectory was leased separately to tenants until 1782, after which it was usually leased with College farm. 12 The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… early in the 14th century; the South Porch was added soon after. The church was restored in 1864, when the Chancel …