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Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Looking Glasses of all Sorts, from ye Smallest Size to ye Highest, in Carv'd & Painted, Carv'd & Gilt, Walnuttree … bks list the Yorkes in the shop in Trumpington St later to be called King's Parade but from c. 1843 the business moved … 54 Watling St. Trade card states: Merchants, Captains of Ships, country chapmen &c. may be supply'd on reasonable …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… wapentake of Gilling-East, N. riding of York, 1 mile (W. by N.) from Northallerton; containing 178 inhabitants. It is … and there is a glebe of 10 acres. The chapel, dedicated to St. Michael, is a chapel of ease. The inhabitants … Lewis, in 1829, gave 1500, directing the dividends to be expended in clothing, bread, and meat. Yardley-Gobion …
Alumni Oxonienses
… and of Chalton cum Clanfield, Hants, 1711-36, chaplain to the Duke of Beaufort 1706, preacher 1698, and master of … 11 July, 1620; born 17 March, 1597-8; admitted to Merchant Taylors' school 1610. See Robinson, i. 64. … of Magdalen Hall 1648, student of Christ Church 1648 by the visitors, B.A. 2 Aug., 1651, M.A. 7 July, 1654. See …
A History of the County of Sussex
… within Yapton, one of which had also once partly belonged to an estate centred in Barnham, were added to Yapton, while … the former has 16th-century timbers, and the latter may be partly 17th-century. There were c. 10 dwellings in all at … Flowers beside Yapton Lane north of the railway line was set up in 1960, selling mixed flowers to supermarkets. In …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… - SPAR hung at its centre in front of a mast and serving to support and extend the square SAIL attached to it. Yards … component of NAVAL STORES and were included in among SHIPS STORES [Acts (1781)]. OED earliest date of use: … long history as the act 10 ANNE C18 required all CALICO to be within 7/8 and 9/8 of a yard wide. (The act is not …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… are covered with tiles and stone slates. There appears to have been a church here of c. 1200 as evidenced by some capitals at the vicarage, the re-set S. doorway and probably the tower-arch. The Chancel was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… may indicate that the parishes once shared a single set of fields. The medieval yardland in Yarnton seems to have comprised c. 25 a. exclusive of meadow and pasture, … parish in 1279, but by the 17th century there were said to be only 44, 17 presumably because of the loss of arable land …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Villeins as well as free tenants were, unusually, expected to contribute to the lord's scutage. 15 The 'hundred' of … from 20 s. to the unusually high figure of 30 s., and set an upper limit as high as £3 10 s. 25 In 1776 Yarnton … in the parish the vestry ordered a register of hirings to be kept. After £56 had been spent in 1829-30 the vestry …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… The church was restored in 1864, when the Chancel seems to have been re-built, the North Aisle was added, and the S. … Church, Plan Architectural DescriptionThe Chancel (26 ft. by 17 ft.) has no ancient features except the early … form the middle light. The North Aisle is modern, but re-set in the W. wall is a window similar to the S. windows in …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… present name was acquired from the removal of the church to the banks of the river Yarrow, about the middle of the … and in the reign of Bruce was recovered from the English by Sir James Douglas, upon whom, as a reward for his … are found large trees, though scarcely a shrub is now to be seen. The arable land is chiefly near the shore; but it is …