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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… N.E.) Yetminster is a parish and village 4 m. S.S.W. of Sherborne. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1) Parish Church Of St. Andrew stands at the S. end of the village. The walls … tower-arch is moulded, the outer and inner members being treated as shafts on the responds, with moulded bases …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from … in the suburbs, set fire to the houses; but the wind being high, the flames communicated to the city, and during … occurring by death or resignation, another commissioner is elected by the proprietors. The Hertford and Derwent Drainage …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… like a CART or WAIN. HORSEs were attached by the use of a COLLAR, the difference in method resulting from the way the two types of animal apply their tractive power most effectively. By … Peak District as a secondary occupation, their products being sold on to clothiers in towns like Bradford, Halifax, …
Survey of London
… was once used generically for all the premises on the site of York House, was assigned to George Street circa 1852. Only four houses there, Nos. 6, 7, 9 and 10, all of which are on the west side of the street, contain features … of this house is similar to that of No. 6, the two houses being probably of the same date. The stairs to the upper …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… York Castle THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY OF YORK AN INVENTORY Note. The walled city is divided … the Templars but in 1311 became a royal free chapel, later being used by the Guild of St. George incorporated in 1446. …
Survey of London Monograph
… thought that York herald was originally the officer of Edmund of Langley, created Duke of York in 1385, but the first … 1723; F.S.A. 5 December 1723; suspended 29 April 1735 being then in the Fleet prison for debt; res d for 400 in …
Survey of London
… Embankment Gardens is now almost the sole surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance … formed the river approach, was originally the town house of the Bishops of Norwich and, like its easterly neighbour, … The King of Spaine gave it his majestie at his being there, who bestowed it on the late Duke of Buckingham." …
Survey of London
… York Place CHAPTER 1: YORK PLACE Towards the end of the twelth century Richard of Ely (also known as Richard … is a selection: In 1302 John le Blund, who had been elected mayor, was admitted and sworn before the King's … John of Thoresby, the archbishop, who was also chancellor, being about to proceed "to the parts of his archbishopric by …
Survey of London
… Bridge Act contained a clause for the continuation of Stamford Street across Waterloo Road to Westminster Bridge … ultimately became York Road, was made across demesne land of the Arch bishop's manor of Lambeth. Except for a fringe of … the Archbishop a building lease of ground described as being partly in Float Mead and partly in the seven acres of …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… and Brian Palmes William Gascoigne, senr., kt. Manor of Thorppe in Balme and 5 messuages with lands in the same. … Batty and Mary his wife Robert Batty, clerk The fifth part of the manors of Clyfton, Burton Constable, Scabbyd Newton, … certain lands in Sprotburgh and Newton in the same parish, being a parcel of the manor of Sprotburgh. Robert Strey, …