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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… soil is generally a reddish clay, producing good crops of wheat; the surface is undulated, and there are quarries of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… three panels, upper and lower with carved swags, wreaths, wheat-ears, etc., in high relief, late 17th-century, middle … with ribbon and swags and festoons of fruit, sea-shells, wheat-ears, foliage, etc.; entablature and cornice over …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… for the jambs of doors; and a vault or two, in which was wheat of a black colour, and in a cinereous state. . . . …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… in 1801. The main crops in the combined parish were then wheat, barley, and oats. 86 Sheep-farming continued to be …
A History of the County of Somerset
… village. 13 In 1258 corn sales produced £41 and wheat had been sown on 140 a., most of the 161 qr. produced … at least 168 qr. of barley and 40 qr. of oats; 17 in 1300 wheat was sown on 52 a., rye on 3 a., barley on 90 a., and … of over 20 a. 20 In 1314 188 a. was sown with barley, wheat, and beans, 21 and a similar quantity of demesne …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the Cottenham commons. 2 In the 16th century barley and wheat were grown; 3 the names of Peas hill and Oat close show …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The soil is a productive loam, favourable to the growth of wheat; the surface is generally level, and the river Cam … and in some places clay, is adapted to the growth of wheat and oats 5 limestone is abundant, and there are …
A Dictionary of London
… "Walton's Court" (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. Wheat sheaf Alley North out of Leadenhall Street, west of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by measurement 2144 acres: the soil is fertile, producing wheat much esteemed for its quality; and there are some …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 200 a. of demesne arable, 66 of which 80 a. were sown with wheat. 67 An expansion of the demesne may have already begun, … arable was 268 a., of which 160 a. were sown with winter wheat, and there were also 116 a. of demesne meadow, … 4 In the late 18th century the chief arable crops were wheat and beans, and some barley 5 and flax was grown, 6 but …