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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It is situated on an acclivity above Bottesford beck, and comprises 733 a. 3 r. 6 p. The common lands were inclosed … twenty children in a national school, and the residue to other charitable purposes. Yarborough, or Yarburgh (St. John … thus completed was nearly two miles and a half. The only military operation in which the inhabitants have been ever …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… Ancient and historical monuments in Westmorland Yanwath and Eamont Bridge 113 YANWATH and EAMONT BRIDGE (D.b.) (O.S. … level, of five transomed lights with a moulded label. The other windows are small square-headed openings except one on …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west of Arundel and c. 2 miles (3 km.) from the sea. In 1881 it had 1,740 a. and was irregular in shape. 94 Between 1882 and 1891 it was … houses in the village associated with three manors, 19 other buildings put up before 1800 are chiefly small, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard … a yard, was the equivalent of the rod, perch or pole and consisted of 16½ FOOT. OED earliest date of use: 1377 for … SAIL attached to it. Yards were often associated with other nautical items in such phrases as 'yards and MASTs'. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the R. Tove, below 76 m. above OD, is on Upper Lias Clay and riverine deposits. Bands of limestones are exposed on the steep slopes N.E. of the main village, and in the valley of the stream where the medieval settlement … photographs taken in 1947 (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1926, 52434) two other smaller rectangular ponds are shown between it and the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… It consists of land sloping generally N. between 110 m. and 66 m. above OD, and is entirely on Boulder Clay except where the down-cutting … visible on air photographs (in NMR), with a number of other ditches and a small rectangular enclosure. Within the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… of the same material; the roofs are covered with tiles and stone slates. There appears to have been a church here of … by some capitals at the vicarage, the re-set S. doorway and probably the tower-arch. The Chancel was re-built at some … has, in the E. wall, a single-light and in the other walls a two-light window, all with trefoiled heads; the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… shape, measuring 2.5 km. from north to south at its widest and 3 km. from east to west. The only natural boundary is a … of the river Cam in the south-east; parts of the eastern and western boundaries are marked by roads. 74 The boundaries … forming the watershed between the streams feeding the Cale and those feeding the Cam. A tributary of the Cam cuts a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a church in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was probably a daughter church of the abbey, and it was still occasionally called a chapel in the 14th … south doorways, but, unusually for the area, there were no other alterations to the church. A large three-light window …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of lot meadows along the Thames, may indicate … seems to have comprised c. 25 a. exclusive of meadow and pasture, 15 and in 1617 a 2-yardland estate contained 44 … exacted from 20 villeins and 3 bordars who held the other 7 teams recorded. The estate's value had increased from …