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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of wider textiles. It is noticeable from the Dictionary's Archive that broader fabrics become more common during the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… in NMR) d(2) Moat (?) (SP 761448), lay immediately S. of Moor End Road, on Boulder Clay at 102 m. above OD. The … of a rectangular area 60 m. by 40 m., orientated N.E.S.W. and bounded on the N.W., S.W. and part of the N.E. and … history is uncertain (H. M. Colvin, The History of the King's Works, II (1963), 743). In the early 19th century, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… cuts a steep-sided valley from east to west between God's Hill (107 m. (352 ft.)) and Yarlington Sleights (127 m. … were fined for their involvement in the 1497 rebellion. 5 King John probably visited Yarlington in 1209, 6 as Edward … who held it in 1939. By 1951 patronage was held by the Bishop. 53 In 1291 the living was valued at £7 10 s. 54 In …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the vicarage until the Dissolution. 47 In 1466 the abbey's nominee was rejected as unfit and presentation was made by the bishop. 48 After the Dissolution the Crown presented in 1544 … C. Eden. A further restoration took place in 1971, by D. King. 15 When the south-west windows of the south aisle were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… latter was supported in 1797 by a biannual payment of 18 s. from the overseers and by voluntary subscriptions. The … in the Spencer chapel or, if not needed there, for Yarnton's poor, 55 was usually spent on clothes for the … was £3 from the Fletcher benefaction and £1 from the bishop of St. Asaph, an absentee landowner. 61 An evening …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton until 1932. 47 That change increased Yarnton's area from 1,644 a. to 1,762 a. (713 ha.). 48 An area known … a small part of the south-east corner of Yarnton west of King's bridge. A house stood c. 1200 on the Yarnton side of … When the Thames Navigation Commission built a pen at King's weir in 1789 and a pound lock at Godstow in 1790 55 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… granted 10 hides at YARNTON, formerly his cousin Godwin's, to his newly founded abbey at Eynsham. 63 The land was taken at the Conquest by Remigius, bishop of Dorchester, later bishop of Lincoln, who eventually returned the abbey's other …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Yarpole 81 YARPOLE (D.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)VII, S.W., (b)XII, N.W.) Yarpole is a parish and … century and of trussed-rafter type with five 15th-century king-post trusses; the king-posts have moulded capitals and bases and four-way …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… is still preserved in the name of a pass called the "Hart's leap," marked by two stones said to have been placed there by the king and his attendants. The parish is of very irregular … skull. Dr. Scott, an eminent chymist, and physician to King Charles II., resided at Thirlestane, in this parish, in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… of a single straight street with regular plots on the S. side, including the manor site and glebe. The layout on … of St. Mary Magdalene (Fig. 219; Plate 32) stands on the S. side of the village street. It comprises a Chancel, North … put up in 1782, consists of four trusses with tie beams, king posts, queen struts and staggered purlins and was …