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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… the most important in the Dictionary Archive being a unit of linear measure that largely replaced the ELL. This old … 3 FOOT long, though sometimes by custom for some TEXTILEs of 37 inches. The term appears in all sections of the … the Dictionary's Archive that broader fabrics become more common during the eighteenth century, as did the choice of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… c SP 74 SW, d SP 74 SE) The long, narrow parish, once part of Potterspury, stretches from the R. Tove on the E. boundary … to a little beyond Watling Street (A5) which forms most of the W. boundary. An E.-flowing stream flows along most of … (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1926, 52423) (9) Cultivation Remains. The common fields of the parish, together with those of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… with Bedfordshire which forms its S.E. side. It consists of land sloping generally N. between 110 m. and 66 m. above … is entirely on Boulder Clay except where the down-cutting of a number of N.-flowing streams has exposed narrow bands of … existing woodland or in areas formerly wooded or used as common grazing, are a number of ponds of highly irregular and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… (O.S. 6 in. XXXIV, N.E.) Yarkhill is a parish 7 m. E.N.E. of Hereford. The church is the principal monument. Capler … N.E., is a dry ditch with a right-angled bend. (3). Showle Court, house, outbuilding and moat, 1,160 yards N.N.E. of the … (13). Cottage, 60 yards E. of (12). (14). Monksbury Court, about 1 m. N.E. of the church, is of 18th or …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Yarlington YARLINGTON Yarlington in 1838 The parish of Yarlington, the derivation of whose name is uncertain, 73 … Lodge and later as Yarlington House. It stands on former common on a hill south of the village and is said to have … manor in the later Middle Ages, one incorporating a court leet. 36 Estreats survive for the 1540s, when the court …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic history Economic history The presence in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of … government because of a threatened uprising. 25 The Privy Council's concern may have slowed the process, but it could … as one lot and the money divided among the proprietors. Common pasture rights on the lot meadows were restricted to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Education Education Hugh Evans, vicar of Yarnton 1579-1618, and John Goad, vicar 1646-60, kept … in existence by 1780, 51 may have been the precursor of a Sunday school established in 1783. 52 The latter was … xiii. Kelly's Dir. Oxon. (1895). Rep. Educ. Cttee. of Council [C. 2048-I], p. 793, H.C. (1878), xxviii. Schs. in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction YARNTON lies 4 miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of the river Thames. 41 The … about the same time. 75 Early settlements of the type common on the gravel terraces of the Upper Thames valley have … 1920s, however, 37 houses had been built; 36 the parish council stressed the need for yet more. 37 Ribbon development …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Local government Local government Yarnton, as part of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from suit at the hundred court of Wootton by Richard, earl of Cornwall. Earl Edmund … at Yarnton, but free tenants owed suit at the honorial court at North Osney. Villeins as well as free tenants were, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… (b)XII, N.W.) Yarpole is a parish and village 4 m. N.N.W. of Leominster. The church is the principal monument. … the E. wall. a(15). Cottage, at the S.W. corner of Bircher Common and 550 yards N.W. of (14), has a thatched roof. … and N. The chimney-stack has two diagonal shafts. a(28). Court House, on the N.E. side of the road, 60 yards S.E. of …