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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Yard - Yew Yard [y'rd; yrd; yerde; yerd; yer; yearde; yeard; y'd; yd; yarde; … the ELL. This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. … 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, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Yarkhill 96 YARKHILL (C.c.) (O.S. 6 in. XXXIV, N.E.) Yarkhill is a parish 7 m. E.N.E. of … (1). Parish Church of St. John the Baptist stands in the S. part of the parish. The walls are of local sandstone … as evidenced by some capitals at the vicarage, the re-set S. doorway and probably the tower-arch. The Chancel was …
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 III probably did in 1333. 7 George III is said to have …
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 … lord, C. K. F. Brown, gave the advowson to St. Catherine's College, Oxford. In 1984 St. Catherine's transferred the … 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
… 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 … and sold by him shortly after the First World War to Edward Harris, whose son Edward was the owner in 1986. 93 The farmhouse was built c. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 37 The only self-confessed Catholic was Sir William's grandson William (d. 1683). 38 John Goad, vicar 1646-60, … from Oxford, applied for a licence for John Preedy's cottage in Yarnton to be used as a meeting house. 41 The … Methodists met in a stable. 45 By 1854 John Herbert's cottage near the Oxford-Woodstock road was licensed for …
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 …