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A History of the County of Oxford
… Roman Catholicism has been found. 62 Several generations of the Baker family, tenants of Manor farm from the 1760s to c. 1820, were Baptists …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… in. XXVI N.W.) Yelling is a parish and village 5 m. E.N.E. of St. Neots. The Church and Church Farm are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of Holy Cross stands on the N. side of the road towards the W. end of the village. The walls are …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… covering just over 900 hectares, occupies a narrow strip of land which widens at the E. end. Its W. boundary is formed … 95 m. and 145 m. above OD and except in the extreme W. of the parish where Lower Lias Clay is exposed most of the area is covered by Boulder Clay. The western …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 miles (S. W.) … machine erected in 1828, from designs by Mr. Brunton, of London, and worked by a water-wheel of large diameter. The … that Sir Leoline Jenkins, Knt., presented to each of the churches of Ystrad-Owen and Llanblethian a tenor bell; and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… N.E.) Yetminster is a parish and village 4 m. S.S.W. of Sherborne. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1) Parish Church Of St. Andrew stands at the S. end of the village. The walls are of local rubble with dressings …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from … of which it is the capital, 193 miles (N. N. W.) from London; containing 28,842 inhabitants. The origin of this … monastery, with some other religious houses, and 39 parish churches. In 1138, David, King of Scotland, whom Matilda had …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… (A.c.) (O.S. 6 in. XIV, S.E.) Yiewsley is a parish 2 m. S. of Uxbridge. Secular Monuments (14) The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of the 17th century and of two storeys; the walls are of brick and the roofs are …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… like a CART or WAIN. HORSEs were attached by the use of a COLLAR, the difference in method resulting from the way the two types of animal apply their tractive power most effectively. By … visitor in the 1720s commented on the many gardeners round London who 'offer all sorts of young trees ... for sale.' …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… York Castle THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY OF YORK AN INVENTORY Note. The walled city is … past nine centuries the castle has been, like the Tower of London, a fortress, a royal palace, a mint, and a prison, as … leading to a suburb where by 1100 there were at least five churches beside Fishergate. There may perhaps still have been …
Survey of London Monograph
… thought that York herald was originally the officer of Edmund of Langley, created Duke of York in 1385, but the first … Sir Thomas, changed name to Wriothesley; probably b. in London; lived in Barbican; citizen and draper 1509. His s. …