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A History of the County of Sussex
… 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 … 1933 a further 449 a. including Flansham hamlet was added from Felpham, so that in 1971 the area was 906 ha. (2,239 … west end of the village are apparently 17th-century. Apart from houses in the village associated with three manors, 19 …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… the production of wider textiles. It is noticeable from the Dictionary's Archive that broader fabrics become … of wool, linen or cotton were used to denote yarn made from these raw materials, [Acts (1788)] suggests that the … also imported: for example, FLAXEN, HEMP and linen yarn from (among others) the Low Countries, MUSCOVY, and Prussia …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… long, narrow parish, once part of Potterspury, stretches from the R. Tove on the E. boundary to a little beyond … to 12 m. wide and 1 m. deep crossing it. One of these runs from Moor End to Watling Street (SP 753444745442) and the other from one of the bends on the Yardley Gobion road to Watling …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… on limestone at 80 m. above OD. Roman material is recorded from this site ( BNFAS, 1 (1966), 8, listed under Grendon; 6 … These seem to be associated with an area of dark soil from which have come large stones, part of a saddle quern, a … of the parish, within a group of fields probably reclaimed from the surrounding woodland in medieval times. It was on …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… and continuous and the outer chamfered and springing from modern attached shafts with old foliated capitals and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… It is roughly triangular in 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 feeder of … the Cam. A tributary of the Cam cuts a steep-sided valley from east to west between God's Hill (107 m. (352 ft.)) and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… day. Usually the whole amount was given to the poor, and from c. 1815 it was used to support the school and clothe … during the past year had been 'wicked' should be dropped from the list. 74 By Charity Commission Schemes of 1907 and … was living in the old schoolhouse and receiving £8 a year from the charity. 75 West's charity was established by will …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to the united benefice with Brasenose College and, from 1986, with the duke of Marlborough. 56 The church was … became an endowed vicarage of 5 marks a year, derived from a house formerly the chaplain's and all altar offerings … rural deanery, worth in 1707 only £36 a year, derived from small tithes ( £32), payments for morning prayers ( £2), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… lots descended with particular farms and can be traced from the 17th century, while others were separated from ownership of land in the parish. In the 19th century the … landlords were excluded in 1317 and 1327, but all three taxation lists reveal a leading group of 8 or 10 families, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was supported in 1797 by a biannual payment of 18 s. from the overseers and by voluntary subscriptions. The … 55 was usually spent on clothes for the schoolchildren. 56 From 1817 a room in the new parish clerk's house at the … Sundays and 42 on weekdays. Pupils, who stayed at school from the ages of 4 to 10, paid ½ d. a week, the vicar and the …