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A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford was noted for its setting 'in the midst of giant trees', 2 but most were elms which perished in the 1970s. In …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1", sheet 13 (1830 edn.). Gilman, 'Yelford Manor', 614 and fig. 1 describes surviving features but misinterprets the map … plate 39. Cf. above, plate 39; Gilman, 'Yelford Manor', fig. 1; O.S. Map 1/2,500, Oxon. XXXVII. 4. Above, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… (?) (unlocated but possibly SP 570749 or 575752; Fig. 152), possibly lay somewhere in the W. part of the … and this is another indication of a lost settlement. Fig. 152 Yelvertoft Medieval settlements and estates … 60 m. and orientated E.W. (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1994, 447880). Fig. 153 Yelvertoft (4) Settlement remains, moat and site of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… its affix, and which signifies "a place abounding in elder-trees:" the term appears to have been applied to the locality in reference to the number of trees of that description once growing here, and of which a … of the precipice is richly clad with verdure, and with trees and shrubs that have taken root among the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… whole is destitute of wood, excepting only a few dwarfish trees among the scattered habitations in the valleys. On the … alder; and the produce of the hedgerows, various kinds of trees, for the most part of artificial plantation. In this … the falls of wood to professed wood-buyers, who cut up the trees on the spot, according to the purposes for which the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… many gardeners round London who 'offer all sorts of young trees ... for sale.' [Diaries (Saussure)]. See also GREEN …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… 1345, though Walmgate and Fishergate Bars already existed (Fig. p. 58). The Red Tower and Fishergate Postern Tower were … to the castle in 1556 cost 40 and required thirty oak trees. 43 Money was collected by the county justices between … York Castle South Gate The South Gate (NG 60555135. Pl. 3; Fig. p. 75) was in use as late as 1597 but had been blocked …
A History of the County of Somerset
… generally distributed. Often found in numbers in old ash trees in June. Many of these colonies consist of females …
A History of the County of Somerset
… consumed. Many beetles are very injurious to our crops and trees, while some are beneficial, in that they feed on and … and beet. The following do much injury to forest trees: the Elm-bark Beetle ( Scolytus destructor, Ol.), which … abietis, L.); while others are very injurious to fruit trees, the Apple-blossom Weevil ( Anthonomus pomorum, L.); …