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A History of the County of Sussex
… Yapton YAPTON The parish of Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west of Arundel and c. 2 miles (3 km.) from the sea. In 1881 it … 94 Between 1882 and 1891 it was enlarged by the addition of two detached parts of Walberton in the north (20 a.) and …
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 … seems to have been a practice with a long history as the act 10 ANNE C18 required all CALICO to be within 7/8 and 9/8 … as cogs, AXLE TREEs, WHEELs and TANKARDs. Attempts by Parliament to encourage the use of alternative WOODs, like …
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 … together with those of Potterspury, were enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1775 (NRO, Enclosure Map, 1776). Very little …
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 … Remains. The common fields of the parish were enclosed by Act of Parliament of 1776. Shortly before that (NRO, Map of 1760) …
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 … E 179/164/504, m. 45. O.R.O., Dash. XV/i/13, 24, 51; Act for Confirming a Partition made between Robert Dashwood and Cholmley Turner, 3 Geo. 1, c. 22 (Priv. Act). Bodl. MS. Top. Oxon. b 19, f. 93. O.R.O., MS. Oxf. …
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 … copy in Westgate Libr., Oxford. Stokenchurch Turnpike Act, 5 Geo. I, c. 1 (Priv. Act). O.R.O., tithe map. Annual Turnpikes Acts Continuance …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… TL 09 NE) The parish, covering some 760 hectares, lies E. of the R. Nene, between 40 ft. and 230 ft. above OD. The … Cultivation remains. The common fields were enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1777 (map of 1778 in NRO) but nothing is known …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Yatesbury YATESBURY Yatesbury village stands 7 km. east of Calne. 27 The parish, 1,674 a. (677 ha.), was absorbed by … which survived in the later 19th century. 29 For much of its length the boundary is marked by roads. Chalk outcrops … whole parish, which lies on a plateau at the western edge of the Marlborough Downs. A head stream of the Kennet flows …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Yettington Yeading YEADING, a hamlet, in the parish of Hayes, union of Uxbridge, hundred of Elthorne, county of … fifty persons. The Peak Forest canal commences here. An act was passed in 1846, enabling the Manchester and Sheffield … bridge, 12 miles in length; and in the same year, another act was obtained for a railway from Stockport, by Whaley, to …
A Dictionary of London
… Yeldehalle - Yvilane Yeldehalle The chamber of Yeldehalle in Candelwikestrete, 1369, in the parish of St. … Made a general place for lading and discharging goods by Act of Parliament, 1559 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 49). One of the …