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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Selkirk; containing, with the village of Ettrick-Bridge and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. This place, which … district formed part of the royal forest of Ettrick, and in the reign of Bruce was recovered from the English by … land brought into cultivation. CherryTrees, the seat of Adam B. Boyd, Esq., who is the only resident heritor, is a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the R. Nene. It has always been a chapelry of Nassington, and served by a curate. Yarwell is not named in Domesday Book … late 15th century the manor had passed to Sir Guy Wolston, and from him it passed to the Earls of Westmorland, all of … the church is indicated by the field names Dovecote Close and Coney Garth. The village was never very large, and had 39 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… several summits. There is a barrow on it in the south and, also in the south, it was marked by many stones and mounds which survived in the later 19th century. 29 For … of the Kennet flows south-eastwards across the parish and has deposited a small amount of alluvium where it leaves …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… YELLING (D.f.). (O.S. 6 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 … at the E. end. Inside the building a cupboard under the stairs in the easternmost room has a door with two …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Vaenor Isav Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 … situated near the turnpike-road from Pembroke to Narberth, and comprises a small extent of land, all inclosed and … that aggregate being given to the poor in money, on Easter-eve and St. Thomas's day. At Brn Sion was found, in the year …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from Higham-Ferrers; … comprises 1912 acres, of which 836 are arable, 800 meadow and pasture, 10 woodland, and 177 common, roads, and waste. … against the king, having been killed at Boroughbridge by Adam de Hercla, who had been sent against him, his body was …
Survey of London
… CHAPTER 11: YORK BUILDINGS ( formerly George Street) Date and Description. York Buildings, the name which was once used … has undergone many alterations. The upper flights of the stairs still retain their original close strings, turned … to this country appears to be apocryphal. 260 William Adam bought the bottom house on the east side of the street, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… area (W. of the Ouse), the Central area (between the Ouse and the Foss), and the Walmgate area (E. of the Foss). In the following … and a cross passage made in the W. wing. A new flight of stairs in the central room of the main range is now the …
Survey of London
… surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance periods bordered the Strand between the Temple and Charing Cross. a York House, to which the York Water Gate … 16245, concerning marbles brought by lighter to York House Stairs. 93 The gatehouse was at the west end of the strand …
Survey of London
… as Richard FitzNigel or FitzNeale), Bishop of London, and author of the famous Dialogus de Scaccario, was in … The monks of Westminster were the lords of the fee, and a yearly payment had to be made to them of a taper of 2 … mentions other details of York Place, such as the water stairs ("in emendacione pontis ad aquam"), the pantry, the …