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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… wapentake of Gilling-East, N. riding of York, 1 mile (W. by N.) from Northallerton; containing 178 inhabitants. It is … rich carved work, and has been restored to its pristine state, a meeting of principal officers of the parliamentarian … on coastwise in malt, corn, flour, coal, timber, and other articles. A direct intercourse is maintained with the Baltic, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in shape. 94 Between 1882 and 1891 it was enlarged by the addition of two detached parts of Walberton in the … Croft in Main Road. In 1991, despite recent infilling by new houses and closes, 28 the older part of the village was still characterized by large houses in walled gardens with much greenery. There …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… equivalent) was 36 INCH or 3 FOOT long, though sometimes by custom for some TEXTILEs of 37 inches. The term appears in … practice in retail linen-drapers' shops of calling certain articles 'yard wide', when the real width is, perhaps, only … Archeology (online). Yellow wax BEES WAX in its natural state as obtained from the hive, it was widely available in …
A History of the County of Somerset
… parts of the eastern and western boundaries are marked by roads. 74 The boundaries of the manor, which by the 18th century were conterminous with the parish … Bruton to Sherborne recorded in 1719. It was turnpiked by the Sherborne and Shaftesbury trust in 1753 80 and field …
A History of the County of Oxford
… nominee was rejected as unfit and presentation was made by the bishop. 48 After the Dissolution the Crown presented … vicar 1803-58, so vigorously pursued his rights that a proposed augmentation in 1817 was cancelled 'on account of … carved chapel screen, pulpit, and reading desk. 1 A large state pew in similar style was placed at the south-west …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were 52 yardlands recorded in the parish in 1279, but by the 17th century there were said to be only 44, 17 presumably because of the loss of arable land by inclosure in the 15th and 16th centuries. 18 By the later 13th century land perhaps lay in two fields; in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the 18th century and early 19th. 43 The route followed by 17th-century perambulations seems not to have been … south where inclosure is known to have been in progress by the 15th century. 53 Traces of ridge and furrow in the … Spencer of Yarnton. 41 His son, Sir Thomas, kept lordly state at Yarnton Manor, attracting minor local gentry into …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… It has always been a chapelry of Nassington, and served by a curate. Yarwell is not named in Domesday Book but was … of Yarwell until it was transferred to Nassington in 1869. By the late 15th century the manor had passed to Sir Guy … the faculty papers together with drawings for the proposed alterations and for the new roof (Figs. 14, 220). …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of Calne. 27 The parish, 1,674 a. (677 ha.), was absorbed by Cherhill parish in 1934. 28 The parish boundary is marked by few prominent natural features, although on the east its … a. 53 In 1939 his trustees sold 169 a. to the Secretary of State for Air for R.A.F. Yatesbury, and in 1972 sold the rest …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… affording tolerable pasture; the surface is watered by copious springs, and the substratum abounds with good … which, as well as the adjacent country, are in a high state of cultivation. On the south-east are three remarkable … quantities; and in the purchase and sale of the two last articles upwards of 1000 are frequently returned in one day. …