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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by the river Wye, and situated on the road from Monmouth to Chepstow, comprises by computation 2840 acres, and abounds … for the instruction of thirty boys, till they should be fit to enter the grammar school; he also endowed a school … dedicated to St. Mary, which previously to its being taken down some years ago, was used as a malt-house. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… in the Materia Medica, which offers no English alternative to the Latin name. OED earliest date of use: 1398 Found as a … the first part of its botanic name, in which form it may be found in APOTHECARY shops [Pemberton (1746)]. John … sale in London I never cease to wonder why no one has yet taken the trouble to improve its cultivation.' [Mason and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 5600 acres, a large portion of which is appropriated to dairy-farms. The living is a vicarage, valued in the … of Blackfordby, 5652 inhabitants. The name appears to be derived from the Saxon Asc, an ash, and bye, a habitation: … It is lighted with gas, and measures have been lately taken for supplying it with water. South of the town stand …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… the lordship of Sir John de Askby or Ashby, who granted to Alice Bond common in her lands there, and Jeffery, his … church in 1365, though this date of his death must be inaccurate, as Joan, his widow, enjoyed his interests here … in that behalf. In 1421, being then a knight, he was taken prisoner at the battle of Baug le Vieil, where the Duke …
A History of the County of Somerset
… irregular in shape, with projections into the peat moors to the north and Sedgemoor to the south-west resulting from … in 1349 and to 10 in 1350 and 1375. 17 There were said to be c. 260 inhabitants in 50 houses in the 1780s, about a … c. 1938 and significant later 20thcentury development has taken place mainly within Ashcott village on former gardens …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… mounds, as was proved by digging in 1832; only two can now be faintly traced. Excavations, chiefly in 183240, have shown … in a fire at Easton Lodge in 1847. The graves seem to belong to the end of the first and beginning of the second … preserved; of the two smaller ones, faint. Good care is taken of them by their present owners. b (2). Dwelling-house, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… on the S. side of the R. Welland, on land falling steeply to the river, between 130 m. and 60 m. above OD. Apart from … which is situated near the river, on gravel and which may be the S. extension of a large Roman occupation area N. of … had a tessellated floor. Part of a limestone column was taken as evidence of a portico or colonnade ( BNFAS, 5 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of the six-inch O.S. map (edition of 1960) which relate to the parish. Each Monument in the Inventory is located by a … descriptions of churches, the parts of the building are taken in the order E. to W. and N. to S.; in descriptions of … in a separate section (see p. 118); Roman Roads will be dealt with as a whole in the final volume of the Dorset …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the R. Nene at about 60 ft. above OD in the W. and rising to a generally flat plateau in the extreme E. at 225 ft. … road was devoid of ridge-and-furrow on air photographs taken in 1947 (CPE/UK 2109, 44089). Immediately N. of … within four of these fields survives or can be traced on air photographs. There are no remains visible in …