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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… N.W. (c)XXXIX, N.E.) Wynford Eagle is a parish 7 m. E.N.E. of Bridport. The Manor Farm is the principal monument. Roman c(1) Tesselated Pavement, immediately S.W. of Manor Farm, must have been discovered before 1864, when … winged monsters in a semi-circular panel; outside it is a band of imitation voussoirs with an inscription "Mahad …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… XVIII S.E.) Wyton is a parish and village on the left bank of the Ouse, 2 m. E. of Huntingdon. The church is the principal monument. … has an original moulded ceiling-beam (Plate 119) with a band of scrolled ornament on the soffit; the fireplace has an …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… Yanwath and Eamont Bridge is a parish on the N. border of the county immediately S.W. of Penrith. Yanwath Hall, Eamont Bridge, Mansion House and the remarkable earthworks of King Arthur's Round Table, Mayburgh and Castlesteads are …
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 … occasion with 64 Sunday schoolchildren besides. 4 A string band had played in the church in the 1780s 5 and then or …
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 … 3 FOOT long, though sometimes by custom for some TEXTILEs of 37 inches. The term appears in all sections of the … that were frequently laundered and stiffened, such as the BAND and the COIF. OED earliest date of use: 1614 Sources: …
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 … to a little beyond Watling Street (A5) which forms most of the W. boundary. An E.-flowing stream flows along most of the N. side. The lower ground close to the R. Tove, below …
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 … is entirely on Boulder Clay except where the down-cutting of a number of N.-flowing streams has exposed narrow bands of limestones …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Yarlington YARLINGTON Yarlington in 1838 The parish of Yarlington, the derivation of whose name is uncertain, 73 lies 6 km. south of Bruton. It is roughly triangular in shape, measuring 2.5 …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Yarrow - Zetland Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; containing, with the village of Ettrick-Bridge and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. … confines of the old red sandstone, in this quarter, is a band of limestone, which has been wrought near the hamlet. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Yarwell 24 YARWELL (Fig. 218) Yarwell is a parish of 490 hectares on the W. of the R. Nene. It has always been a chapelry of Nassington, and served by a curate. Yarwell is not named …