Search

Displaying 51 - 60 of 68
A History of the County of Somerset
… 18 Raddington wood was recorded in 1480. 19 Oak, ash, and blackthorn were growing at Batscombe by 1583. 20 There was …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 19th century, including Lower, Elsdown, Down Furlong, Blackthorn, and Oathill fields east of the river Coln, Upper …
A History of the County of Oxford
… first month of 1779 when the season was so mild that the blackthorn was in full flower before the end of March and the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… was divided into four fields the Ernefield, Bolwell Field, Blackthorn Field and Westfield. 2 The common fields were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1542; in 1547 Waterhouse sold it to John Denton of Blackthorn; 104 and in 1556 Denton sold it to John Marten of …
A History of the County of Essex
… in 1974; by 1979 the church of St. John Payne in Blackthorn Avenue was serving the Catholic population of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Roman period. Akeman Street Entering Oxfordshire east of Blackthorn village, Akeman Street crosses the county in a … to avoid the windings of the River Ray. Having crossed Blackthorn Hill, it parts company with the modern high-road, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… times (see further under (3) below). Others, e.g. Blackthorn, Headington (site 3, p. 338), and Blenheim Park, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… enclosures are of Roman date. [Manning, B.B.O.J. iv, 12.] Blackthorn. 'Holes in the rock filled with Roman' potsherds … possibly it was a bank containing rows of burials (cf. Blackthorn). Cuddesdon. For the house, see p. 322 (25). …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… (late). Sloe leaves Leaves from the native tree blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, used as a spurious substitute or …
Displaying 51 - 60 of 68