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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… a parish, in the county of Haddington, 4 miles (S. by E.) from Haddington; containing, with Gifford, Long Yester, … the Gifford water flows, between banks richly crowned with wood and thriving plantations, and comprehending much … are in Kirk-Yetholm and 618 in TownYetholm, 8 miles (S. E. by E.) from Kelso. This place derives its name, signifying …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… b TL 09 NE) The parish, covering some 760 hectares, lies E. of the R. Nene, between 40 ft. and 230 ft. above OD. The … Roman b(1) Double ring ditch (?) (TL 07229721), in the S.E. of the parish, 150 m. W. of Yarwell Mill, on limestone at … Durobrivae shows twelve iron-working sites within the wood and two more to the N. (E. T. Artis, Durobrivae (1828), …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and Plympton, and S. divisions of Devon, 3 miles (S. E. by S.) from Earl's-Plympton; containing 1317 inhabitants. … N. division of the county of Chester, 10 miles (S. E. by E.) from Stockport; containing 663 inhabitants. It is … 18 p., of which 793 acres are arable, 81 pasture, and 42 wood; the soil is strong and rather wet, but the lands …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the later Middle Ages the Hastings family acquired Boys wood ( c. 72 a.) on the northern edge of the parish, and it … Oxon. i. 421. Bampton Hund. R. 50-1, 63-4, 69. Cf. P.R.O., E 134/3 Jas. I/Mich. 22; Cal. Pat. 1554-5, 210. Above, … C 133/118, no. 14. Bampton Hund. R. 63-4, 69. P.R.O., E 152/16, mm. 2d., 3. e.g. P.R.O., C 134/29, no. 11; above, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… parish, was bounded on the north and north-east by Boys wood and Home wood on a line which in 958 seems to have … Oxon. XXXVII. 4, 8; XXXVIII. 1, 5 (1876 and later edns.). e.g. W. J. Monk, By Thames and Windrush, 42. O.S. Area. Bk. (1877). e.g. P.R.O., E 134/3 Jas. I/Mich. 22; E 134/4 Jas. I/Mich. 7; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford property in 1949, Manor farm being purchased by F. E. Parker of Barley Park, Ducklington, who sold the manor … farm. 87 In 1904 the college sold the Yelford farm to E. K. Lenthall, owner of Yelford manor. 88 When the Lenthall … and Philip Walwyn were acting jointly over rent from Boys wood in Standlake, 2 and the bulk of the Yelford family's …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… 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 … the only window retaining its old transomed and mullioned wood frame; both door-ways on the side fronts are now …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of Aberystwith, county of Cardigan, South Wales, 1 mile (E. S. E.) from Aberystwith; containing 354 inhabitants. The … admeasurement 5857 acres, of which between 400 and 500 are wood, a small portion meadow, and the remainder arable, with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from Higham-Ferrers; containing 320 inhabitants. This … 13. 4.; net income, 317; patron and incumbent, the Rev. E. S. Bunting. The church is an ancient structure, and … style, with a lofty and elaborately groined roof of wood, without a central pier, profusely ornamented with …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… oxen. 'Yoke' was also the name given to a piece of shaped wood designed to fit across a person's back and shoulders, …