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Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… along the N. side of copse banks between about SP 06651384 and 06741387, where the remains of a terrace 10 ft. wide are … (1) from S.W. (map, p. 25, s.v. Chedworth). (1) Romano-British Settlement (SP 06051390 06151395) in Yanworth Wood … platform, approximately 25 ft. by 17 ft., at SP 06051390, and by building stones (including a rectangular block 2 ft. 5 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west of Arundel and c. 2 miles (3 km.) from the sea. In 1881 it had 1,740 a. and was irregular in shape. 94 Between 1882 and 1891 it was … century including some council houses, 37 and a mobile home park lay to the west in 1994. On the south side of …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard … apply to any of the others. While yarn was produced at home, much was also imported: for example, FLAXEN, HEMP and … greasey, GREY, Hamburgh, HEMP, HEMPEN, HOLLAND, HOSE, IRISH, KERSEY, Riga, ROPE, SAIL CLOTH, SPUN, TURKEY, WOOLLEN, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… shape, measuring 2.5 km. from north to south at its widest and 3 km. from east to west. The only natural boundary is a … in the parish but what was formerly believed to be a British camp on God's Hill is part of a series of medieval … of a park mentioned in 1320 76 may have been that of Home park, recorded in 1344. 77 It lay east of Yarlington …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a church in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was … from a builder's yard and two were sold in 1914 to the British Museum and to the Victoria and Albert Museum … Cheetham, Eng. Medieval Alabasters, 305, 323-4; inf. from British Mus. and V. & A. Mus. O.R.O., MS. d.d. Par. Yarnton d …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of lot meadows along the Thames, may indicate … seems to have comprised c. 25 a. exclusive of meadow and pasture, 15 and in 1617 a 2-yardland estate contained 44 … freeholds had been created, including that bought by Henry Irish, 65 whose son John's assessment for the subsidy of 1581 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Thames. 41 The river forms the southern parish boundary, and a tributary stream known as Rowel brook in the north and … that the site was occupied from the Iron Age to Romano-British times. Despite some fragments of medieval pottery in … houses along the Cassington road such as Paternoster Farm, Home Close, the former Six Bells inn, and other houses and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Nonconformity Nonconformity In 1634 the Irish wife of Ellis Perrott, member of a prominent Yarnton … 35 The Spencers married into Roman Catholic families, 36 and in 1646 Sir William Spencer (d. 1657) was allegedly … Oxford-Woodstock road was licensed for prayer meetings, and dissenters also met at Southby's Farm, then occupied by …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… 6 in. (a)VII, S.W., (b)XII, N.W.) Yarpole is a parish and village 4 m. N.N.W. of Leominster. The church is the … seems to have been re-built, the North Aisle was added, and the S. porch largely re-built. The tower was restored in … the E. wing has original moulded ceiling-beams. a(27). Home Farm, house, on the S.W. side of the road, nearly …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Selkirk; containing, with the village of Ettrick-Bridge and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. This place, which … district formed part of the royal forest of Ettrick, and in the reign of Bruce was recovered from the English by … on the banks of the Gifford water, and of which the Cambro-British Ystrad, now softened into Yester, is faithfully …