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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the R. Tove on the E. boundary to a little beyond Watling Street (A5) which forms most of the W. boundary. An … the R. Tove, below 76 m. above OD, is on Upper Lias Clay and riverine deposits. Bands of limestones are exposed on the steep slopes N.E. of the main village, and in the valley of the stream where the medieval settlement …
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 … of the river Cam in the south-east; parts of the eastern and western boundaries are marked by roads. 74 The boundaries … the junction of four lanes: Pound Road to the west, West Street to the south-west, South Street, now Lodge Hill, which …
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 … were far more important. Robert Minn of Frize farm kept a bull and 46 cows in 1665, 86 and William Malings, a successor …
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 as Kingsbridge brook in the south formed the eastern … road to Cassington and Eynsham forms the main village street. 61 It has been suggested that an earlier road from …
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 … Close to it is the old Roman road called the Watling-street, which passes through Clydesdale to the western …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the R. Nene. It has always been a chapelry of Nassington, and served by a curate. Yarwell is not named in Domesday Book … late 15th century the manor had passed to Sir Guy Wolston, and from him it passed to the Earls of Westmorland, all of … and 58 families in 1801. It consists of a single straight street with regular plots on the S. side, including the manor …
The Rulers of London 1660-1689
… Marriages, etc, 1695, 63/13 YERBURY, Richard Co Co Bread Street, 1674-80, 1688- 92 St Nicholas Coleabbey, 1661, St … with Richard BAGNALL, John CRISPE, George POCHIN and Edward SHERWOOD in a brazil warehouse (5) Tory, 1687, … Co Co Cornhill, 1668-70 Lombard Street, 1641, the 'Black Bull', Cornhill, 1670, St Michael Cornhill, 1661, 1670 DR (2) …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… several summits. There is a barrow on it in the south and, also in the south, it was marked by many stones and … tenements of that manor were built along a northsouth street a little east of it. 44 Early inhabitants of the manor … Libr., sale cat. vi, no. 4. V.C.H. Wilts. i (1), 556, 165. Bull. Inst. Arch. xxxi. 18990; W.R.O., Ch. Com., M 65; below, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… YAXLEY (C.b.). (O.S. 6 in. V. S.E.) Yaxley is a parish and large village 4 m. S.S.W. of Peterborough. The church is … the E. wall of the chancel, most of the tower, the spire and the S. porch which, with the dressings throughout the … with ball-terminals. (4). House, on S.E. side of the main street, 330 yards S.E. of the church, is of two storeys, with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 3379 inhabitants. This township, which includes Upper and Lower Yeadon, and Henshaw, comprises about 1730 acres, chiefly high … to the institution. The portreeve's almshouses, in Back-street, are for four women, each of whom receives a small …