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Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… 319, p. 561; vol. 375, p. 415; vol. 384, p. 130] Yale (or Yate), Elisha, 57 Little Britain, London, upholder … &c. w th. all sorts of Picture Frames, either Black or Carv'd & Gilt, Likewise Looking Glasses of all Sorts, from … John, Morpeth, Northumb., u (1784). [D] Young, John, 26 Pitfield St, Hoxton, London, carver and gilder (180525). [D] …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the residue to other charitable purposes. Yarborough, or Yarburgh (St. John the Baptist) YARBOROUGH, or Yarburgh ( St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union … loam, fertile and well cultivated, with extensive beds of clay beneath. Great quantities of excellent red tiles are …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… the E. side of the E. range were re-built late in the 16th or early in the 17th century and about the same time the N. … a round bowl and drain. The S. front of the main block or S. range, has towards the W. end a 15th-century bay-window … a doorway with the inscription "Omne solum forti patria est. H.P. 1671" on the lintel; above it is a tablet of 1751. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard or VIRGA (the Latin equivalent) was 36 INCH or 3 FOOT long, though sometimes by custom for some TEXTILEs … of which the most common was YELLOW OCHRE; or a YELLOWish CLAY. In either case the yellow colour occurs through the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… to the R. Tove, below 76 m. above OD, is on Upper Lias Clay and riverine deposits. Bands of limestones are exposed … It is not certain whether these are part of the castle or of the settlement remains (4). d(4) Settlement Remains (SP … in 1978. Two kilns and a large quantity of late 14th or early 15th-century roof tiles were noted ( Northants. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 110 m. and 66 m. above OD, and is entirely on Boulder Clay except where the down-cutting of a number of N.-flowing … In the S. part of the parish, within the existing woodland or in areas formerly wooded or used as common grazing, are a number of ponds of highly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 28 Lot meadows flanking the river were never ploughed or inclosed, and they present a remarkable survival of immemorial custom into modern times. Oxey, or Oxhurst, mead (66 a.) and West mead (75 a.) lie along the … and 2 horses. There were also 2 bulls and 51 cows, 112 bullocks, heifers, and calves, a pig and 5 piglets. Some …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 49 The name was preserved in the 17th century in Frize or Frice farm and grounds, 50 and that corner of Yarnton was … Hill. North and west of the village the land is Oxford clay, interspersed with terraces of river gravel. The largest … footpath running eastwards from Worton towards Church Lane or Mead Lane. 62 Pre-inclosure maps of Cassington do not …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… is associated with reminiscences of deeper interest, or more closely identified with the finest strains of … a mile and a half in circuit, by a narrow neck of land, or sandbank, thrown up by opposite currents of two small … modifications of moss, with admixtures occasionally of clay incorporated with particles of rock and of sand …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… all the larger and fashionable houses were copyhold or freehold; the only house of more than average status built … within a circle. Floor slabs: in chancel (1), of Edward Bullock, 1826: (2), of W P. 1695; (3), of J E, 1681. In N. … Feb. 1715(?) and Elizabeth his wife, 1742; (9), of John Bullock, 1811, and Ann his wife, 1810; (10), of Ann Tilton, …