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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 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 … Ridge-and-furrow of these fields can be seen on the ground or from air photographs W. of the village, in the old …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… three lock-plates and hinges, 17th-century. Churchyard Cross: In S. porchover S. doorway, head of cross (Plate 46), set in wall and carved with a Crucifixion … wood fragment carved with interlaced circles and foliage or fruit, 15th-century. In towerstone bowl with gadrooned …
A History of the County of Somerset
… which eventually prevailed and the three daughters or their heirs were declared coheirs. The manor was then held … Jordan Gwihaine. 43 It probably passed to Sir Adam Gwyene or Gyan (fl. 1238-42) 44 who died before 1272 leaving his son … registers date from 1655. 4 In 1555 there was a stone Palm cross in the churchyard. 5 NONCONFORMITY Several people were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… College. 72 George Blunt, 1544-7, and William Milton, or Gibbon, 1547-64, were former monks. 73 Hugh Evans, … church stands the lower half of a highly ornamented stone cross, probably of the 14th century. 31 It is similar to the cross at Eynsham, and may have been erected by the abbey. It …
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 … the strips and shots being marked at their ends by pegs or stones. In each mead an area known as the tithals, or …
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 … footpath running eastwards from Worton towards Church Lane or Mead Lane. 62 Pre-inclosure maps of Cassington do not … occupation which may have persisted into the 13th or 14th century. 78 The evidence is insufficient to determine …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… light. The internal framing has massive angle-posts with cross-bracing. The timbers of the main roof are mostly modern, but those of the lantern or bell-chamber are partly old; three sides of the lantern … 50 yards E.N.E. of (17), has a thatched roof and a cross-wing at the E. end It has been heightened and largely …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… is associated with reminiscences of deeper interest, or more closely identified with the finest strains of … they are of the Cheviot and Leicestershire breeds, with a cross between the two. The cattle are of the shorthorned … are the Cheviot and the Leicestershire, with an occasional cross between them. Lime, procured within a distance of ten …
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 … N. room, an axial chamfered beam has stops which define a cross passage opposite the former entrance, but no opening … beams, one probably reused, and the S. room a chamfered cross beam. A mid 19th-century wing contains a parlour with …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… found only 20 cm. below the ground surface. No tessellated or tiled floors were uncovered but pottery of the 2nd and 3rd …