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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, … until the 19th century. Most vicars employed curates or travelled out from Oxford to conduct services. Philip … chancel arch leans to the north, apparently because a tie beam in the chancel roof has been removed. 95 In the 14th …
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 … as one lot and the money divided among the proprietors. Common pasture rights on the lot meadows were restricted to … as Seed Lake, mentioned in the early 17th century as a cow common for cottagers. 46 Separate demesne pasture was said in …
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 … about the same time. 75 Early settlements of the type common on the gravel terraces of the Upper Thames valley have … 'Yarnton' occurred in 1517, 82 and eventually overcame the common 16th-century form 'Yardington'. 83 There were 26 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… the main roof are mostly modern, but those of the lantern or bell-chamber are partly old; three sides of the lantern … storey projects at the E. end of the W. wing and the base-beam of the gable is moulded; the framing at this end is … the E. wall. a(15). Cottage, at the S.W. corner of Bircher Common and 550 yards N.W. of (14), has a thatched roof. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… is associated with reminiscences of deeper interest, or more closely identified with the finest strains of … it is very inconsiderable in proportion to the undivided common, which is estimated at about 45,000 acres, producing … in large numbers, the occupiers of farms having a common right of pasture according to their respective rents. …
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 … stair. Inside, the central room has an ogee-moulded axial beam with a chip-carved rosette in the soffit, and a … hood. Inside, in the N. room, an axial chamfered beam has stops which define a cross passage opposite the …
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 … been made. Medieval and Later (9) Cultivation remains. The common fields were enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1777 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… although on the east its roughly straight lines link or approach several summits. There is a barrow on it in the … north, south, and east of the village. There was common downland pasture for sheep in the north and south … into the parish's south corner. 69 There was evidently common pasture for sheep in the north and south corners of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… bays with moulded and panelled posts and moulded head-beam, each bay with traceried spandrels, early 15th-century, … the middle of the 12th century. At some date in the 16th or 17th century much of the N. wall fell or was re-built; the … but incorporates some old timbers, including a moulded tie-beam of c. 1600. Fittings Font: plain cylindrical bowl, now …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… of the village. The walls generally are of rubble, more or less coursed, except the E. wall of the chancel, most of … main room in the E. wing has an original moulded ceiling-beam with wall-posts and braces springing from stone corbels. … tenement are remains of a 'black-letter' inscription on a beam, and on the E. and S. walls are painted ornamental …