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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 miles (S. W.) … Ogmore manor. The area is 332 acres, of which 30 acres are common or waste. Ynyscynhaiarn (Ynys-Cynhaiarn) YNYSCYNHAIARN … machine erected in 1828, from designs by Mr. Brunton, of London, and worked by a water-wheel of large diameter. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… N.E.) Yetminster is a parish and village 4 m. S.S.W. of Sherborne. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1) Parish Church Of St. Andrew stands at the S. end of the village. The walls … of communion rails. a(18) Cottage, two tenements, 90 yards S.E. of (17), has an original front doorway with a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from … are arable, 800 meadow and pasture, 10 woodland, and 177 common, roads, and waste. Many of the women and children are … of which it is the capital, 193 miles (N. N. W.) from London; containing 28,842 inhabitants. The origin of this …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… like a CART or WAIN. HORSEs were attached by the use of a COLLAR, the difference in method resulting from the way … listed among other LINEN cloths and measured by the ell, a common indication of linen manufacture. OED earliest date of … visitor in the 1720s commented on the many gardeners round London who 'offer all sorts of young trees ... for sale.' …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… York Castle THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY OF YORK AN INVENTORY Note. The walled city is … past nine centuries the castle has been, like the Tower of London, a fortress, a royal palace, a mint, and a prison, as … Riding 133 6 s. 8 d., and in 1670 the Crown End of the Common Hall was repaired. 49 Since in 1674 the Common Hall, …
Survey of London Monograph
… thought that York herald was originally the officer of Edmund of Langley, created Duke of York in 1385, but the first … Sir Thomas, changed name to Wriothesley; probably b. in London; lived in Barbican; citizen and draper 1509. His s. …
Survey of London
… Embankment Gardens is now almost the sole surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance … profightes of the gardeyns there." The Duke had already a London residence in Barbican, and he seems to have used the … Gate. The York Water Gate embodies in itself more than the common freakishness of such survivals. It was built for the …
Survey of London
… York Place CHAPTER 1: YORK PLACE Towards the end of the twelth century Richard of Ely (also known as Richard FitzNigel or FitzNeale), Bishop of London, and author of the famous Dialogus de Scaccario, was … corner of the archbishop's wall to Thomas a Legh's ground, 90 feet. What use Wolsey made of these additions to York …
Survey of London
… Place and George Court CHAPTER 10: YORK PLACE ( formerly Of Alley) AND GEORGE COURT York Place, a narrow court running … to the New Exchange, but within the first few years of its existence it became known as Of Alley, a name which it retained until circa 1855 when it …
Survey of London
… Bridge Act contained a clause for the continuation of Stamford Street across Waterloo Road to Westminster Bridge … ultimately became York Road, was made across demesne land of the Arch bishop's manor of Lambeth. Except for a fringe of … p. 28) in 182429. 74 Part of this land was sold to the London and South Western Railway in 1848 when the line was …