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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… the most important in the Dictionary Archive being a unit of linear measure that largely replaced the ELL. This old … 3 FOOT long, though sometimes by custom for some TEXTILEs of 37 inches. The term appears in all sections of the … case the yellow colour occurs through the presence of an iron oxide. It was used as a PIGMENT. OED earliest date of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… with Bedfordshire which forms its S.E. side. It consists of land sloping generally N. between 110 m. and 66 m. above … is entirely on Boulder Clay except where the down-cutting of a number of N.-flowing streams has exposed narrow bands of … and is traceable for some 200 m. d(3) Enclosures and Iron Age Settlement (SP 859552; Fig. 162), 200 m. S.E. of (1) …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… (O.S. 6 in. XXXIV, N.E.) Yarkhill is a parish 7 m. E.N.E. of Hereford. The church is the principal monument. Capler Camp in the Parish of Woolhope. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. John … of the yard, is of six bays and is roofed with corrugated iron. The barn S.W. of the yard is of five bays and is partly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction YARNTON lies 4 miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of the river Thames. 41 The river forms the southern parish … artefacts, suggesting that the site was occupied from the Iron Age to Romano-British times. Despite some fragments of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… (b)XII, N.W.) Yarpole is a parish and village 4 m. N.N.W. of Leominster. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Leonard (Plate 188) stands in the S. part of the … a(19). Cottage, 200 yards N.E. of (18), has a modern iron roof. a(20). Cottage, on the E. side of the road, about …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Yarrow - Zetland Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; containing, with the village of Ettrick-Bridge and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. … is found in some places, with aluminous shale; pyrites of iron and calcareous spar are also prevalent, and nodules of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… TL 09 NE) The parish, covering some 760 hectares, lies E. of the R. Nene, between 40 ft. and 230 ft. above OD. The … is covered by Boulder Clay. The intensive occupation of Yarwell during the Roman period is particularly … field immediately to the W. a complete Roman pot and some Iron Age sherds have been found during quarrying ( BNFAS, 4 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Yarwell 24 YARWELL (Fig. 218) Yarwell is a parish of 490 hectares on the W. of the R. Nene. It has always been a chapelry of Nassington, … is now partitioned off and alienated. Windows have cast-iron frames and glazing bars. Fig. 222 Yarwell (11) Plan and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Yatesbury YATESBURY Yatesbury village stands 7 km. east of Calne. 27 The parish, 1,674 a. (677 ha.), was absorbed by … which survived in the later 19th century. 29 For much of its length the boundary is marked by roads. Chalk outcrops … became Yatesbury House farm, 14 perhaps on Windmill Hill. Iron working south-east of Manor Farm in the later Middle …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… 6 in. XLVII, N.W.) Yatton is a small parish 4 m. N.E. of Ross. The disused chapel, dating from the 12th century, … are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical (1). Chapel of All Saints, near the middle of the parish, was built in … of the church, has exposed timber-framing and a corrugated iron roof. ConditionPoor. (8). Cottage, on the S. side of the …