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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… turf-covered. Running E. from the N. rampart is a bank or dyke which takes two turns before reaching the modern …
A History of the County of Essex
… in 1640, was ejected early in the Civil War. Jeremy Dyke was acting as minister about this time. 217 John Harper, … Courts, 234. B. Winstone, Chapel of St. John, Epping, 117; Dyke was appointed Rector of Great Parndon in 1643: H. Smith, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… shield-of-arms. In cloisteron S. wall, (25) to Richard Dyke, M.A., 1604 or 5, inscription only. See also Monument …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… in agricultural operations. Clawdd Offa, or Offa's Dyke, passes very near the village, and forms the boundary … and his estates were forfeited to the crown. Wat's Dyke, here erroneously called Offa's Dyke, enters the parish in the hamlet of Soughton, and …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 12
… to the manor, providing labour for the repair of the mill dyke at Malswick, contributing to a payment for millstones, … hand by the lords, whose customary tenants maintained its dyke and leat as part of their services, and it was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… means of excavation at one side, and called the "Devil's Dyke," extending nearly in a straight line for seven miles, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… was popularly known as the Devil's Chapel. 71 Offa's Dyke traverses the west side of the parish 72 above the Wye, … top of the ridge and is lined by ancient yew trees, the dyke is a pronounced feature of the landscape. The hillsides … the track between Valley brook and Wyeseal crossed Offa's Dyke. A small farmhouse at Shop House at a road junction …