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A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… for sheep in the 18th century, when freeholders could cut fern and furze there. 15 Some inclosed pasture near the … in woods belonging to William Lowndes Stone. 6 Furze and fern were traditionally cut in the Grove, where some freehold … for the poor. Only one man per family was allowed to cut fern, and then only after the feast of St Matthew (21 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… bought by Benjamin Robinson, who sold them in 1779 to John Fern, a Lichfield wine merchant. 94 In 1801 Fern was succeeded in the Edial property and in the wine … of 3 and 4 Jan. and 24 June 1802; L.J.R.O., P/C/11, John Fern (1801); above, Lichfield, econ. hist. (trades and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… boundary. Here is a coal-mine, where impressions of fern, rushes, and other plants, have been dicovered. The …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… made beforehand, and composed of thatch, either of straw, fern, or heath. Some of these huts, which have commonly but …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… on a small level plain, at that time overgrown with fern. The parish is bounded on the east by the river Ken, and …