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Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Celtic mother-goddesses may originate from this area, or from Kingscote (1) further east. A brooch 4 was found in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 94 Most of the rest of the parish lies on boulder clay or sand and gravel, while some terrace gravel is associated … prehistoric site with Bronze Age ring ditches and Iron Age or Romano-British ditches and enclosures. 3 Another possible … which may be settlements newly established in the 8th or 9th century in a period of expansion. 9 Wrockwardine …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and western boundaries followed no natural features or roads for any significant distance. On the south it was … part of the township probably marked the site of the farm or lodge of a medieval assart. 16 By the mid 17th century … and Gower Street. 26 Speculative building of the 1960s or early 1970s filled the area south of Trench Road around …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 65 It was within the royal forest of Mount Gilbert or the Wrekin. By c. 1290 assarting had begun, and it may … lumps of ironstone weighing up to ½ cwt. set in blue clay or shale known as 'crows' or 'hatter's blocks'. 79 Sir George Saville, one of the lords …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a share in the ploughteams probably implies the recent or continued expansion of cultivation, and Wrockwardine's … of Pengwern 57 - was perhaps one reason why the manor had, or claimed, rights over a large part of the area's economic … field lay south-west of Wrockwardine, with Wrockwardine (or Town) field to the west, Dale (or Dole) field to the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… probably Wootton) constituted the hundred of 'Colentreu' or 'Coltrewestan'. 2 This subordinate hundred is not …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… the other sides are several original windows. The building or cottage to the E. has also some original windows. Inside …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… 319, p. 561; vol. 375, p. 415; vol. 384, p. 130] Yale (or Yate), Elisha, 57 Little Britain, London, upholder … &c. w th. all sorts of Picture Frames, either Black or Carv'd & Gilt, Likewise Looking Glasses of all Sorts, from … & Gilt, Walnuttree & Gold. Mahogany & Gold. Jappan'd or in plain frames as Piers, Sconces, & Chimneys, w th. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the residue to other charitable purposes. Yarborough, or Yarburgh (St. John the Baptist) YARBOROUGH, or Yarburgh ( St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union … of clothing, bread, &c., and in apprenticing one or two children annually. Henry Greswolde Lewis, in 1829, …