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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… the parish of Llangyvelach, form the ecclesiastical parish or district of Clydach, formed under the act 6th and 7th … manor. The area is 332 acres, of which 30 acres are common or waste. Ynyscynhaiarn (Ynys-Cynhaiarn) YNYSCYNHAIARN … places, but none of the mines are worked with spirit or success. The living is annexed to the rectory of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yielding - Yoxhall Yielding, or Yelden (St. Mary) YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, … By the Saxons the city was called Euro wic, Euore wic, or Eofor wic, all descriptive of its situation on the river …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… A contrivance by which two animals, especially OXen or BULLOCKs were attached to the hauling chains for drawing a PLOUGH or a vehicle like a CART or WAIN. HORSEs were attached by the use of a COLLAR, the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… of water, of 2 miles. There were four main gates, or bars, all with projecting barbicans, six postern gates, … may perhaps still have been a crossing of the Foss at or near the Roman one. St. Mary Castlegate, a pre-Conquest … S.E. by a damming of the Foss to form the king's fishpond or stew which caused the loss of two new mills and nearly a …
Survey of London Monograph
… white rose en soleil royally crowned. 1. HENRY FRENCH or FRANKE French (Franke) Comfort, temp. Ed. IV. Bluemantle, … IV. York, temp. Ed. IV. Arms: Vert, a saltire engrailed or. 2. THOMAS HOLLINGSWORTH Hollingsworth Rose Blanche, temp. … leaves vert. Crest: A stag lodged argent. 3. JOHN WATER or WALTER Water (Walter) Rose Blanche, temp. Ed. IV. Rouge …
Survey of London
… century Richard of Ely (also known as Richard FitzNigel or FitzNeale), Bishop of London, and author of the famous … of England, and afterwards Earl of Kent. It was in or about the year 1223 7 that the Abbey granted to Hubert … masked, with other masquers, giving themselves out to be strangers coming "as ambassadors from some foreign prince," …
A History of the County of Somerset
… than 112 have been found in the county, and possibly one or two more may yet be added, such for instance as Vitrea … themselves to special plants, which may be abundant, rare or altogether absent, according to the nature of the soil on … wing covers, from which they get the name Coleoptera or sheath-wings. They exist in enormous numbers, Dr. Sharp …