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Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… and desire rather to renew and increase than to controvert or raise plea anent them. Wherefor, and for the singular … and prelates of the same, by whomsoever our predecessors or most renowned ancestors, or others lords or barons, or whatsoever other persons, …
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, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… the E. side of the E. range were re-built late in the 16th or early in the 17th century and about the same time the N. … a round bowl and drain. The S. front of the main block or S. range, has towards the W. end a 15th-century bay-window or oriel of the former hall; it is of three trefoiled and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… usually being flint and brick, with roofs of thatch, tile, or slate; one house near the school in North End Road and … Walberton is a scattering of buildings of the 18th century or earlier, some perhaps built on roadside waste. 34 The name … some cottages for nursery workers. 40 There are 19th- or 20th-century cottages near Wicks Farmhouse on the Ford …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… It is not certain whether these are part of the castle or of the settlement remains (4). d(4) Settlement Remains (SP … in 1978. Two kilns and a large quantity of late 14th or early 15th-century roof tiles were noted ( Northants. … with well-marked headlands and at least two trackways or hollow-ways up to 12 m. wide and 1 m. deep crossing it. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… wood fragment carved with interlaced circles and foliage or fruit, 15th-century. In towerstone bowl with gadrooned … century and of two storeys, timber-framed and with tile or slate-covered roofs. Most of the buildings have exposed … external framing and internal ceiling-beams. ConditionGood or fairly good. (4). Cottage, 100 yards W. of the church, has …
A History of the County of Somerset
… which eventually prevailed and the three daughters or their heirs were declared coheirs. The manor was then held … Jordan Gwihaine. 43 It probably passed to Sir Adam Gwyene or Gyan (fl. 1238-42) 44 who died before 1272 leaving his son … a. of meadow but most of the pasture was in the two parks or in Aylescombe wood, where the underwood had recently been …
A History of the County of Oxford
… College. 72 George Blunt, 1544-7, and William Milton, or Gibbon, 1547-64, were former monks. 73 Hugh Evans, … until the 19th century. Most vicars employed curates or travelled out from Oxford to conduct services. Philip … and, from 1740, rector of Begbroke, visited Yarnton two or three times a week, catechized throughout the year, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 28 Lot meadows flanking the river were never ploughed or inclosed, and they present a remarkable survival of immemorial custom into modern times. Oxey, or Oxhurst, mead (66 a.) and West mead (75 a.) lie along the … the strips and shots being marked at their ends by pegs or stones. In each mead an area known as the tithals, or …