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A History of the County of Sussex
… name was apparently the river of Arundel, Arundel river, or the high stream of Arundel. 20 The modern name is recorded from 1577, 21 but the names Arundel river or great river continued to be used later. 22 In the 20th … p. xiv. Kelly's Dir. Suss. (1852 and later edns.). [J. Forlong], Around Historic Suss. 17. e.g. Kelly's Dir. Suss. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… quantity of pottery, mainly thin grey ware probably of 2nd or 3rd-century date but also including some earlier material … 113). However part of the abandoned area was occupied or at least in use in the early 19th century (1st ed. OS 1 … Ridge-and-furrow of these fields survives on the ground or can be traced on air photographs over almost all of the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… on the waste could be held freehold, copyhold, or leasehold. 90 In the 17th century a bull and a boar were … is known at Ashington; called either the common field 3 or the town field, 4 it lay in the south-west corner of the … part of the parish c. 1847 presumably represent medieval or later assarts from waste land. 13 At Lower Buncton farm in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… overlain by part of a large stone building of the 3rd or 4th century. This had a tessellated floor. Part of a limestone column was taken as evidence of a portico or colonnade ( BNFAS, 5 (1971), 56; Britannia, 2 (1971), … century. There is no ridge-and-furrow in either Wood Close or Tanners Close, but it is traceable up to the boundary in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… at least 27 fields (some also called furlongs), besides 41 or more other named divisions, 51 and in the 17th century … 'pieces', blocks of adjoining strips covering up to 5 a. or sometimes more: in 1591 the glebe of Silverley rectory and … had neighbouring crofts at Wood green and 13 of their 19 or 20 arable strips lay side-by-side, hinting at an earlier …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… of ground, the sites of buildings still standing in 1729 or 1819, exist in a number of places (e.g. SP 78484988, … a pattern resembling abandoned closes of deserted villages or settlement remains. However, there are no indications of … one block W. of Ashton Lodge (SP 771508) known as Nether Furlong on the 19th-century map, and another N. of Bozenham …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the eastern two-thirds of the parish lies on Boulder Clay or Oxford Clay, but nearer the river there are outcrops of … Ridge-and-furrow within four of these fields survives or can be traced on air photographs. There are no remains … consists of groups of end-on and interlocked furlongs of C or reversed-S form, lying within the existing fields. (RAF …
A History of the County of Northampton
… several of which clearly date from the late 16th century or early 17th. Perhaps the most ambitious is the former … was occupied in the Middle Ages and later by open fields or common meadow, which were inclosed in 1819. 64 During the … to the north of the house was then known as Windmill Furlong. 22 There were at least three lace-dealers in Ashton …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Peter (or St. Kentigern) stands in the village. It was entirely … and the great staircase of c. 1700 is noteworthy. The S. or tower-wing is of three storeys, ashlar-faced and with a … slope, over 1 m. S.S.W. of the church, extend for about a furlong from E. to W. The terraces are about 18 ft. wide, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… subdivided into three areas variously called 'quarters' or fields, 15 probably to facilitate hitching. 16 Most meadow lay in a continuous band along one or other side of the river Windrush, occupying c. 169 a. in … apparently the area described in 1609 as 'one great common or waste called Asthall Assart Green', 38 provided c. 120 a. …