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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… associated with a large number of pits. A ditched track or droveway lies immediately to the W. A large quantity of … Ridge-and-furrow of these fields exists on the ground, or can be traced on air photographs, in a number of places. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… gravels alongside the stream in the N.E. No prehistoric or Roman remains have been found in the parish but the … Ridge-and-furrow of these fields exists on the ground or can be traced on air photographs over much of the parish, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… objects of farming were, in order of importance, cheese or butter, beef, bacon, mutton, and wool. Some butter was … Butter countries, where the grazing beasts were left more or less unattended. Many of the cold, tenacious common fields … of land now in the holding of the said tenants in the Myl furlong upon Almed, in recompense whereof the said tenants …
A History of the County of Northampton
… to these two features, on either the road from Paulerspury or Church Lane, which runs west from the main road between … the same, reflecting the absence of any marked rise or fall in population. Later in the 19th century a farmhouse … Surrey until William should recover his lands in Normandy, or until the king could make him an equivalent in exchange …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the greater part of the parish is on either Boulder or Oxford Clays. There are still extensive woodlands on the … ditches. Most of the pottery from these was late Iron Age or early Roman in date. ( BNFAS, 4 (1970), 367, 46; 7 (1972), … was being removed, probably came from shallow pits or depressions. A 'well' or water-hole, 1 m. diam. and …
A History of the County of Northampton
… in the diocese of Rouen, was founded in 1034 by Hellouin or Herlewin, who became its first abbot. He had for his … of the monastic tenants were traditionally remembered. 'A furlong in the commonfield is yet called gallow-furlong, and the stump of the gallows is visible not far from …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Some earthworks associated with either the 17th century or the later work survive in the park though no trace of the formal walled gardens or terraces exists. For example S. of the house, parallel to … has been carefully flattened and a raised walk or carriage-way, 6 m. wide and 0.25 m. high, has been laid …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… the parish. Monuments generally are located by six or eight-figure grid references and by orientation and … with recessed round-headed panels, moulded base; late 15th or early 16th century. Monument and Floor-slabs. Monument: In … a single-storied brick building of the late 18th or early 19th century containing coppers and a fireplace; a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Agriculture Open Fields and Commons Alwoldsbury's field or fields were mentioned in 12467. 1 No later references have … grants of land 'in Bromscott' may indicate that Bromscott or Pemscott similarly once had independent fields, presumably … they were often called the Upper fields. 6 Seabrook furlong, by the parish's western boundary, was included in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… boundaries reflected a planned partition, during the 10th or early 11th century, of part of the large royal manor of … another stream; elsewhere they mostly followed field and furlong boundaries. Short straight sections in the south-east … neighbouring Black Bourton at an unknown date. 6 Puttes or Pitlands closes, south of Alvescot village, and Bazeland …