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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Ireland than on the mainland, wool and spinning were, so western parts of England could obtain wool and yarn …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the river Cam in the south-east; parts of the eastern and western boundaries are marked by roads. 74 The boundaries of … measures 487 ha. (1,203 a.). 76 The parish lies on the western side of hills forming the watershed between the … and a large plateau to the south, before crossing the western boundary at 70 m. (230 ft.). In the east a small hill …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 26 Repairs were made in the early 17th century to the 'great bell' and to the saunce. A new bell, made at the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Pixey mead was sold for the construction of the Oxford western bypass, completed in 1961. The gradual acquisition of … 5 A few jobs were provided by the tollgate and the railway crossings, but the 13 railway labourers recorded in 1851 were temporarily resident. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… towards Kidlington; the dog-leg in Sandy Lane west of the railway predates the line. 69 The canal bridge, near the … the southern tip of the parish. The Oxford-Birmingham railway was opened in 1852 with level crossings in Kidlington … Rutten Lane divided to run each side of the green, the western arm being known as Little Lane, and there seems once …
A History of the County of Oxford
… fishponds of unknown date west of Mead Lane south of the railway line. Yarnton Manor was used c. 1960 as a dormitory … 9 Eynsham abbey held Yarnton rectory, which comprised the great tithes. 10 At the Dissolution the rectory passed to the … 1772 in Life of Ant. Wood, ed. W. Huddesford, 277 that 'a great part' of the house was 'pulled down about 16 years ago' …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Faldshope hill, but they are more remarkable for their great age than for the stateliness of their growth. There are … the ling and herring fisheries, which are carried on to a great extent, though to less advantage now than in former … the Watling-street, which passes through Clydesdale to the western extremity of the wall of Antoninus, and intersects …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… over the whole parish, which lies on a plateau at the western edge of the Marlborough Downs. A head stream of the … and 170 m. where the east corner takes in the lower, western, slopes of Windmill Hill. 30 Flat and well drained, … his estate at Yatesbury was divided between his mother's great-grandnephew Ralph Butler and her grandniece Joan, the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… and buttresses of the E. bay which conform exactly to the western and presumably earlier bays. The large window in the … of the eastern column with its base and the base of the western column are modern. The clear-storey is defined at the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… though much decayed, is still of respectable appearance. A great cattle-market is held on the fourth Wednesday in every … was passed in 1846, enabling the Manchester and Sheffield Railway Company to make a branch to Whaley bridge, 12 miles … Holy Cross, the Holy Trinity, and the Virgin Mary. At its western end stands a building now used as a schoolroom, of …