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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… the most important in the Dictionary Archive being a unit of linear measure that largely replaced the ELL. This old … 3 FOOT long, though sometimes by custom for some TEXTILEs of 37 inches. The term appears in all sections of the … DIAPER, DUTCH, DYED, Ermland, FLAXEN, FRENCH, greasey, GREY, Hamburgh, HEMP, HEMPEN, HOLLAND, HOSE, IRISH, KERSEY, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… c SP 74 SW, d SP 74 SE) The long, narrow parish, once part of Potterspury, stretches from the R. Tove on the E. boundary … to a little beyond Watling Street (A5) which forms most of the W. boundary. An E.-flowing stream flows along most of … see Appendix. Medieval and Later The leg of a medieval grey ware vessel was found in the W. of the village in 1972 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Yarlington YARLINGTON Yarlington in 1838 The parish of Yarlington, the derivation of whose name is uncertain, 73 lies 6 km. south of Bruton. It … trustees who in 1921 conveyed it to the trustees of George Grey's marriage settlement who held it in 1939. By 1951 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… V. S.E.) Yaxley is a parish and large village 4 m. S.S.W. of Peterborough. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Peter (Plate 162) stands on the N.W. side of the … of priest, in head, marginal-inscription, 14th-century, grey marble slab. Chest: In towerin second stage, plain with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford's medieval open fields probably covered much of the area of the Hastings family's inclosed estate depicted … and 6 cottars with works worth 4 s. 2 d. 34 In 1279 the Grey manor, of which the demesne lay in Hardwick, supported 5 … for 2 s. 6 d. A freeholding of ½ yardland and ½ a. on the Grey manor, for which Robert of Yelford paid 3 s., probably …
A History of the County of Oxford
… LOCAL GOVERNMENT. In 1279 there was a twice-yearly view of frankpledge for the Hastings manor, and the Greys' manor … hundred court. 88 Sixteenth-century tenants of the former Grey manor paid suit to Hardwick's courts, 89 which until the … of Wadham College's Yelford estate, descended from the Grey manor, were still attending Hardwick's courts. 92 Mid …
A History of the County of Oxford
… other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1086 Walter son of Ponz held of the king 3 hides in YELFORD, together with … and was regranted by the priory c. 1245 to Walter de Grey, archbishop of York; the estate, later usually called … 78 In 1279 its Yelford portion, described as 'Yelford de Grey', comprised some 5 yardlands held of Robert de Grey, and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… in. XXVI N.W.) Yelling is a parish and village 5 m. E.N.E. of St. Neots. The Church and Church Farm are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of Holy Cross stands on the N. side of the road towards the W. end of the village. The walls are …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… covering just over 900 hectares, occupies a narrow strip of land which widens at the E. end. Its W. boundary is formed … 95 m. and 145 m. above OD and except in the extreme W. of the parish where Lower Lias Clay is exposed most of the … 103 m. above OD. A large quantity of Roman pottery, mainly grey ware, was found here in 1976 (NM; Northants. Archaeol., …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from … a lay fee by King Edward VI., as were also the prebends of Wilton and Newthorpe, annexed thereto. The Cathedral, … 4 inches in diameter. The monument of Archbishop Walter de Grey, the tomb of Archbishop Godfrey, the monument of …