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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… fine trees at Hangingshaw, among which are a plane and a beech of very large dimensions. The plantations consist of … about 400 are annually fed. The woods consist of oak, ash, beech, elm, and lime, of which many fine trees are found on …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… not alter its main N.W.-S.E. alignment. It is up to 1 m. high and 5 m.-6 m. wide with side ditches 0.5 m. deep and 4 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… fitting together, of effigy of priest in mass-vestments in high relief, middle part of figure remains, dark marble, late …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yeadon, and Henshaw, comprises about 1730 acres, chiefly high moorland affording tolerable pasture; the surface is … has a well-built village, seated about a mile east of the high road from Ashbourn to Sudbury: Earl Ferrers is a … of hills which, as well as the adjacent country, are in a high state of cultivation. On the south-east are three …
A History of the County of Oxford
… door, and carved wooden screen are all of c. 1500. The high-pitched roofs of both nave and chancel retained …
A History of the County of Oxford
… c. £250 a year in the mid 17th century, reflecting the high valuation of inclosed land. 60 Leases were usually for 7 … to £360; in 1822 the rent was still £340 with penalties as high as £40 an acre for conversion to arable. 61 In the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… day in 1851 the recorded population (17) was artificially high because both the departing tenant of Yelford Manor and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Yelvertoft consisted of little more than a single High Street with the church detached from it to the S.E. and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… for cultivation. The larger part of the parish consists of high table-land, with a substratum of limestone; the other … great age: there are several new plantations, comprising beech, large numbers of larch, and some beautiful sycamores, … or "the summit of the dykes," fortified by a high rampart, and, in the most accessible parts, by double …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… and two-centred head; near the E. end of the wall and high up is a blocked window of one four-centred light. The … doorway has a square moulded label with returned stops and high up over the eastern window in the S. wall are two … cartouche containing arms; (2) to Arthur Cosens, 1810, High Sheriff in 1807, black and white marble wall-tablet with …