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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… honeysuckle ornament; the bases are plain, and stand on high plinths with four moulded off-sets of deep projection. … of E. window, moulded, 14th-century; on S. wall, high up, three, small, moulded, 14th-century. Chest: In …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… projections in front, and standing near the summit of a high hill, in a large and well-wooded park: the house … it with property at present worth 150 a year. Haighton, or High Town HAIGHTON, or High Town, a township, in the parish and union of Preston, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 'wave of democracy'. The design of the new church suggests High Church sympathies, though Rolfe, while characterising … from its foundation, 32 stood south of Hailey's main street. 33 The building (Fig. 75), of stone rubble and slate, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… standardized during the 13th century at the relatively high sum of 6 d. an acre, with an entry-fine of 2 s. … let for terms of years, though grants at the relatively high customary fine of 2 s. an acre continued. 77 From the … mangolds, and potatoes. Pigs were reared in relatively high numbers, and cattle and sheep farming continued, though …
A History of the County of Oxford
… roads and tracks (see Figs. 3 and 73). The Roman Akeman Street crossed the township's north-west tip at Whiteoak … Lovell, and perhaps also with the 10th-century 'wood street' running along Curbridge's western boundary. A 'green … 10th and 11th centuries connected presumably with Akeman Street. Parts of the WitneyCharlbury road, along which much …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 700 in 18234. The parish rate of 10 s. 9 d. in 18023 was high for the area, though expenditure by head of population …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a temperature that it is never known to freeze. Halden, High (St. Mary) HALDEN, HIGH ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Tenterden, … in the neighbouring hills; and consists chiefly of one street, in which are some respectable houses, and of some …
A History of the County of Worcester
… repaired. In the north wall are three shallow niches 5 ft. high, probably lockers, and above is an early 12th-century … of 1 for the poor, issuing out of a house in Cornbow Street. 2. The same donor, as recorded on a benefaction … on 2 February yearly, issuing out of a house in the High Street. In 1789 Richard Green, by his will, gave an …