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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… kiln bars and an iron sickle were discovered here as well as traces of ditches and pits. A stone-lined well, 4.7 m. deep, was excavated and found to contain Roman … animal bones. An inhumation burial was also recorded as well as worked flints and the remains of a leather sole ( …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The estate's value had increased from £10 to £14, well above the average value in the county for a ploughland. … the high rent of 1 mark but no services; the croft may well have been ½ yardland, making the total holding of the … emphasis on dairy farming, for which such farms were well suited. After the Weston family sold its estate to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… suit at the honorial court at North Osney. Villeins as well as free tenants were, unusually, expected to contribute … and 27 in 1834. 29 The payment of wages to roundsmen was well established by the later 18th century. Ten or twelve …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as a farmhouse until 1895. The interior at that time was well preserved, notably the carved hall screen, much …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the sheep-walks in the hilly pastures. The farm-houses are well built; and improvements in the agriculture of the parish … firs, intermixed with ash, elm, larch, and birch; they are well managed, and in a thriving condition. The substrata are … found on the lands of Yester House; the plantations are well managed and generally thriving. The substrata are …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the lower, western, slopes of Windmill Hill. 30 Flat and well drained, nearly all Yatesbury's land is suitable for … sermon was preached and there was no cover for the holy table. 64 Nathaniel Webb, rector from 1656, was ejected … each with a sermon; there were additional services on holy days and in Lent, and communion was celebrated four …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… by the garter, with crown above and supported by two well-drawn Renaissance angels, above, the initials C.P., …