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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Bruce was recovered from the English by Sir James Douglas, upon whom, as a reward for his fidelity, that monarch … which purpose the Marquess of Tweeddale has erected a mill upon his lands. Yester House, the seat of the marquess, is a … the privilege of grazing their cattle, and cutting turf, upon the common; and about 500 acres adjacent to the two …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing a population of 27,894. In the hamlets of Kingston, Marsh, and Hendford were ancient chapels, dependent …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 7; Miscellanea II (Cath. Rec. Soc. ii), 240; T. Hadland, Thames Valley Papists (priv. print 1992), 42. For his earlier … noted: e.g. O.A.S. Rep. (1904), 53; W. J. Monk, By Thames and Windrush, 44. Lincs. R.O., bps. reg. iv, f. 271v.; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of an ancient route running south-eastwards to the river Thames, and a section south-east of Yelford was still called … of Boys wood, runs through the village towards the river Thames; an early 14th-century inhabitant was Ralph at Ford. … XXXVIII. 1, 5 (1876 and later edns.). e.g. W. J. Monk, By Thames and Windrush, 42. O.S. Area. Bk. (1877). e.g. P.R.O., …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to Bampton for at least 50 years, had called occasionally upon the services of Bampton's overseers, but paid for its …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… but the number of persons employed is uncertain, depending upon the fluctuating demand for the produce. This township, … for a rentcharge of 160. The church has been rebuilt upon a more commodious site, in the later style of English … school is held, in connexion with the Established Church. Upon the summit of a gravelly hill near the village are some …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… tributary kings and foreign ambassadors, conferred upon it a distinction almost unsurpassed among the cities of … spot are three natural sand-hills, called Severus' Hills, upon which the ceremony is supposed to have been performed. … Scots and Picts, by whom it was frequently assailed; and upon the arrival of the Saxons it experienced considerable …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… plan and elevations of Clifford's Tower are based upon drawings prepared in the former Office of Works and the first-floor plan and section upon drawings by J. Ridsdale Tate; the plans and elevations … of the 18th-century court and prison buildings are based upon drawings by Mr. Kenneth Ward. Clifford's Tower (Pls. 18; …
Survey of London Monograph
… to his third wife Anne Mynne. Noble names him York 'upon the authority of the Wriothesley's pedigrees in which he …
Survey of London
… Buckingham died in November, 1649, and York House devolved upon her son, George, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. As, however, … H (undred feet) and in breadth from yorke rents scytuate upon ye North side of ye said ground unto a greene Apple tree … and built, and the Right hand Lion hee did frontting the Thames, Mr. Kearne a Jarman, his brother by marying his …