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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Yarrow - Zetland Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; containing, with the … is still preserved in the name of a pass called the "Hart's leap," marked by two stones said to have been placed there …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Yerbeston - Y Vaenor Isav Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 miles (S. W.) from Narberth; containing 148 inhabitants. This parish …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… or Yelden (St. Mary) YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from … lace-making. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 13. 4.; net income, 317; patron and incumbent, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Yoke - Youth Yoke [yocke] A contrivance by which two animals, especially OXen or … like a CART or WAIN. HORSEs were attached by the use of a COLLAR, the difference in method resulting from the way … to a piece of shaped wood designed to fit across a person's back and shoulders, with a chain hanging from each end onto …
Survey of London
… bordered the Strand between the Temple and Charing Cross. a York House, to which the York Water Gate formed the river … Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, in exchange for the Duke's house in Southwark. This grant preserved the rights of … ben, for I have in this litle time bestowed above 200 l in reparations about the house) but either to have it by …
Survey of London
… ZOAR STREET AND ZOAR STREET CHAPEL In 1687 the Baptists of Southwark built 201 a meeting house in Gravel Lane on ground held by lease from … The street is marked on the 1745 edition of Rocque's map. Wilkinson refers 179 to the chapel as John Bunyan's …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Birds, Mammals FISHES The fishes of Somerset have received a good deal of attention from the late Mr. W. Baker, who has … source whence the present account has been compiled. Day's great work on the British fishes contains but rare … maculatus, Bl. Referred to by Baker under the names of L. maculatus, L. lineatus and L. comber. 8. Cuckoo Wrasse. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… and the quality of its soil, the county of Somerset yields a record of inland mollusca above the average, not only in … Vertigo substriata is a mistaken identification of Miller's record of Turbo sexdentatus which is Vertigo antivertigo, … district are those by the Rev. Canon A. Merle Norman, D.C.L., F.R.S., 1 and by Mr. E. W. Swanton. 2 A. GASTROPODA I. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of the species recorded in the subjoined list, and add a few species to it. Two or three species not yet obtained … p. 71 (1862). Blue Anchor, Winsford. Scarcely as large as L. calcaratus, paler and with shorter antenn; resembling a … the body. 4. Pisaura mirabilis (Clerck). Bristol (F. P. S.). Very common; adult in June and July. Known also as …