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A History of the County of Sussex
… Two ball finials in the garden which once decorated the gate piers had come from the demolished Yapton Place. 20 From … 1937. 92 There was street lighting by 1965. 93 The Bognor water company supplied parts of the parish in 1928. 94 Some … it was vacant and by 1500 it was derelict. 66 There was a water mill on Bercourt and Wildbridge manor in 1460. 67 No …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… WORSTED'. Not found in the OED Sources: Acts. Yavonte water Judging from the context of the only example in the … this was a fashionable, eighteenth-century SCENTED WATER [Tradecards (1790s)]. Nothing is known about its …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… no visible surface features. The island is surrounded by a water-filled ditch between 17 m. and 25 m. wide on the S.W., … N.E. of the moat appears to be a former leat which carried water round the site, possibly to a mill at its S.E. end. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Council, 40 which resold most of the land to the Thames Water Authority. Part of Pixey mead was sold for the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a. (713 ha.). 48 An area known as Fries, lying mainly in Water Eaton, included a small part of the south-east corner … so that low-lying ground was almost always flooded and water could not be drained from the village. 56 Improvements … The road was turnpiked in 1719, 57 and a tollhouse and gate were erected south of the Grapes inn, at the west end of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… (12). a(14). Cottage, on the N. side of the road at Cock Gate, 1,000 yards N.W. of the church, was partly re-built in … wall is a blocked doorway with a four-centred head. a(26). Gate House, 130 yards S.S.E. of (25), is an L-shaped building …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… as manure for the lands. Numerous springs of excellent water afford an abundant supply for domestic use. The soil is … voe, on the east, containing sufficient space and depth of water to moor a large fleet. Near this is Whalefirth voe, on … This place derives its name, signifying "the Hamlet of the Gate," from its position on the confines of Northumberland, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… chamfered orders resting on a round pier and responds with water-holding bases. Capitals are enriched with nail-head. … responds are half rounded with roll-moulded capitals and water-holding bases. The arch has two housings presumably for … piers, matching responds with roll-moulded capitals and water-holding bases: capitals on the N. have nail-head …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of stone, are in general well built. It is supplied with water from springs that rise at a short distance, and is …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in part for the two early moated sites in the village. 82 Water was obtained from shallow wells, and in a field north …