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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Independents and Methodists have places of worship. Eaton, Long EATON, LONG, a chapelry, in the parish of Sawley, union of Shardlow, … from Newcastle to Shotley-Bridge, stands at the foot of a long descent, yet on the edge of a still deeper declivity, on …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… c. 1115 the main part of Ticklerton manor formed a 4-km.-long section of Ape Dale, bounded on the south-east by the … estate was sold in 1953. 89 Ticklerton Hall, containing close studding of c. 1500, was enlarged c. 1580 and again c. … of Westhope was lord. 29 In 1623 the Jenkes family, for long lords of Wolverton, traced their ancestry back several …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… is often only 50 ft in height with boles 15 to 20 FOOT long, and trunk diameters of one to two foot. The heartwood … imitations of ebony. For example, the roots of OAK 'after long burying and soaking' could be 'taken for a coarse ebony' … to some early-modern writers eels had an unofficial close season from December to the end of February when it …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… John de Gilling, 130313 ( Chron. 36). The provision of a 'long room for the recreation of the brothers' is recorded in … according as shall seem most advantageous to them' ( Close Rolls 125961, 315). The phrase 'up to the ... … ( Ord. 151), perhaps occupying the site of part of the 'long room for the recreation of the monks' built in 1313 ( …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the City of Salisbury
… was cruciform (plan, p. lii). The present chancel is just long enough to accommodate the original chancel together with … The stonework is crisp and it cannot have been exposed for long externally. The corbel-table supports one side of the … four-petalled flower, similar to examples in Cathedral Close wall reputed to be from Old Sarum; externally in the E. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… . . . ad operationem ecclesie Sancti Georgii', Cal. Close, 122731, 273). A later gift, in 1244, was specifically … 186v187v); at the same time an archway was inserted in the long E. respond of the S. arcade, perhaps in connection with … The Nave (Plate 14) has uniform N. and S. arcades with long E. responds. The central bay is wider than those on the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… with that of St. Martin in Micklegate, after a similar long period of effective union for taxation. There are now no … springing level on either side is a small demi-figure with long hair and bonnet and holding a spray. The lower part of … on W. of third pier, supported on small figure with close-fitting tunic and tonsure, 14th-century. Brasses and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… Body of the Church (74 ft. by 44 ft.) is five bays long and three bays across. The walls stand on a high plinth … and sanctus; 1st by James Keene of Woodstock, 1636; 2nd, long-waisted and probably of early 14th-century date. Chest: … and initials 1651, O.C. for Oriel College, side-bays with close lower panels and open upper panels with four-centred …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge
… of an external wall with chamfered plinth running N. close E. of the 13th-century doorway. The S. wall has, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge
… and S.W. angles of the nave retain their pre-Conquest 'long and short' quoins and there are also a few remaining at … stages and four floors. The walls are of rubble with 'long and short' quoins, square strings between the stages and … The scale of the nave is much increased by the close interspacing of the piers of the arcades of c. 1400 and …