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A History of the County of Sussex
… of the playing field, suggests, quite unhistorically, a long-established green. At Bilsham late Anglo-Saxon finds … is sunk between the land on either side, indicating a long period of use. Cab or fly proprietors were listed … and Wildbridge demesnes were let by 1460. 99 Open arable fields seem to have ringed Yapton village on three sides in …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… yard or VIRGA (the Latin equivalent) was 36 INCH or 3 FOOT long, though sometimes by custom for some TEXTILEs of 37 … unit of measure was the nautical term for a comparatively long and slender WOODEN - SPAR hung at its centre in front of … three quarters.' This seems to have been a practice with a long history as the act 10 ANNE C18 required all CALICO to be …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… a SP 74 NW, b SP 74 NE, c SP 74 SW, d SP 74 SE) The long, narrow parish, once part of Potterspury, stretches from … CPE/UK/1926, 52423) (9) Cultivation Remains. The common fields of the parish, together with those of Potterspury, … Map, 1776). Very little ridge-and-furrow of these fields is visible on the ground or on air photographs except …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 64 m. above OD. It consists of a large embankment, 190 m. long, 25 m. wide and up to 3.5 m. high, broken towards the N. … Lodge, in the far S. of the parish, within a group of fields probably reclaimed from the surrounding woodland in … on plan of 1760) (27) Cultivation Remains. The common fields of the parish were enclosed by Act of Parliament of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… buttery, cellar, and 13 chambers including the old, new, long, and gallery chambers. 35 When the house was sold in … Old park in 1540 79 and thereafter was divided into large fields. 80 Nevertheless, in a lease of an adjoining cottage … on the boundary with Pitcombe. There were two open arable fields; the west field extended from Lodge Hill to the lands …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton was a poor living, several medieval vicars were long-serving, notably William Pernel, 1365-1404. Most vicars … morning and in the evening alternately. 82 For most of his long incumbency Vaughan Thomas was also rector of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… may indicate that the parishes once shared a single set of fields. The medieval yardland in Yarnton seems to have … by names such as Corn Hayday in the early 18th century, long after their conversion to pasture, 27 and they retained … land in 1849 and by 1863 owned 153 a. in Yarnton. 74 The long survival of several small farms in Yarnton may have owed …