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A History of the County of Oxford
… 63 The land was taken at the Conquest by Remigius, bishop of Dorchester, later bishop of Lincoln, who eventually returned the abbey's other estates … to Henry Jackson, a minor canon of St. Paul's cathedral, London. By will proved 1727 Jackson devised the estate, known …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Yarwell 24 YARWELL (Fig. 218) Yarwell is a parish of 490 hectares on the W. of the R. Nene. It has always been a chapelry of Nassington, … the period when the quarries were most active. Of these masons William Sanderson, who died in 1803, is distinguished …
The Rulers of London 1660-1689
… Co Cheap, 1688-91 Tory, 1690 (1) Cf William Yate, widower, of St Mary Colechurch, worth £600, 1695 (2) (1) Bodl Lib, … PCC 154 Herne pr, 5 Sep 1702 mar (A) 1662, Alice Flower ? of Salisbury, Wilts, (B) 1663, Elizabeth, da of William FARR, … stock, 1671) Shipping, slave trade interest (6) City and London property (7) (1) Johnson, DR, IV, p 160, LVP, 1664, p …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Yatesbury YATESBURY Yatesbury village stands 7 km. east of Calne. 27 The parish, 1,674 a. (677 ha.), was absorbed by … by Cherhill in 1934, 33 and probably c. 140 in 1995. The London-Bristol road via Calne followed the ridge across the … and by the trustees to W. Cumber & Son in 1973. 54 The company remained the owner of the whole farm until 2000, when …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Yettington Yeading YEADING, a hamlet, in the parish of Hayes, union of Uxbridge, hundred of Elthorne, county of … in 1846, enabling the Manchester and Sheffield Railway Company to make a branch to Whaley bridge, 12 miles in … 9 miles (S. S. E.) from Somerton, and 122 (W. S. W.) from London; containing 7043 inhabitants. This place, from the …
A Dictionary of London
… Yeldehalle - Yvilane Yeldehalle The chamber of Yeldehalle in Candelwikestrete, 1369, in the parish of St. Clement (Cal. L. Bk. G. p.258). Not identified. Riley … identified. Yeuan (St.) See Audoen (St.). York Abbot of London residence in parish of St. Peter Paul's Wharf, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 miles (S. W.) … of large works. The iron-works belonging to the Yniscedwyn company are considered as among the oldest of the kind now in … machine erected in 1828, from designs by Mr. Brunton, of London, and worked by a water-wheel of large diameter. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from … of which it is the capital, 193 miles (N. N. W.) from London; containing 28,842 inhabitants. The origin of this … and elegantly fitted up. It is opened by the York company of comedians, in the first week in March, and …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… like a CART or WAIN. HORSEs were attached by the use of a COLLAR, the difference in method resulting from the way the two types of animal apply their tractive power most effectively. By … visitor in the 1720s commented on the many gardeners round London who 'offer all sorts of young trees ... for sale.' …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… York Castle THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY OF YORK AN INVENTORY Note. The walled city is … past nine centuries the castle has been, like the Tower of London, a fortress, a royal palace, a mint, and a prison, as … to be an entire 19th-century rebuilding and bears simple masons' marks. A mediaeval arched doorway in the angle of the …