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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… is a parish and village 4 m. S.S.W. of Sherborne. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1) … has moulded jambs, two-centred arch and label continued from the top members of the plinth. There is a modern gallery … In S. aislein W. wall, stone base of font with bases for central and four attached shafts, early 13th-century. In …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from Higham-Ferrers; containing 320 inhabitants. This parish, … acknowledging him and his successors as his superior lords. In the reign of Richard I., a general massacre of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… historical monuments in Middlesex Yiewsley 60 YIEWSLEY (A.c.) (O.S. 6 in. XIV, S.E.) Yiewsley is a parish 2 m. S. of Uxbridge. Secular Monuments (14) The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… two animals, especially OXen or BULLOCKs were attached to the hauling chains for drawing a PLOUGH or a vehicle like a CART or WAIN. HORSEs … by the use of a COLLAR, the difference in method resulting from the way the two types of animal apply their tractive …
Survey of London
… George Street) Date and Description. York Buildings, the name which was once used generically for all the premises on the site of York House, was assigned … architectural interest. No. 6.This house appears to date from the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century, and is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… York Castle THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY OF YORK AN INVENTORY Note. The … the city defences, following the circuit S.W. of the Ouse from Skeldergate Bridge, to Lendal Bridge, then, across the … but the city normally leased the ditch and ramparts for grazing and the gates and larger towers as houses. In …
Survey of London Monograph
… HERALD Spelman thought that York herald was originally the officer of Edmund of Langley, created Duke of York in … of Bayhall, in Pembury, Kent, and 8. 6 s. 8 d. a year from lordship of Huntingfield, Kent; reapp d York 25 … several occasions. By letters pat. dated 1 June 1705, the Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina appointed him …
Survey of London
… York House CHAPTER 6: YORK HOUSE The York Water Gate (see pp. 5960) in the Victoria Embankment … in lease to successive lord keepers. Archbishop of York From the accession of Elizabeth until his death in 1579, Sir … On 9th June, 1600, Essex was again brought before the Lords of the Council, and was at York House from "8 of the …
Survey of London
… York Place CHAPTER 1: YORK PLACE Towards the end of the twelth century Richard of Ely (also known as … the King's treasurer. The monks of Westminster were the lords of the fee, and a yearly payment had to be made to them … purchases of subsidiary interests in the property acquired from the Abbey or represented additional land is not clear. …
Survey of London
… PLACE ( formerly Of Alley) AND GEORGE COURT York Place, a narrow court running parallel with the Strand between Villiers Street and George Court, was oringinallay called exchange Alley, probably from its prosimity to the New Exchange, but within the first …