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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… unit of linear measure that largely replaced the ELL. This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was … of wider textiles. It is noticeable from the Dictionary's Archive that broader fabrics become more common during the … Yearling [yerlyng; yerelyng; yearlinge] An animal a year old, or in its second year, and used especially of CATTLE, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… in NMR) d(2) Moat (?) (SP 761448), lay immediately S. of Moor End Road, on Boulder Clay at 102 m. above OD. The … mentioned are a royal chamber, a chapel, towers, an old chamber and inner and outer gates. It remained in royal … history is uncertain (H. M. Colvin, The History of the King's Works, II (1963), 743). In the early 19th century, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the county boundary with Bedfordshire which forms its S.E. side. It consists of land sloping generally N. between … a number of ponds of highly irregular and unusual form. In Old Pond Close (SP 876551) there is one which consists of two … appears to have been called Pottry Pond. Finally, N. of Old Pond Close, adjacent to the Pastures (SP 873552), are two …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Yarkhill 96 YARKHILL (C.c.) (O.S. 6 in. XXXIV, N.E.) Yarkhill is a parish 7 m. E.N.E. of … Stanbery). The Nave was re-built in 1862 probably on the old foundations, the chancel drastically restored at the same … chamfered and springing from modern attached shafts with old foliated capitals and moulded bases; the chamfered label …
A History of the County of Somerset
… were fined for their involvement in the 1497 rebellion. 5 King John probably visited Yarlington in 1209, 6 as Edward … kitchen, buttery, cellar, and 13 chambers including the old, new, long, and gallery chambers. 35 When the house was … who held it in 1939. By 1951 patronage was held by the Bishop. 53 In 1291 the living was valued at £7 10 s. 54 In …
A History of the County of Oxford
… chapel, with the residue given to the poor on St. Thomas's day. Usually the whole amount was given to the poor, and … protests the Charity Commissioners ruled that the chapel's repair should be the first charge on the bequest. 73 … in grants of up to £ 2; the parish clerk was living in the old schoolhouse and receiving £8 a year from the charity. 75 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was rejected as unfit and presentation was made by the bishop. 48 After the Dissolution the Crown presented in 1544 … 67 Such a house was built, west of the site of the old one, but apparently not until the incumbency of Richard … C. Eden. A further restoration took place in 1971, by D. King. 15 When the south-west windows of the south aisle were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… latter was supported in 1797 by a biannual payment of 18 s. from the overseers and by voluntary subscriptions. The … in the Spencer chapel or, if not needed there, for Yarnton's poor, 55 was usually spent on clothes for the … was £3 from the Fletcher benefaction and £1 from the bishop of St. Asaph, an absentee landowner. 61 An evening …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton until 1932. 47 That change increased Yarnton's area from 1,644 a. to 1,762 a. (713 ha.). 48 An area known … a small part of the south-east corner of Yarnton west of King's bridge. A house stood c. 1200 on the Yarnton side of … of Church Lane, with a branch beginning north of the old school and emerging east of the Red Lion. 21 The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… granted 10 hides at YARNTON, formerly his cousin Godwin's, to his newly founded abbey at Eynsham. 63 The land was taken at the Conquest by Remigius, bishop of Dorchester, later bishop of Lincoln, who eventually … 1611 by Sir Thomas Spencer. The house stood 'near to the old one by the church' 83 and part of an older house seems to …