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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Selkirk; containing, with the village of Ettrick-Bridge and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. This place, which … of cultivation, a large flat stone was discovered by the plough, inscribed with a legend in Latin, of which the chief … of the surface, and to the size of the farms, than the plough; and the small portions of land under tillage present …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… several summits. There is a barrow on it in the south and, also in the south, it was marked by many stones and mounds which survived in the later 19th century. 29 For … of the Kennet flows south-eastwards across the parish and has deposited a small amount of alluvium where it leaves …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1853. 19 In 1086 Yelford manor had land for 3 ploughs, 20 and there may have been other, unrecorded, land in the … estates there comprised a ploughland, 10½ yardlands, and some odd acres, a total of perhaps 15 yardlands. 21 In … while the tenants (3 villeins and 3 bordars) had ½ plough; undercultivation may have accounted for a fall in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Watling Street. It lies on undulating land between 95 m. and 145 m. above OD and except in the extreme W. of the parish where Lower Lias … may relate to an undocumented settlement of Shenley (3) and the settlement remains (4) N. of Yelvertoft itself, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… BULLOCKs were attached to the hauling chains for drawing a PLOUGH or a vehicle like a CART or WAIN. HORSEs were attached … of shaped wood designed to fit across a person's back and shoulders, with a chain hanging from each end onto which … cabbage', Yorkshire FUSTIAN, 'Yorkshire or Rotherham PLOUGH', etc. The term was also used elliptically for …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… TERM, 22 HENRY VIII. Nicholas Saunderson Robert Buke and Elizabeth his wife 20 messuages with lands in Tickhill. … at law, Roger Corbett, esq., Edmond Wyndesore, esq., and Rob. Puttenh[m]m Edward Boleyn, kt., and Ann his wife … work, to wit, "una sekyll boyne, una sythe boyne, and una plough boyne." Simon Conyers, esq. John Norton, esq. Manor of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… paper on the subject to the Somerset Archological and Natural History Society in 1851 ( Proceed. pp. 95110). … have since been made to the list given by Mr. Baker, and which is the source whence the present account has been … common in some parts of the county. Mr. Arthur Vassall of Harrow says that he has observed the lowland hares round …