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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Yerbeston - Y Vaenor Isav Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, … extent of land, all inclosed and cultivated. Culm is found in some parts of it, but it is worked only for home … rebuilt upon a more commodious site, in the later style of English architecture, and is a very handsome structure; the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Yetminster 100 YETMINSTER (D.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XI, S.E. (b)XXI, N.E.) Yetminster is a parish and … The Chancel was built c. 1300; a consecration is recorded in 1312. About the middle of the 15th century the rest of the … Tower and North Porch was rebuilt. The church was restored in 1890 and in more recent years. Yetminster, the Parish …
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 … Higham-Ferrers; containing 320 inhabitants. This parish, in the Domesday survey called Ewelden, comprises 1912 acres, … joined by Edgar Atheling, who, with a large number of the English exiles, had arrived from Scotland for the same …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… and the Foss), and the Walmgate area (E. of the Foss). In the following Inventory, after a very brief historical … Ouse completes the circuit. National Grid References are in 100 kilometre square SE. The city wall of York, built … and the building is notable as an early example in the English baroque style. The accommodation as a prison was …
Survey of London Monograph
… the officer of Edmund of Langley, created Duke of York in 1385, but the first reliable reference to York is in 1484 (see John Water). He is now one of the six heralds in … York, pat. 25 November 1567. As Portcullis attached to the English army sent to Havre 1563; later York; d. 23 December …
Survey of London
… CHAPTER 6: YORK HOUSE The York Water Gate (see pp. 5960) in the Victoria Embankment Gardens is now almost the sole surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance periods bordered the Strand … 5th Earl of Derby. She was a well-known parton of English literature and added a number of books to the large …
Survey of London
… and author of the famous Dialogus de Scaccario, was in occupation of some houses in the town of Westminster. These in 1197, 1 the year before … in 1217. Hubert de Burgh, one of the great figures in English medieval history, served under Kings Richard, John, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… to the Somerset Archological and Natural History Society in 1851 ( Proceed. pp. 95110). Very few additions have since … allusions to Somerset; although Baker's paper is quoted in the preface (p. iii.) it has evidently been overlooked in … years ago on the Cheddar moors, but as they drove the English birds away efforts were made to get rid of them. Some …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Molluscs and Insects ZOOLOGY MOLLUSCS NON-MARINE Favoured in its situation and the quality of its soil, the county of … a record of inland mollusca above the average, not only in the number of forms but in the abundance of individuals. … his book on British butterflies. Somerset is the only English county in which all the six British 'Hook-tips' have …
A History of the County of Somerset
… distribution throughout the county of the species recorded in the subjoined list, and add a few species to it. Two or … yet obtained certainly await discovery, if their existence in Somerset may be inferred from what has been ascertained of … shores of Great Britain and the continental coasts of the English Channel and North Sea. It occurs beneath stones …