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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… the most important in the Dictionary Archive being a unit of linear measure that largely replaced the ELL. This old … 3 FOOT long, though sometimes by custom for some TEXTILEs of 37 inches. The term appears in all sections of the Dictionary Archive, often in abbreviated forms such as …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… with Bedfordshire which forms its S.E. side. It consists of land sloping generally N. between 110 m. and 66 m. above … is entirely on Boulder Clay except where the down-cutting of a number of N.-flowing streams has exposed narrow bands of … much Iron Age and early Roman pottery, worked flints, glass, iron slag, part of a quern and a stone scatter …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was probably a daughter church of the abbey, and it was still occasionally called a chapel … contains the largest collection of 17th-century armorial glass in the county. 4 The south porch was added in 1616, and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… TL 09 NE) The parish, covering some 760 hectares, lies E. of the R. Nene, between 40 ft. and 230 ft. above OD. The … is covered by Boulder Clay. The intensive occupation of Yarwell during the Roman period is particularly … Roman pottery, a bronze necklet, a bronze bracelet and 25 glass beads. ( BNFAS, 7 (1972), 38) b(8) Iron-working sites …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… V. S.E.) Yaxley is a parish and large village 4 m. S.S.W. of Peterborough. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Peter (Plate 162) stands on the N.W. side of the … heart stone and then containing remains of a heart; two glass jars were also found, probably once containing the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… N.E.) Yetminster is a parish and village 4 m. S.S.W. of Sherborne. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1) Parish Church Of St. Andrew stands at the S. end of the village. The walls … base, 15th-century, built into S.W. pier of nave. Glass: In chancelin N.W. window, two fragments with crowns, …
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 … the cathedral: the king afterwards gave to each poor man a purse containing 39 silver pence, several articles of wearing … are not carried on to any great extent; the manufacture of glass was introduced in 1797, and is conducted upon a …
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 extension the term came to be applied to a pair of animals, especially oxen. 'Yoke' was also the name given …
Survey of London Monograph
… thought that York herald was originally the officer of Edmund of Langley, created Duke of York in 1385, but the … pp. 14 n., 789; etc.) Arms: Argent, a chevron between 3 bugle-horns sable stringed or. Crest: On a gold crown a … armory. Collected armorial china and medieval armorial glass. Best known as compiler of the Genealogists' Guide …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… St, Manchester, carver, gilder, picture frame and looking-glass maker (181119). Recorded at no. 51 181118, and no. 61, … 30 September 1817, stating that Zannetti's Repository of Art at 94 Market St had been established for the last 20 … and later at no. 87. Advertisement, headed Repository of Arts is cited, stating that his wares included prints, …