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A History of the County of Oxford
… because of a threatened uprising. 25 The Privy Council's concern may have slowed the process, but it could not … in the later 19th century, are included in Yarnton's lot meadows; the west part was also lot meadow in the 18th … Cut, linking the Thames near Oxey mead to the Oxford canal, 1 s. was collected from every barge for the use of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… formed the eastern boundary until 1788-9, when the Oxford canal took much of the stream bed. 42 Field boundaries … 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 … part of the south-east corner of Yarnton west of King's bridge. A house stood c. 1200 on the Yarnton side of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… is still preserved in the name of a pass called the "Hart's leap," marked by two stones said to have been placed there … and Teviotdale, and patronage of the Crown the minister's stipend is 233. 8. 1., with a manse, and the glebe is … of land offering every facility, by the construction of a canal, for the junction of the two sounds, and consequently …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… south of the Sands, N. division of Lancashire, 2 miles (W. S. W.) from Burton-in-Kendal; containing 322 inhabitants. … de Kemyers, or Cynyers, held the eighth part of a knight's fee in Yeland, of the fee of William de Lancaster, the … the township employs about fifty persons. The Peak Forest canal commences here. An act was passed in 1846, enabling the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 miles (S. W.) from Narberth; containing 148 inhabitants. This parish … The living is a discharged rectory, rated in the king's books at 5. 3. 9., endowed with 400 private benefaction and … is formed by tramroads with the Glamorganshire canal and the Tf-Vale railway. The living is a perpetual …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… lace-making. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 13. 4.; net income, 317; patron and incumbent, the Rev. E. S. Bunting. The church is an ancient structure, and contains … navigation has been continued by a cut, called the Tinsley canal, to Sheffield. The Hull falls into the Humber at the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Vertigo substriata is a mistaken identification of Miller's record of Turbo sexdentatus which is Vertigo antivertigo, … are those by the Rev. Canon A. Merle Norman, D.C.L., F.R.S., 1 and by Mr. E. W. Swanton. 2 A. GASTROPODA I. PULMONATA … (Shepp.) Vivipara vivipara (Linn.) Dunster; Bath; Avon Canal contecta (Millett). Weston-super-Mare Valvata …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the body. 4. Pisaura mirabilis (Clerck). Bristol (F. P. S.). Very common; adult in June and July. Known also as … (R. I. P.). 7. Pardosa amentata (Clerck). Bristol (F. P. S.). AGELENID Spiders with eight eyes, situated in two … pallipes (Lereboullet), abundant in the Thames and Severn canal, may extend its range further westward. In regard to …