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A History of the County of Oxford
… quarter share to Elizabeth's son and heir Thomas Vowler Short, later bishop of St. Asaph (d. 1872). He devised the … 107 a. in 1845, it was subsequently sold by William Short to William Brain of Kidlington, who sold it in 1876 to …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the farms. The cattle are of the Ayrshire crossed by the short-horned breed: the number of milch-cows is 200, and of … of good fuel, and of extensive tracts clothed with a short coarse grass, affording tolerably nutritious pasture … upon agriculture; the cattle are almost exclusively of the short-horned breed, and the sheep, of which about 5000 are …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Architectural Description The Chancel is abnormally short for one of the 13th century. It has plain eaves and a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… E. of the village where it takes the form of relatively short end-on furlongs. (RAF VAP CPE/UK 1891, 10401, 41316; …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… farmstead and that now called Manor Farm, were built a short distance north of the site, and customary tenements of … a main eastwest range with a south entrance front, and a short north wing at the range's east end. It was altered, … author of a commentary on Boethius, was rector for a short time in 1317. 63 In 1553 no quarterly sermon was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… window internally is a moulded string-course returned a short distance along the side walls. In the W. wall is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and moorland. The river Glen passes on the north, at a short distance from the village. In the township is Yeavering … counties of Somerset and Dorset, and passes Yeovil at a short distance to the east, beneath a stone bridge of three … It is supplied with water from springs that rise at a short distance, and is sheltered on the north by a range of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… to the Sarn Helen, is thought to be Roman; and at a short distance from this place is a kind of natural wall, … it crosses Cwm Nedd Vychan towards Blaen Nedd. At a short distance from that place is an old stone, having on its …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Pilgrimage of Grace originated in Yorkshire, and in a short time 40,000 men, headed by Robert Aske, and attended by … greeted him with the loudest acclamations. The king, in a short address, explained the particulars of the situation in … a fanatical delusion, set fire to the pile. Within a very short time, however, a sum of 50,000 was subscribed, …