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A History of the County of Sussex
… 449 a. including Flansham hamlet was added from Felpham, so that in 1971 the area was 906 ha. (2,239 a.). 97 In 1985 … to the south-east. The manor of YAPTON SHULBREDE, first so called in 1544, 32 evidently originated in the land which … of which neither courts nor tenants are known, was first so named in 1505, 37 but presumably derived from land with …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… it required more than one weaver to operate a broad loom, so that TEXTILES defined as yard-wide or yard-broad were … in Ireland than on the mainland, wool and spinning were, so western parts of England could obtain wool and yarn … oil', etc. Much yarn was spun at home, hence 'home-spun', so typical entries put together the raw material and the yarn …
A History of the County of Somerset
… S.R.O., DD/BT 15/4; Kelly's Dir. Som. (1899). P. Legg, So Merry Let Us Be (1986), 9; Science and Fruit, ed. T. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… most of his tithes. 61 Vaughan Thomas, vicar 1803-58, so vigorously pursued his rights that a proposed augmentation … the incumbency of Richard Hawkins (1733-47). The house was so small that the corpulent Hawkins reputedly once became … to be leaking into the church in 1520, 96 was still doing so in 1581 when it was also noted that 'the church walls …
A History of the County of Oxford
… halves or quar-ters, which could be further subdivided so that ownership of the hay might be confined to a single …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the vicar reported in 1768 that the parish children were so backward that he had difficulty teaching them the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… paper mill: the river level was kept permanently high, so that low-lying ground was almost always flooded and water … farm's closes tended to be scattered around the parish, so that there was little incentive to move farmhouses away …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to the lord's scutage. 15 The 'hundred' of Yarnton, so called in 1279, seems to have been the name given to an … church, poor, surveyors', and constables' rates were all so assessed. 22 Vestry meetings were held in the Spencer … expenditure. In 1802-3 there were 13 men and 11 women so employed, and the cost had risen to c. £37. The effects of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Mungo Park. The river, whose pastoral beauties have been so sweetly depicted in Scottish song, is in this quarter …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… end of the back lane; 46 the Street and Back Lane were so called in the 20th century. In 1994 two timberframed … was used for church expenses. 71 ALL SAINTS' church, so called in 1763, 72 is built of chalk blocks and freestone …