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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… with the axis inclined slightly to the S., has a late 13th or early 14th-century E. window, partly restored and of three … corbelling, and probably intended to support a bell-cot or similar structure; two original oak-framed windows, now … has a round head and plain imposts, probably of late 17th or early 18th-century date. At the foot of the attic …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Montgomery (1984). Windmill card Almost certainly a piece or pieces of CARD so cut and shaped that when fastened by a … stuff seems to have been a common term in the TIMBER trade, and Randle Holme gives several examples including FREE … of wine] True VINEGAR made from WINE rather than ALEGAR or MALT vinegar. Most probably it came from France and was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… a moulded base in addition; E. of the arcade is a 15th or 16th-century opening with chamfered jambs and four-centred … but the rest of the structure seemed to have been largely or entirely re-built early in the 14th century, probably by … and with the embrasure of a single-light window or loop; higher up is part of the embrasure of a second …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Lady William Gordon; it contains 100 sittings. Wilerick, or Willcrick WILERICK, or Willcrick, a parish, in the union of Newport, division of … villas belonging to opulent families engaged in the trade of Nottingham. The Trent, the Nottingham canal, and the …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… on the south side of the main street and from it Church or Butts Lane led to a footpath formerly running towards … 25 had only one hearth each, 4 had 2, and 2 had 3 or four. At Newton 4 out of 36 households were exempt; of the … 7 bovates, and other land to John Nottingham, 48 and he or another of the same name had 223 a. in 1766. 49 Another …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Norman undertook to maintain the church and to hold three or four services annually, an arrangement that continued in … had whitewashed coved ceilings, presumably of the 17th or 18th centuries, that there was a 'modern' marble font, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… present it is noted for its collieries and its flourishing trade in locks, the latter of which it produces to a greater … It comprises 1458 acres, of which 174 are common or waste, and 39 in wood. The living is a vicarage, valued in … here in abundance, particularly ammonites. Williamscott, or Willscott WILLIAMSCOTT, or Willscott, a hamlet, in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… half-octagonal responds with moulded capitals and damaged or repaired bases. The early 16th-century chancel-arch is … and the W. half of old materials re-set; the late 14th or early 15th-century respond is of semi-cylindrical form and … arch, embattled cornice with square pater, base or tomb with chamfered top and one pointed and four …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 16 The most important road in Willesden was Watling Street or Edgware Road, which is known, in stretches from south to … (Kilburn and Harrow) Roads Act by Edgware highway board and other local highway authorities. 23 In 1876 … and Willesden Green, whence Churchend Lane in 1593, 38 or Churchend Road in 1823, later High Road, ran west. Kilburn …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Cornhill (1274-1415), 1 Algar ( c. 1280-1432), 2 Fayrsire or Veyser of Harlesden (1293-1510), 3 Stokke or Stokker (1295-1377), 4 Wood or Atwood (1307-1463), 5 … 1811 only one family in ten in Willesden was dependent on trade, manufacture, or craft but by 1831 the proportion had …