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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Yarrow - Zetland Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; containing, with the village of Ettrick-Bridge and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. … to two feet in thickness, have been discovered lying under masses of peat-moss, and incumbent on the prevailing rock, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Yatesbury YATESBURY Yatesbury village stands 7 km. east of Calne. 27 The parish, 1,674 a. (677 ha.), was absorbed by … which survived in the later 19th century. 29 For much of its length the boundary is marked by roads. Chalk outcrops … whole parish, which lies on a plateau at the western edge of the Marlborough Downs. A head stream of the Kennet flows …
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 village. The walls generally are of rubble, more or …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Yettington Yeading YEADING, a hamlet, in the parish of Hayes, union of Uxbridge, hundred of Elthorne, county of Middlesex; containing 222 inhabitants. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford Church CHURCH. Masonry of the 12th century or earlier re-used in the church porch … Standlake, and Stanton Harcourt in the united benefice of Lower Windrush. 2 Bampton, to whose large pre-Conquest … registers in 1700, apparently caused controversy because of fears that the ground might be unconsecrated. 10 In the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Roman Catholicism has been found. 62 Several generations of the Baker family, tenants of Manor farm from the 1760s to c. 1820, were Baptists …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 miles (S. W.) from Narberth; … of numberless hues; the floor is strewed with large masses of broken rock, scattered about in all directions, and …
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 … time 40,000 men, headed by Robert Aske, and attended by priests with sacred banners, took possession of the city and … structure; the west end is built of gritstone, in large masses. St. Olave's church, adjoining the ruins of St. Mary's …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… York Castle THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY OF YORK AN INVENTORY Note. The walled city is divided … three parts which are here termed the Micklegate area (W. of the Ouse), the Central area (between the Ouse and the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Zoology Fishes, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals FISHES The fishes of Somerset have received a good deal of attention from the late Mr. W. Baker, who has contributed … vegetation such as thick beds of alder and sallow and masses of plants of lower growth, among which the cotton …