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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and comprises 984 a. 3 r. 32 p. There are some quarries of stone, chiefly for the roads; and a few of the inhabitants … tower; on the south side of the chancel are three stone sedilia of elegant design, and a piscina, and the … containing 504 inhabitants. There are some quarries of stone, of good quality for building. The living is a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… brick; the dressings and ashlar are of Weldon and Ketton stone and the roofs are covered with lead. The Nave arcades … The S. room on the ground-floor has an original stone fireplace with stop-moulded jambs and four-centred arch … S. of (4), is modern, but incorporates old materials and a stone in the chimney-stack dated 1622. (7). Black Swan Inn, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… recorded in 1519, 7 included 27 a. in 1797. 8 The light stone soil was suited to both arable and pastoral farming and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… being transported to Barbados. 19 In 1927 a plain memorial stone was set up on the battlefield site, where bones had … gate. 2 The buildings including a barn were covered in stone tile and surrounded by an 8-ft. wall with posterns. A … the mid to late 19th century, and part facing the road is stone faced with engineering brick dressings. The main …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… erection of new buildings. Over the river is a handsome stone bridge, and a little above this a weir, formed for the … neighbourhood of which are rocks composed of very durable stone for building purposes, and much used for steps and … by the estuary of the river, called the Backwater. A long stone bridge of two arches, with a swivel in the centre to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (2) to Joseph Youngman, alias Clerk, 16812, tablet of stone and slate, with curved pediment and achievement of … In the garden, on the S. side of the house, is a set of stone steps and balustrades of late 17th-century date, not in … partly timber-framed and plastered and may be partly of stone; the roofs are tiled. It was built late in the 14th …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… miles N.E. of Slough, is built of flint, with some pudding-stone and clunch in the walls of the chancel; the E. angles … are of clunch and the original quoins of the nave of brown stone. The S. porch is of brick and timber. The roofs are …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… to the N. culminating in beds of Portland and Purbeck Stone and in the Chalk Ridgeway which rises to over 500 ft. … principal buildings of the period were built of Portland stone with gabled roofs and stone-mullioned windows ( cf. Buckler's drawing of 'an old …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… and high-crowned hat, verses and inscription carved in stone slab, small rectangular brass plate with incised figure …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… and white and green vitriols, from lead-glitter, blue-stone, and iron-ores [Patents (1780)]. OED earliest date of …