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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… - Y Vaenor Isav Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South … and received before morning a reinforcement, which enabled him to defend himself against the attacks of the Welsh prince. It was partly …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… is a parish and village 4 m. S.S.W. of Sherborne. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1) … of three bays with moulded two-centred arches similar to the chancel-arch; the piers have each four attached … names 1607 Io., Do. Rede. and an abbreviated inscription BE. DO. HA. ED AN. SN DE IN. Inside the building is an …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles … of earth raised by Adrian, as a more effectual barrier against incursions, he returned to York, where he spent the … for the recovery of a throne which had descended to him from his ancestors. In 1069, Sweyn sent his two sons, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… historical monuments in Middlesex Yiewsley 60 YIEWSLEY (A.c.) (O.S. 6 in. XIV, S.E.) Yiewsley is a parish 2 m. S. of Uxbridge. Secular Monuments (14) The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of … the modern church, has been extensively altered and added to. It retains some original mullion and transom windows with …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… two animals, especially OXen or BULLOCKs were attached to the hauling chains for drawing a PLOUGH or a vehicle like … power most effectively. By extension the term came to be applied to a pair of animals, especially oxen. 'Yoke' was …
Survey of London
… George Street) Date and Description. York Buildings, the name which was once used generically for all the premises on the site of York House, was assigned to George Street circa 1852. Only four houses there, Nos. 6, … the whole story of his visit to this country appears to be apocryphal. 260 William Adam bought the bottom house on …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… York Castle THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY OF YORK AN INVENTORY Note. The … . . . with an iron nail sticking into it'. 2 There is evidence elsewhere in York for severe flooding up to a level … it, which were probably the Courthouse and Chapel shown against the E. wall on Archer's plan, kitchens, a gaol and a …
Survey of London Monograph
… HERALD Spelman thought that York herald was originally the officer of Edmund of Langley, created Duke of York in … probably related to his third wife Anne Mynne. Noble names him York 'upon the authority of the Wriothesley's pedigrees … he and Dalton were attached to Lord Westmoreland's force against the Scots they made a so-called Vis'n of the north …
Survey of London
… York House CHAPTER 6: YORK HOUSE The York Water Gate (see pp. 5960) in the Victoria Embankment … Bromley succeeded Bacon as Lord Keeper, but no direct evidence has been found that he lived at York House, though … caution, since by that time Gerbier had developed a grudge against the whole family of Villiers. The facts that York …
Survey of London
… York Place CHAPTER 1: YORK PLACE Towards the end of the twelth century Richard of Ely (also known as … of York, and mending and covering other chambers there against the King's coming, and (ii) in connection with the … 27where the latter was lying ill, and took from him the great seal. We are told that Thomas Rotherham or …