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A History of the County of Somerset
… shape, measuring 2.5 km. from north to south at its widest and 3 km. from east to west. The only natural boundary is a … of the river Cam in the south-east; parts of the eastern and western boundaries are marked by roads. 74 The boundaries … out to the south and east of Yarlington House and several plantations created to shelter it. 90 A private 9-hole golf …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Selkirk; containing, with the village of Ettrick-Bridge and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. This place, which … district formed part of the royal forest of Ettrick, and in the reign of Bruce was recovered from the English by … 71,410 acres, of which 2740 are arable, 640 woodland and plantations, and the whole of the remainder moorland, …
The Rulers of London 1660-1689
… with Richard BAGNALL, John CRISPE, George POCHIN and Edward SHERWOOD in a brazil warehouse (5) Tory, 1687, … 1641, 1670 (5) Personalty, Jun 1671, £13,182 EIC, RAC and Gambia C stock (RAC stock £400 of original stock, 1671) Shipping, slave trade interest (6) City and London property (7) (1) Johnson, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… several summits. There is a barrow on it in the south and, also in the south, it was marked by many stones and mounds which survived in the later 19th century. 29 For … of the Kennet flows south-eastwards across the parish and has deposited a small amount of alluvium where it leaves …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 3379 inhabitants. This township, which includes Upper and Lower Yeadon, and Henshaw, comprises about 1730 acres, chiefly high … p., of which about 900 acres are arable, 30 woodland and plantations, and the remainder meadow and pasture; the soil …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Vaenor Isav Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 … situated near the turnpike-road from Pembroke to Narberth, and comprises a small extent of land, all inclosed and … oak, none of which is of great age: there are several new plantations, comprising beech, large numbers of larch, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from Higham-Ferrers; … is ornamented with shrubberies, pleasuregrounds, and plantations. The Yorkshire Central Agricultural Association … distinguished either for its commerce or manufactures; the trade principally arises from the supply of the inhabitants …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of shaped wood designed to fit across a person's back and shoulders, with a chain hanging from each end onto which a PAIL could be attached and thus carried with less strain. OED earliest date of use: … islands is in very small sticks, and is denominated by the trade young Fustick' [Smyth (1812)]. It gave a YELLOW dye but …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… for in the bundle of feet of fines known as "Cities and Towns." ** Where there are two asterisks the fine will be … TERM, 2 HENRY VII. 1 Plaintiffs. Deforciants. Nature and Situation of the Property. * William Halomshire, vicar of the parish of Bugthorp, and William Dowene, chaplain Thomas Brompton and Ann his wife …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… TERM, 32 HENRY VIII. ** William Dacre, kt., Ld. Dacre and Graistok, and Christopher Dacre, kt. James Strangways, kt. Manors of Humandby, Mountgrace, and Morton near Estharlesey, and 25 messuages and a watermill …