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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… N.E.) Yetminster is a parish and village 4 m. S.S.W. of Sherborne. The church is the principal monument. … of c. 1300 but reset and much restored. In the N. wall are two partly restored windows of c. 1300, each of two lancet-lights; the doorway is of the same period but the …
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 … William the Conqueror placed strong garrisions in the two castles which remained, partly to overawe the … to him from his ancestors. In 1069, Sweyn sent his two sons, Harold and Canute, with 240 ships and a numerous …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… (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 17th century and of two storeys; the walls are of brick and the roofs are tiled. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Yoke - Youth Yoke [yocke] A contrivance by which two animals, especially OXen or BULLOCKs were attached to the … like a CART or WAIN. HORSEs were attached by the use of a COLLAR, the difference in method resulting from the way … was possibly synomynous with GREEN FUSTIC as found in the Gloucester Coastal Port Books. It was described in 1812 thus: …
Survey of London
… was once used generically for all the premises on the site of York House, was assigned to George Street circa 1852. Only … original. The rooms generally have moulded panelling in two heights with chair rail and cornice. No. 7.The external … treatment of this house is similar to that of No. 6, the two houses being probably of the same date. The stairs to the …
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 … Inventory, after a very brief historical resume, first the two castles are described and then the city defences, … outside the Roman walls to the marshy banks of the two rivers. A palace in King's Court possibly included …
Survey of London Monograph
… thought that York herald was originally the officer of Edmund of Langley, created Duke of York in 1385, but the first … JOHN MYNNE Mynne ? York, temp. Hen. VII Of Windrush, co. Gloucester; husband of Garter Wrythe's eldest dau. Catherine …
Survey of London
… Embankment Gardens is now almost the sole surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance … there were said to be "more cooks than guests." 196 o Two years previously Buckingham's widow had married Randal … building. Owing to the fact that the ground was mortgaged two or three deep the transactions which led up to the sale …
Survey of London
… York Place CHAPTER 1: YORK PLACE Towards the end of the twelth century Richard of Ely (also known as Richard … said houses," one pound of frankincense in addition to the two-pounds wax taper. The next occupant was Hubert de Burgh, … 8 his houses and grange which he held within the latter's two gates, namely, "those houses which are adjoining the …
Survey of London
… Place and George Court CHAPTER 10: YORK PLACE ( formerly Of Alley) AND GEORGE COURT York Place, a narrow court running … to the New Exchange, but within the first few years of its existence it became known as Of Alley, a name which it … an inn ever since it was built circa 1675. It consists of two storeys and attics over the public rooms, and has a …