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Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XXIV Letters of James II granting peace and protection to University of Glasgow (1453) XXIV. Letters by King James II. taking the University of Glasgow under his firm peace and protection, and exempting …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… An alternative name for LIGNALOES OED earliest date of use: 1545 Found in units of OZ See also ALOES, LIGNALOES. Sources: Inventories …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… 179199. Took out Sun Insurance policies in 1784 for 600 of which 400 accounted for utensils, stock and goods; on 5 … and 1754. [GL, City Licence bks, vol. 1] Rococo trade card states: GEORGE YARDLEY, Carver and Gilder. In Noble Street … and early 18th-century trade card give above address. Card states: Makes and Sells all Sorts of Cabinet work Chaire work …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yazor Y Yaddlethorpe YADDLETHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of Bottesford, union of Glandford-Brigg, E. division of the wapentake of Manley, … that of Chichester. The living is a discharged vicarage, united to that of Walberton, and valued in the king's books …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Yapton YAPTON The parish of Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west of Arundel and c. 2 miles (3 km.) from the sea. In 1881 it … 45 A vicarage was ordained in 1255. 46 The living was united to Walberton between 1753 and 1875 47 and to Ford from …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… the most important in the Dictionary Archive being a unit of linear measure that largely replaced the ELL. This old … 3 FOOT long, though sometimes by custom for some TEXTILEs of 37 inches. The term appears in all sections of the Dictionary Archive, often in abbreviated forms such as …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Yarlington YARLINGTON Yarlington in 1838 The parish of Yarlington, the derivation of whose name is uncertain, 73 lies 6 km. south of Bruton. It is roughly triangular in shape, measuring 2.5 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was probably a … such as burial dues owed to Eynsham. 45 The benefice was united with Begbroke in 1984, and the joint benefice was in … 53. Cf. O.R.O., MS. Oxf. Dioc. b 70, f. 944, where Thomas states that the ho. was enlarged 1849-52. Bodl. MS. Top. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic history Economic history The presence in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of lot meadows along the Thames, may indicate that the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction YARNTON lies 4 miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of the river Thames. 41 The river forms the southern parish … boundary until 1788-9, when the Oxford canal took much of the stream bed. 42 Field boundaries separate Yarnton from …