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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 18 p., of which 793 acres are arable, 81 pasture, and 42 wood; the soil is strong and rather wet, but the lands …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the later Middle Ages the Hastings family acquired Boys wood ( c. 72 a.) on the northern edge of the parish, and it … 109 a. of meadow, 4 a. of 'old leys', and 75½ a. of wood and coppice, a total of 407 a.; 51 Boys wood and the Lawns, c. 29 a. of pasture acquired with the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… parish, was bounded on the north and north-east by Boys wood and Home wood on a line which in 958 seems to have marked the limits … of the early parish ran from the southern tip of Home wood probably down the shallow declivity west of Westfield …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Philip Walwyn were acting jointly over rent from Boys wood in Standlake, 2 and the bulk of the Yelford family's … the Walwyns' manor also included the Lawns, south of Boys wood and in Standlake, which as Boys breach had been granted … Standlake 14: dispute over treefelling by John in Boys wood. e.g. P.R.O., C 1/324/6; C 1/528/28. Ibid. E …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… the only window retaining its old transomed and mullioned wood frame; both door-ways on the side fronts are now … finials. Between the walls above the bottom step is a flat wood arch, semi-circular in shape and supported on moulded …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… admeasurement 5857 acres, of which between 400 and 500 are wood, a small portion meadow, and the remainder arable, with … situated on a rock commanding a fine view of Maen Arthur wood, is an ancient edifice, consisting of a nave, divided by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… style, with a lofty and elaborately groined roof of wood, without a central pier, profusely ornamented with … this part is rugged, and the scenery barren, with little wood. The deanery of Craven, comprising East and West … expanse of luxuriant verdure, interspersed with tracts of wood, in which the prevailing timber is ash of spontaneous …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… oxen. 'Yoke' was also the name given to a piece of shaped wood designed to fit across a person's back and shoulders, …
Survey of London
… and an example is illustrated here. No. 6, YORK BUILDINGS Wood mantelpiece in No. 6, York Buildings The premises …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… 15 but most of the fortifications must still have been of wood. Over 2,450 was spent during the 20 years following this … made of fir boards and strengthened with oak and alder wood, measuring 13 ft. by 12 ft. and 11 ft. by 8 ft. 39 … below the summit, the lower accompanied by much charred wood, may have been remains of the wooden tower or palisades …