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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 3379 inhabitants. This township, which includes Upper and Lower Yeadon, and Henshaw, comprises about 1730 acres, chiefly high … which is quarried for burning into lime. The navigable river Yealm, which gives name to the place, flows through …
A Dictionary of London
… Misc. Ch. Bundle 68, file 12, No.333) (quoted in N. and Q. 11th S. 3, p.243). Not further identified. Yeuan (St.) … stable adjoined the churchyard of St. Peter's Church (L. and P.H. VIII. XIX. (t), p.86). On the east side of Peter … name, Richard Duke of York having lodged there in 1457. Yorkshire Yard In Bishopsgate Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 58 lies 3 miles (4.75 km.) south of Witney and 3 miles east of Bampton, 59 The village, noted for its … including assertions that there were two Yelfords, West and East, the former belonging in some way to Bampton, the … of the early parish, including the village site, lies on river alluvium at a height of c. 65 m.; gravel deposits cover …
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 … of Aberystwith. It is bounded on the north-west by the river Rheidiol. Yn-Dre-Ucha (Yn-Y-Dre-Uchf) YN-DRE-UCHA …
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; … Eofor wic, all descriptive of its situation on the river Ouse, which, according to Leland, was at that time termed the … of the kingdom. Sir Thomas Rokesby, however, sheriff of Yorkshire, having levied some forces, defeated them in a …
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 … (early), Inventories (mid-period), Inventories (late). Yorkshire A descriptor used for goods from or pertaining to the county of that name, such as Yorkshire ALE, 'early Yorkshire cabbage', Yorkshire FUSTIAN, …
Survey of London
… CHAPTER 11: YORK BUILDINGS ( formerly George Street) Date and Description. York Buildings, the name which was once used … Street circa 1852. Only four houses there, Nos. 6, 7, 9 and 10, all of which are on the west side of the street, … in 1771, in order to have the right of embanking the river at that point. 261 Memoirs of Napoleon, Bourrienne. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… parts which are here termed the Micklegate area (W. of the Ouse), the Central area (between the Ouse and the Foss), and the Walmgate area (E. of the Foss). In the … with St. George's cross from above an entrance is in the Yorkshire Museum. 26 A flood in 1315, as well as destroying …
Survey of London
… surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance periods bordered the Strand between the … a York House, to which the York Water Gate formed the river approach, was originally the town house of the Bishops … his wedding with Mary took place at Bolton Percy in Yorkshire. 119 The Council ordered that Buckingham should be …
Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516
… Yorkshire Yorkshire Place name Date of inception of market … 509500 Kilham 1227 1227 122.5 506300 464300 Kingston Upon Hull 1279 1279 333.33 510000 429200 Kirkburn 1371 1371 45 … 50 478600 471700 Newton Garth 1175 518100 427000 Newton On Ouse 1282 1282 50 451100 460000 North Duffield 1253 1253 …