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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 … but in 1831 only five families were not employed in agriculture and only one manufacturer was recorded. 13 A …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of lot meadows along the Thames, may indicate … seems to have comprised c. 25 a. exclusive of meadow and pasture, 15 and in 1617 a 2-yardland estate contained 44 a. of arable. 16 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Steeple Barton, Cassington, Hampton Gay, Rousham, and Whitehill (in Tackley). 16 That Yarnton was referred to … as a demesne manor. 17 Yarnton remained quit of shire and hundred after 1281, under its new owner Rewley abbey. 18 … two churchwardens were financed in the later 16th century and early 17th by malt or malt money received from the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Selkirk; containing, with the village of Ettrick-Bridge and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. This place, which … are, oats, barley, potatoes, and turnips; the system of agriculture is much improved, and the four and five shift … The farm-houses are well built; and improvements in the agriculture of the parish have been much promoted by the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the R. Nene. It has always been a chapelry of Nassington, and served by a curate. Yarwell is not named in Domesday Book … late 15th century the manor had passed to Sir Guy Wolston, and from him it passed to the Earls of Westmorland, all of … the church is indicated by the field names Dovecote Close and Coney Garth. The village was never very large, and had 39 …
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 History of the County of Oxford
… 1853. 19 In 1086 Yelford manor had land for 3 ploughs, 20 and there may have been other, unrecorded, land in the … estates there comprised a ploughland, 10½ yardlands, and some odd acres, a total of perhaps 15 yardlands. 21 In … century the former Walwyn estate comprised 2 yardlands 22 and the Edwards (later Wadham College) estate c. 5 yardlands; …
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 cultivated. Culm is found in some parts of it, but it is …
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; … considered by Mr. Tuke, author of the General View of the Agriculture of the North Riding, drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture, to reach from the border of the Tees to the …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Spear St, Manchester, carver, gilder, picture frame and looking-glass maker (181119). Recorded at no. 51 181118, and no. 61, 181719. [D] Zanetti, Joseph, 100 King St, Manchester, barometer and looking-glass maker, carver and gilder (183740). Declared …