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Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Celtic mother-goddesses may originate from this area, or from Kingscote (1) further east. A brooch 4 was found in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the butt of a black oak, cut in imitation of the sigilaria or antediluvian palm-tree; and the clerk's desk, on the … Coquet, and takes its name from the stream of the Wreigh or Wreath. It comprises about 395 acres, of which two-thirds … and parts of Dodcottcum-Wilkesley, Newhall, and Soond or Sound, 2300 inhabitants, of whom 527 are in the township …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… rathe] A metal ring forming a holder for a spindle or AXLE. In a quotation dated 1733, the OED shows how it … deske; writeing deske; writeing desk] A DESK used or designed for writing on; such a desk being fitted with … writing materials. In some cases it may be similar to, or identical with, a WRITING BOX. The 'Writing Desks and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… a four-centred head with a moulded label, all of late 15th or early 16th-century date, set in 14th-century splays.and … jambs and two-centred arch, probably of late 14th or early 15th-century date. Between the two western windows … braces and painted foliage bosses. The plates are of 16th or early 17th-century date, and, in the three eastern bays …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… comprises 8878 acres, of which 1704 are in wood. Woodland, or Week, now only a hamlet, was formerly a parish of itself. … by his successors in the living: the reformer was born in or near this place. Wycombe WYCOMBE, a hamlet, in the parish … N. E.) from Melton; with 58 inhabitants. Wycombe, High, or Chipping-Wycombe (All Saints) WYCOMBE, HIGH, or …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and western boundaries followed no natural features or roads for any significant distance. On the south it was … part of the township probably marked the site of the farm or lodge of a medieval assart. 16 By the mid 17th century … and Gower Street. 26 Speculative building of the 1960s or early 1970s filled the area south of Trench Road around …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 65 It was within the royal forest of Mount Gilbert or the Wrekin. By c. 1290 assarting had begun, and it may … lumps of ironstone weighing up to ½ cwt. set in blue clay or shale known as 'crows' or 'hatter's blocks'. 79 Sir George Saville, one of the lords …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… dairy products, bees, gardens, fishponds, and mills (built or to be built); 'pennies of charity'; tithes of hay, apart … tithes were basically those of 1612, but owners of 5 or 6 calves paid 2 s. every two years, and owners of 10 paid … Tithes of wool and lambs were paid in kind: one in seven or two in seventeen lambs were customary, with 3 d. extra for …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… SERVICES. In 1255 Hamon le Strange did no suit to shire or hundred court, and c. 1285 John le Strange held a court … of crier was abolished in the mid 19th century. 33 A lock-up or crib, then apparently disused, was mentioned in 1842; 34 …