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A History of the County of Sussex
… usually being flint and brick, with roofs of thatch, tile, or slate; one house near the school in North End Road and … Walberton is a scattering of buildings of the 18th century or earlier, some perhaps built on roadside waste. 34 The name … some cottages for nursery workers. 40 There are 19th- or 20th-century cottages near Wicks Farmhouse on the Ford …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard or VIRGA (the Latin equivalent) was 36 INCH or 3 FOOT long, though sometimes by custom for some TEXTILEs … also called a yard, was the equivalent of the rod, perch or pole and consisted of 16½ FOOT. OED earliest date of use: …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… It is not certain whether these are part of the castle or of the settlement remains (4). d(4) Settlement Remains (SP … in 1978. Two kilns and a large quantity of late 14th or early 15th-century roof tiles were noted ( Northants. … with well-marked headlands and at least two trackways or hollow-ways up to 12 m. wide and 1 m. deep crossing it. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… In the S. part of the parish, within the existing woodland or in areas formerly wooded or used as common grazing, are a number of ponds of highly … Ridge-and-furrow of these fields can be seen on the ground or from air photographs W. of the village, in the old …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… with moulded upper and lower edge to front, three lock-plates and hinges, 17th-century. Churchyard Cross: In S. … wood fragment carved with interlaced circles and foliage or fruit, 15th-century. In towerstone bowl with gadrooned … century and of two storeys, timber-framed and with tile or slate-covered roofs. Most of the buildings have exposed …
A History of the County of Somerset
… which eventually prevailed and the three daughters or their heirs were declared coheirs. The manor was then held … Jordan Gwihaine. 43 It probably passed to Sir Adam Gwyene or Gyan (fl. 1238-42) 44 who died before 1272 leaving his son … a. of meadow but most of the pasture was in the two parks or in Aylescombe wood, where the underwood had recently been …
A History of the County of Oxford
… gifts and recipients, and those not regular churchgoers or whose conduct during the past year had been 'wicked' …
A History of the County of Oxford
… College. 72 George Blunt, 1544-7, and William Milton, or Gibbon, 1547-64, were former monks. 73 Hugh Evans, … until the 19th century. Most vicars employed curates or travelled out from Oxford to conduct services. Philip … and, from 1740, rector of Begbroke, visited Yarnton two or three times a week, catechized throughout the year, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 28 Lot meadows flanking the river were never ploughed or inclosed, and they present a remarkable survival of immemorial custom into modern times. Oxey, or Oxhurst, mead (66 a.) and West mead (75 a.) lie along the … the strips and shots being marked at their ends by pegs or stones. In each mead an area known as the tithals, or …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 49 The name was preserved in the 17th century in Frize or Frice farm and grounds, 50 and that corner of Yarnton was … Commission built a pen at King's weir in 1789 and a pound lock at Godstow in 1790 55 villagers complained that the … footpath running eastwards from Worton towards Church Lane or Mead Lane. 62 Pre-inclosure maps of Cassington do not …