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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… of the same material; the roofs are covered with tiles and stone slates. There appears to have been a church here of … by some capitals at the vicarage, the re-set S. doorway and probably the tower-arch. The Chancel was re-built at some … fragment carved with interlaced circles and foliage or fruit, 15th-century. In towerstone bowl with gadrooned outer …
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 … gatehouse decorated with cherubs and baskets of fruit. The house was let to the Ministry of Health in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a church in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was probably a daughter church of the abbey, and it was still occasionally called a chapel in the 14th … on resident curates. In his late years, concerned at the growing strength of nonconformity in Yarnton and elsewhere, …
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 … The name Linton close, mentioned in 1536, 93 suggests flax growing, and flax and hemp were mentioned in 17thcentury …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Selkirk; containing, with the village of Ettrick-Bridge and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. This place, which … district formed part of the royal forest of Ettrick, and in the reign of Bruce was recovered from the English by … family in 1455, the lands became forfeited to the crown, and part of them were granted to Sir Walter Scott, ancestor …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 3379 inhabitants. This township, which includes Upper and Lower Yeadon, and Henshaw, comprises about 1730 acres, chiefly high … pasture; the surface is watered by copious springs, and the substratum abounds with good building-stone. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1086 Walter son of Ponz held of the … king 3 hides in YELFORD, together with estates in Westwell and Alwoldsbury (in Alvescot or Clanfield) and a piece of …
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 … reference to the number of trees of that description once growing here, and of which a few still remain in the …
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; … comprises 1912 acres, of which 836 are arable, 800 meadow and pasture, 10 woodland, and 177 common, roads, and waste. … by an appropriate cornice, and decorated with wreaths of fruit and foliage. This room is lighted by thirteen brilliant …
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 a PAIL could be attached and thus carried with less strain. OED earliest date of use: … Smith (1812). Young tree The term denotes a TREE for growing on. There was a considerable market for garden, …