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Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… to the vicars out of that tenement. Glasgow, 1477, 1478 and 14789. In Dei nomine amen. Per hoc presens publicum … est, in wlgari. [In the name of God, Amen. By this present public instrument let it appear evidently and be known to … Alexander Heriot, procurator of the said vicars, asked a public instrument and instruments to be made and delivered to …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… of the University, the regents in the College of Arts, and the provosts and bailies of the City, being conservators … furth of the tenement of David Spere, lying in the public street that runs from the High Church of Glasgow to … burgess of the burgh of Edinburgh, James Nielson, notary public, and Nicholas Christeson, with many others. Follow the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It is situated on an acclivity above Bottesford beck, and comprises 733 a. 3 r. 6 p. The common lands were inclosed … to the day on which it was intended to be opened to the public; and it has not been restored. Fortunately, the … are in general well built and of neat appearance, and public baths have been established. At its western extremity …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west of Arundel and c. 2 miles (3 km.) from the sea. In 1881 it had 1,740 a. … infants' sch. Kelly's Dir. Suss. (1882). P.R.O., ED 7/123. Public Elem. Schs. 1875-6, 270-1. Rep. Com. on Children and … 602-3. Ibid. 1893-4, 985. Schs. Parl. Grants, 1900-1, 246. Public Elem. Schs. 1907, 642. Educ. List 21, 1914, 526; 1922, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard … a yard, was the equivalent of the rod, perch or pole and consisted of 16½ FOOT. OED earliest date of use: 1377 for … of measure was the nautical term for a comparatively long and slender WOODEN - SPAR hung at its centre in front of a …
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 … in 1743. 94 In 1753 the only alehouse was presented as a public nuisance and presumably closed. 95 Thereafter there …
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
… Education Hugh Evans, vicar of Yarnton 1579-1618, and John Goad, vicar 1646-60, kept small private schools at … 49 No other school is known before the later 18th century, and the vicar reported in 1768 that the parish children were … of Parl. Grants [C. 8179], p. 192, H.C. (1896), lxv; Public Elem. Schs. Return [Cd. 3182], p. 530, H.C. (1906), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Thames. 41 The river forms the southern parish boundary, and a tributary stream known as Rowel brook in the north and … of 1853 recorded 12 farmhouses, 10 tradesmen's houses, 2 public houses, and 39 cottages of the 'labouring poor'. 7 … no. 506. The name is said to signify a stopping-point in processions, or a field held by service of saying a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 13th century Yelford's incumbents were called rectors 1 and the living remained a rectory until 1976, when it was absorbed with Northmoor, Standlake, and Stanton Harcourt in the united benefice of Lower … despite rebuilding Yelford church, had its tomb at Bampton and at least one resident rector was also buried there. 7 In …