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A History of the County of Sussex
… the village, with the church, the village hall, and tall trees round the edges of the playing field, suggests, quite … in all at Bilsham c. 1840. 32 In the mid 20th century elm trees since cut down made of Bilsham Lane virtually a narrow … there were well matured grounds containing fine specimen trees, a walled garden, a tennis lawn, and a tea lawn with …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… (1602)], but also for such items as cogs, AXLE TREEs, WHEELs and TANKARDs. Attempts by Parliament to …
A History of the County of Somerset
… where the underwood had recently been cleared but standard trees remained and grazing was thus poor. Labour services, … Beech, larch, and spruce were planted. In 1936 over 1,690 trees, nearly all oak, were sold to a Glastonbury merchant. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Their borders are thinly ornamented by some dwarfish trees, part of the remains of the ancient forest, and by a … remains of the ancient forest; the chief are some oak-trees on the West Faldshope hill, but they are more … of their growth. There are also some remarkably fine trees at Hangingshaw, among which are a plane and a beech of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the Yarwell-Wansford road. This land, recently cleared of trees, was formerly part of the wood; in the middle of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… tower; the burialground is planted with avenues of fir-trees. A national school is partly supported by an endowment …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford was noted for its setting 'in the midst of giant trees', 2 but most were elms which perished in the 1970s. In …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… its affix, and which signifies "a place abounding in elder-trees:" the term appears to have been applied to the locality in reference to the number of trees of that description once growing here, and of which a … of the precipice is richly clad with verdure, and with trees and shrubs that have taken root among the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… whole is destitute of wood, excepting only a few dwarfish trees among the scattered habitations in the valleys. On the … alder; and the produce of the hedgerows, various kinds of trees, for the most part of artificial plantation. In this … the falls of wood to professed wood-buyers, who cut up the trees on the spot, according to the purposes for which the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… many gardeners round London who 'offer all sorts of young trees ... for sale.' [Diaries (Saussure)]. See also GREEN …