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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… for a comparatively long and slender WOODEN - SPAR hung at its centre in front of a mast and serving to support and … might apply to any of the others. While yarn was produced at home, much was also imported: for example, FLAXEN, HEMP … not only in the manufacture of BAYS, but also of JERSEYs at NORWICH, PLUSH, CAMLET and SHALLOON at COVENTRY, and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… A stone tool of unknown form is said to have been found at SP 73884435 (NM Records). A coin of Gratian and a base … houses on the N. side of High Street, on limestone at 90 m. above OD. A group of indeterminate earthworks, some … hillside, probably the sites of at least five houses and gardens ('c' on plan). In 1728 there were still two buildings …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… ( JBAA, 29 (1873), 304; lost), and a flint axe in 1966 (at SP 875581). A Roman coin was found before 1900 (NM Records). d(1) Cropmarks (SP 856553), on Boulder Clay at 107 m. above OD. Cropmarks of unknown form are said to … remains may be part of the associated stockyard and gardens. In 1760 a single building stood in the area and this …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… a church here of c. 1200 as evidenced by some capitals at the vicarage, the re-set S. doorway and probably the tower-arch. The Chancel was re-built at some uncertain period and the West Tower late in the 13th … fragment carved with interlaced circles and foliage or fruit, 15th-century. In towerstone bowl with gadrooned outer …
A History of the County of Somerset
… triangular in shape, measuring 2.5 km. from north to south at its widest and 3 km. from east to west. The only natural … gatehouse decorated with cherubs and baskets of fruit. The house was let to the Ministry of Health in the … (1899). P. Legg, So Merry Let Us Be (1986), 9; Science and Fruit, ed. T. Wallace and R. W. Marsh (1953), 53. Local inf. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… contained 13 strips, the strips and shots being marked at their ends by pegs or stones. In each mead an area known … Oxey, West mead, Pixey. The allotment was made by drawing, at the head of each strip, one of the balls; when a whole … Road, a sewage works off Kidlington Lane, nursery gardens in Sandy Lane, and the Weed Research Organization at …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… for his fidelity, that monarch conferred the lands, which at the same time he erected into a free royalty. On the … of their growth. There are also some remarkably fine trees at Hangingshaw, among which are a plane and a beech of very … by an accidental fire in 1840. There are small villages at Yarrowford and Ettrick-Bridge, chiefly inhabited by …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… attributed with two mills, one of which may have been at Yarwell. In the Middle Ages the village was in Rockingham … it passed to the Earls of Westmorland, all of whom lived at Apethorpe. The manor house seems to have disappeared by … rebuilt during the 1892 restoration. There are offsets at the bases of the E. and side walls. Windows have square …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… lower part of screen modern. (2). Chapel (disused) at Chapel Farm (Plate 8), 1,000 yards W. of the modern … and Nave, was built about the middle of the 12th century. At some date in the 16th or 17th century much of the N. wall … S. doorway is a good example of 12th-century work. Chapel at Yatton Architectural DescriptionThe Chancel and Nave (41 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… district church dedicated to St. John was erected in 1843, at an expense of 2000, by subscription, aided by grants of … of Yealand-Conyers. Yealand Hall, an ancient dwelling at Yealand-Storrs in the township, seems to have been … through much pleasing scenery, and is crossed by a bridge at the village. Yealmpton was anciently denominated a …