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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… circuitously from the same middle-eastern root as ALFANY and PENNET, of which it is probably only a variant. It … the best of a poor set of TEXTILEs produced in YORKSHIRE and elsewhere north of the River Trent in the sixteenth … century, although the best were made of sorted wool and were good enough to be frizzed into FRIZADO [Kerridge …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Penkridge Economic history, churches, schools and charities Economic history, churches, schools and charities Agriculture The common fields within the manor of Penkridge between 1548 and 1598 seem to have been Clay Field, Prince Field, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Penkridge Introduction and manors PENKRIDGE The ancient parish of Penkridge … In 1561 one twenty-fifth part of Gailey Hay, with lands, woods, rents, and other appurtenances, held by knight service … 40 s. and two mills in Water Eaton but no demesne land, woods, pastures, or meadows there. 709 When Walter's son and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… to some monkish legend, was said to be that of St. Mark, and which was consequently regarded for many years with … the erection of two castles, called respectively Penmark and Fonmon, both belonging to followers of Fitzhamon, and … has been a venerable mansion celebrated for the extensive woods surrounding it, of which at present there are but very …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Penn 76. PENN. … of the village; the walls of the nave, S. aisle, W. tower and the porches are covered with rough-cast; the chancel and the S. chapel are partly of flint, partly of brick; the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in December 1846, under the provisions of the act 6th and 7th Victoria, cap. 37. It is bounded on the north by the sea, and comprises 2621 acres of land, much of which has been brought into cultivation within the last few years, and some of which is rich and fertile. The West Cornwall …
A History of the County of Somerset
… which formed the core of the ancient forest of Selwood 5 and the boundary between Somerset and Wiltshire. In the 1390s the parish stretched further north and east, the rector claiming that his predecessors had taken …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… 6 in. (a)v. N.E. (b)vi. N.W.) Pentlow is a small parish and village on the border of Suffolk, about 5 m. N.W. of Sudbury. The principal monuments are the Church and Pentlow Hall. Ecclesiastical b (1). Parish Church of St. … of the parish (see Plate, p. 208). The walls are of flint and pebble rubble, with dressings of limestone and clunch; …
Survey of London
… in 1756 to divert livestock drovers from the West End and Holborn on their way to Smithfield. Pentonville did not … Battle Bridge (the future King's Cross) passed by fields and bowling greens before reaching the Angel Inn, where … half of St John Street) running south towards Smithfield and the City. By the time this part of the New Road received …