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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… the E. side of the E. range were re-built late in the 16th or early in the 17th century and about the same time the N. … a round bowl and drain. The S. front of the main block or S. range, has towards the W. end a 15th-century bay-window … Eamont Bridge, occupies an almost level site and is partly cut into by the roadway on the N. and E. sides. The work …
A History of the County of Sussex
… usually being flint and brick, with roofs of thatch, tile, or slate; one house near the school in North End Road and … Croft in Main Road. In 1991, despite recent infilling by new houses and closes, 28 the older part of the village was … c. 1840. 32 In the mid 20th century elm trees since cut down made of Bilsham Lane virtually a narrow tunnel. 33 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… It is not certain whether these are part of the castle or of the settlement remains (4). d(4) Settlement Remains (SP … and E. of the moat is a group of rectangular platforms, cut into the hillside, probably the sites of at least five … in 1978. Two kilns and a large quantity of late 14th or early 15th-century roof tiles were noted ( Northants. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… In the S. part of the parish, within the existing woodland or in areas formerly wooded or used as common grazing, are a number of ponds of highly … lies in the centre of Grimsey Copse (SP 866543). It is now cut by a modern ride and consists of two irregular U-shaped …
A History of the County of Somerset
… parish suggest that the southern part of the route was new. The original road to Sherborne may have passed through … which eventually prevailed and the three daughters or their heirs were declared coheirs. The manor was then held … Jordan Gwihaine. 43 It probably passed to Sir Adam Gwyene or Gyan (fl. 1238-42) 44 who died before 1272 leaving his son …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for the better management of the distributions. The new scheme typically reflected Thomas's ability to combine … gifts and recipients, and those not regular churchgoers or whose conduct during the past year had been 'wicked' …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bowdery, then incumbent, intended to replace it with a new, two-storeyed, four-roomed house, with wash house and … College. 72 George Blunt, 1544-7, and William Milton, or Gibbon, 1547-64, were former monks. 73 Hugh Evans, … until the 19th century. Most vicars employed curates or travelled out from Oxford to conduct services. Philip …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 28 Lot meadows flanking the river were never ploughed or inclosed, and they present a remarkable survival of … parish, but in 1817 it was decided to allow lot owners to cut their grass at any time before the meadows were thrown … to sell off large parts of the estate. By 1573 several new freeholds had been created, including that bought by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… difficulty teaching them the catechism. 50 A school for 6 or 8 children, in existence by 1780, 51 may have been the … for the maintenance of the monuments in the Spencer chapel or, if not needed there, for Yarnton's poor, 55 was usually … clothes for the schoolchildren. 56 From 1817 a room in the new parish clerk's house at the north-west end of Church Lane …
A History of the County of Oxford
… formed the eastern boundary until 1788-9, when the Oxford canal took much of the stream bed. 42 Field boundaries … 49 The name was preserved in the 17th century in Frize or Frice farm and grounds, 50 and that corner of Yarnton was … 92 The increase was allegedly the consequence of building new cottages for poor families, who then 'over-filled the new …