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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 733 a. 3 r. 6 p. The common lands were inclosed in the year 1794. Yafforth YAFFORTH, a chapelry, in the parish of … Twyford, lathe of Aylesford, W. division of Kent, 6 miles (S. W.) from Maidstone; containing 2467 inhabitants. The … imports are, coal from Sunderland, and timber from the New Forest. A constant intercourse by boats is kept up with …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Oxonienses, 1500-1714 Yaire-Yule Yaire-Yule Yaire, Thomas s. William, of Laverstoke, Northants, sacerd. Queen's Coll., … B.A. 6 July, 1601. Yate, Charles of Waltham, Hants, gent. New Coll., matric. 6 Sept., 1679, aged 18, fellow, B.C.L. … M.A. 12 April, 1595; one of these names chaplain of New Coll.; will at Oxford, proved 15 Oct., 1631. [ 35] Yate, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… earliest known secular building in the village is Coachman's cottage in Church Lane, a probably 16th-century … Croft in Main Road. In 1991, despite recent infilling by new houses and closes, 28 the older part of the village was … next to the school in North End Road at the rent of 1 s. a year. 81 In 1932 part of the former Sparks's engineering …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of wider textiles. It is noticeable from the Dictionary's Archive that broader fabrics become more common during the … Yearling [yerlyng; yerelyng; yearlinge] An animal a year old, or in its second year, and used especially of CATTLE, SHEEP or HORSES. In …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… in NMR) d(2) Moat (?) (SP 761448), lay immediately S. of Moor End Road, on Boulder Clay at 102 m. above OD. The … of a rectangular area 60 m. by 40 m., orientated N.E.S.W. and bounded on the N.W., S.W. and part of the N.E. and S.E. sides by a broad ditch …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the county boundary with Bedfordshire which forms its S.E. side. It consists of land sloping generally N. between … here (NM Records). d(2) Enclosure (SP 850551), 700 m. W.S.W. of (1) in a similar situation. Air photographs (in NMR) show very indistinctly what appear to be the S. halves of two concentric enclosures about 110 m. and 40 m. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… cuts a steep-sided valley from east to west between God's Hill (107 m. (352 ft.)) and Yarlington Sleights (127 m. … parish suggest that the southern part of the route was new. The original road to Sherborne may have passed through … William Parr, marquess of Northampton, who in the same year sold it to (Sir) Thomas Smith. 15 The Queen died in 1548 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Spencer by will dated 1684 left a rent charge of £7 a year on Windmill field for repairs to the family chapel, with the residue given to the poor on St. Thomas's day. Usually the whole amount was given to the poor, and … for the better management of the distributions. The new scheme typically reflected Thomas's ability to combine …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the vicarage until the Dissolution. 47 In 1466 the abbey's nominee was rejected as unfit and presentation was made by … when the living became an endowed vicarage of 5 marks a year, derived from a house formerly the chaplain's and all … Bowdery, then incumbent, intended to replace it with a new, two-storeyed, four-roomed house, with wash house and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… because of a threatened uprising. 25 The Privy Council's concern may have slowed the process, but it could not … services, for in 1272 it was stated that £12 2 s. a year was received 'in rents and works'. 53 Two free tenants, … to sell off large parts of the estate. By 1573 several new freeholds had been created, including that bought by …