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Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Y Y Yabbicom, William H., Lower Castle St, Bristol, cm and u (181819). Trading at no. 10 in 1818 and no. 8 in 1819. [D] Yale, Elihu, London, cm, broker and upholder (178499). Addresses given at … been in Norwich, then the main furniture making town in East Anglia, as in an advertisement of 21 October 1831 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It is situated on an acclivity above Bottesford beck, and comprises 733 a. 3 r. 6 p. The common lands were inclosed … of DanbyWisk, union of Northallerton, wapentake of Gilling-East, N. riding of York, 1 mile (W. by N.) from … scenery is beautifully picturesque. The road from London to Exeter passes through the parish, and considerable …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Christi Coll. 1714, M.A. 1717; rector of Greatham 1717-46, and vicar of Newton Valence, (both) Hants, 1718-46. See … matric. 18 May, 1672, aged 16. Yard, Robert s. Robert, of London, arm. Wadham Coll., matric. 20 April, 1705, aged 17; … B.A. 20 June, 1576, M.A. 16 May, 1579 (as Yate); rector of East or Little Shefford 1575, of Appleton 1576, and of …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… along the N. side of copse banks between about SP 06651384 and 06741387, where the remains of a terrace 10 ft. wide are … platform, approximately 25 ft. by 17 ft., at SP 06051390, and by building stones (including a rectangular block 2 ft. 5 … LXXVIII (1921), 453; CXXII (1965), 178, fig. 2, No. 10, 'East Chedworth'. TBGAS, XLVII (1925), 77, note 14. (2) …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west of Arundel and c. 2 miles (3 km.) from the sea. In 1881 it had 1,740 a. … was transferred to Barnham and a larger area in the north-east, including Wicks Farmhouse, to Ford. 98 The present … from 1678; 54 by 1835 they formed part of the route from London to Bognor. 55 The corner of Main and Bilsham roads was …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard … a yard, was the equivalent of the rod, perch or pole and consisted of 16½ FOOT. OED earliest date of use: 1377 for … Inventories (mid-period), Inventories (late). Yeast [east] Yellowish living organisms that will multiply in …
A History of the County of Somerset
… shape, measuring 2.5 km. from north to south at its widest and 3 km. from east to west. The only natural boundary is a feeder of the … 99 At the restoration of 1877-8, under Arthur Reeve of London, the nave, vestry, and porch were demolished and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a church in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was … 1544 and 1547, 49 and in 1565 the advowson was sold to two London speculators, Richard Bernard and Robert Taylor. 50 It … bays, the chancel arch with its triple jamb shafts, the east and north-east windows of the chancel, and, probably, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of lot meadows along the Thames, may indicate … the Sands in the northeast, and the Marshes in the south-east. 24 In 1596 Sir William Spencer was one of the local … Thames and Wolvercote mill stream. 29 Some 50 a. in the east part of Pixey mead, extraparochial until joined to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Thames. 41 The river forms the southern parish boundary, and a tributary stream known as Rowel brook in the north and … large detached part of Begbroke parish (118 a.) lay in the east of Yarnton in the area known as the Marshes, and a small … L.N.W.R., thereby providing the O.W.W.R. with access to London independent of the G.W.R. Yarnton Junction station was …