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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… moat surrounding the precincts was a mile long and 20 feet broad, 43 the precincts themselves must have contained about … about two miles east of Thorney village, is an exception. R. W. L. Melbourne, Isle of Ely (Land of Britain, 71), 279, … Printed as an app. to Warner, Hist. Thorney Abbey. Fenland N. & Q. iii, 357-61. B.M. Add. MS. 5805, f. 118. Quoted by …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Furlong, Headacres or Spadeholme; Blowhead; Great Broad East; Little Broad East; Gores or Cotefield; … in the parish terrier 31 'Mr. Robert Girling bought all R. Welby's land and sold it to Mr. Wood'. Simon Wood 32 was a … (Lines.), which are held upon the same trusts. See P.N. Cambs. (E.P.N.S.), 7. By the M. of H. Prov. Ord. Conf. …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… vill. four bord, had six car. meadow two qu. long, two broad, pasture wood fourteen quar. long, four broad. The value in king Williams time was 10s. 2 In Wiseton … burying ground. Lib. Dooms. Test. de Nev: Esc: 3 E. 3, n. 20. Ex Magno Lib. de finibus fol. 19. 198, Pasc. 9 E. 3. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… acres, occupies a shallow dry valley on the E. bank of the R. Allen; it is entirely on Chalk, between 100 ft. and 225 … remains of a former village. New Town, about mile N.E. of Witchampton village, was established in the second … and by a track. Earthworks are seen on both sides of a broad hollow-way, up to 40 ft. wide and 2 ft. deep, which …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… the Parish Church of St. Paul (O.S. 6 in. (a)XLI, N.E., (b)XLI, S.E., (c)XLII, N.W., (d)XLII, S.W.) Witherslack … capping; sounding board of 1765 supported on 17th-century broad panelled standard against wall, five panels high with … Queen Anne, after the Union, with the initials and date A.R. 1710. Stoup: octagonal stone bowl, now at Beckhead Farm …
A History of the County of Oxford
… wool, while Emmot's possession of six 'unwrought' broad cloths points to trading in unfinished cloth and … were taxed on goods worth 10, placing them well above a broad range of craftsmen and labourers who were taxed on 2 or … mentioning Witney blankets in 1663, Wood's Life, i. 505. R. Plot, Nat. Hist. Oxon. (1677 edn), 27880; (1705 edn), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… whose family firm continued until the early 20th century. N. G. Ravenor's firm, which became Ravenor & Cuthbert and … 148v. ORO, B1/Y1/1; Plummer and Early, Blanket Makers, 97 n. Above, intro. (bldgs of blanket ind.); A Visit to Witney …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Smith's merged with the large Manchester wholesalers J. & N. Philips to form a combined firm, 11 and in 1924, following … Witney Workho.] (1922): copy in Bodl. GA Oxon. c 256 (55). R. P. Beckinsale, 'Factors in Development of Cotswold Woollen … Oxon. (1899 and later edns); Jenkins, 'Blanket Mills', 22; R. W. Anson, 'South-West Oxon.' (TS 1965), p. 57: copy in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… again becoming common and other pupils progressing into a broad range of occupations. A new block containing a science … and nearly 50 teaching staff. By the 1970s it offered a broad range of education to all over the age of 16, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… again to have passed via Oxford, Young commenting on the 'broad-wheel Witney waggons' laden with blankets which he … s. 7 d. in 12745; below (origin and devpt). Bampton Hund. R. 716, 89105; below, Crawley, Curbridge, Hailey. PRO, E … 256. J. Taylor, Carriers Cosmographie (1637), s.v. Witney; N. H., Compleat Tradesman (1684), 130. Oxf. Jnl. Synopsis, 10 …