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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and comprises 3880 a. 3 r. 17 p., whereof 240 acres are wood, and 69 common or waste: the scenery is pleasing. Red …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Lockers: In chancelin S. wall, modern or much restored, wood door with early 17th-century carved panel. In nave in S. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… land is considerably undulated, and prettily varied with wood. The Manchester and Ashton canal passes through. The … by admeasurement 1371 acres, of which about 112 are wood land, and the rest arable and pasture in nearly equal portions. The surface is hilly, and the wood, consisting chiefly of oak and ash, contributes greatly …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… form of work without bruising it; it being only a Bat of Wood made with a handle, flat at the bottom, and rounded off … COARSE, OLD, SMALL, WHITE Found made of DEAL, ELM, WHITE WOOD, WOOD See also DRESSER BOARD, DRESSER CLOTH, SLOB DRESSER. …
A Dictionary of London
… Duckettes Lane John Watson, a parishioner of St. Alban's, Wood Street, left 10 marks for the mending of this lane, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… two. In the middle ages Dry Drayton was sometimes known as Wood Drayton (Reaney, 'Place-names of Cambs.', 152). Cole …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… other boons were regularly exacted to mow the abbey's hay, shear its flock, and c. 1282 cart hay to other manors. Works were seldom excused or commuted …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… plantations, totaling 58 a. in 1905, 65 including Carlisle wood (31 a.), 66 established by 1900 on the south-east …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… arable acres is 5381, in pasture 2962, and 310 are under wood; grain is produced to a considerable extent, and greatly … during the crusades; an ancient drinking-cup of hard dark wood, supported on four silver feet, and striped with ribs of … is 11,649. There are considerable remains of natural wood, consisting of birch, interspersed with oak, ash, hazel, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Park, Middle field parallel to it on the south-east, and Wood field ranged along the north side of Cokethorpe Park; in … in the early 14th century included 12 days' work at the hay harvest, probably 6 days' reaping and carrying corn, 1 … farmers grew wheat, barley, maslin, pulse, and hay, and had 120 sheep, a dairy herd worth £45, 12 pigs, and …