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A History of the County of Essex
… which was administered from Down Hall in Hatfield Broad Oak and which in 1873 contained 1,564 acres in Essex. 34 In … sills externally. Below the windows the wall has closeset oak studs with original 'nogging', one brick wide, between … of Down Hall, now Downham School (in Hatfield Broad Oak). The house is now partly in use as an outhouse but is …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… hills and abrupt precipices, once covered with forests of oak, but now almost denuded, affording only pasturage for … and the scenery, which is diversified with portions of oak timber and plantations of fir, is picturesque and … to the borough, by concealing them in a rough piece of oak, in which he had formed a cavity for that purpose, and on …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… were the work of John Abel. Over the presbytery is a flat oak ceiling in three bays, with stop-moulded ties and … and fifth by Abraham Rudhall, 1710. Chair: In chancelof oak (Plate 27), with turned front legs carried up above seat … 17th-century. Chests: In N.E. chapel of N. transept(1) of oak with front in four panels and one panel to each end, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… which are mainly on the estate of Raith, consist of oak, ash, elm, chesnut, sycamore, beech, spruce, and Scotch … thinning and pruning, consist mostly of beech, elm, oak, sycamore, lime, and chesnut, with larch, Scotch, silver, … in tenements, to which an old staircase of massive oak affords access; the building consists of a square …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… The rooms in the upper storey of both cottages have old oak floors. ConditionGood; much altered. The letters a, b, c, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… only. Communion Table: (Plate 151) In N. chapelof oak with turned legs, enriched upper rails with scrolled … of the main block has four refixed Composite pilasters of oak and four panels carved with swags; the fireplace-recess … built probably early in the 18th century. b (33). Royal Oak Inn and cottage, E.S.E. of (32). b (34). Cottage, 40 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… sheath given by her in 1755. Pulpit (Plate 123): of oak, octagonal, with enriched pilasters and brackets at … John Strangways, c. 1638 (Plate 56). In N. porchpanelled oak post, 15th-century; over N. doorway, panel with weathered …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… tracery of E. window, fragments of tabernacle-work, oak-leaf ornament, etc., mostly 15th-century. Monuments: In … 33) formerly under chancel-arch, now under tower-arch, of oak and of three bays including doorway, side bays each of …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… (online). Acorn [acorne; achorn] The fruit or seed of the OAK tree in the form of an oval NUT encased in shallow woody … Simone Clarke Found rated by the BUSHEL, POUND See also OAK. Sources: Houghton, Inventories (early), Rates. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… are the property of the Duke of Montrose; they consist of oak, ash, birch, mountainash, alder, hazel, and willow, and … chiefly of Scotch fir, with many sprinklings of larch, oak, ash, beech, elm, and other varieties. The castle, the … the level of the water; and being covered with natural oak, birch, alder, and other trees, it presents, with the …