 | Great Britain - 1852 - 174 pages
...village, town, or hamlet. It appears to have borne much resemblance to the village of a German tribe. The house of each villan, cottar, or farmer, was situated...apart in its garden, and backed by a small close, the croft. In some villages there was also the demesne house (coda) of the lord, and the dwelling of... | |
 | Jeremiah William Summers - Durham (England : County) - 1858 - 600 pages
...the villan lived. The villa appears to have borne much resemblance to the village of a Get man tribe. The house of each villan, cottar, or farmer, was situated in a toft with one or more erofts adjoining, the houses being in this way separated from each other. Many of our villages still... | |
 | Matthew Richley - Bishop Auckland (England) - 1872 - 226 pages
...services were onerous, about hah0 the year being given to working for the Bishop on his demesne land. " The house of each villan, cottar, or farmer, was situated...houses being in this way separated from each other. Attached to the village, with its enclosed parcels of ground, was the common field, where each tenant... | |
 | Northumberland (England) - 1891 - 624 pages
...village, town, or hamlet. It appears to have borne much resemblance to the village of a German tribe. The house of each villan. cottar, or farmer was situated...apart in its garden, and backed by a small close, the croft. In some villages there was also the demesne house (aula) of the lord, and the dwellings... | |
 | Northumberland (England) - 1891 - 614 pages
...village, town, or hamlet. It appears to have borne much resemblance to the village of a German tribe. The house of each villan. cottar, or farmer was situated...apart in its garden, and backed by a small close, the croft. In some villages there was also the demesne bouse (aula) of the lord, and the dwellings... | |
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Q-erman tribe. The house of each villan, cottar, or farmer, was situated in a toft with one or more crofts adjoining, the houses being in this way separated from each other. Many of our villages still show the old form, each cottage standing apart in... 