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Yaddlethorpe
YADDLETHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of Bottesford, union of Glandford-Brigg, E. division of
the wapentake of Manley, parts of Lindsey, county of
Lincoln, 8 miles (W.) from Glandford-Brigg; containing 133 inhabitants. It is situated on an acclivity above
Bottesford beck, and comprises 733a. 3r. 6p. The common lands were inclosed in the year 1794.
Yafforth
YAFFORTH, a chapelry, in the parish of DanbyWisk, union of Northallerton, wapentake of Gilling-East, N. riding of York, 1½ mile (W. by N.) from
Northallerton; containing 178 inhabitants. It is situated in the vale of the Wisk, and comprises by computation 1120 acres of land, divided among several proprietors, some of whom have neat houses here: the
common was inclosed about 1832. The chapel is a small
structure. The tithes have been commuted for £54.
Yalding (St. Peter and St. Paul)
YALDING (St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish,
and formerly a market-town, in the union of Maidstone,
hundred of Twyford, lathe of Aylesford, W. division
of Kent, 6 miles (S. W.) from Maidstone; containing
2467 inhabitants. The parish comprises 5804 acres, of
which 25 are in wood. It is intersected by different
branches of the Medway, and upon two of the larger
streams stands the village, approached by a long narrow
stone bridge: another bridge in the parish is called
Twyford bridge. The river is navigable for barges, by
which a considerable traffic in timber, corn, and coal, is
carried on. A fair for cattle is held on October 15th.
The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at
£20. 18. 9.; net income, £1184; patrons and impropriators, Messrs. Warde and Holmes. The church is
principally in the decorated English style. William
Cleave, Esq., in 1665 founded a free school, and endowed it with a farm now let for £50 a year; and a
charity school, founded in 1711, for girls and young
children, has been endowed by Mrs. Alchorn and Mrs.
Warde, sisters.
Yanwath, with Eamont-Bridge
YANWATH, with Eamont-Bridge, a township, in
the parish of Barton, West ward and union, county
of Westmorland, 2 miles (S. by W.) from Penrith;
containing 316 inhabitants. In this township is situated the workhouse of the West ward union. The ancient
Hall, a quadrangular castellated building, is now occupied as a farmhouse: about a mile from it are vestiges
of a circular camp called Castle Steads.
Yanworth
YANWORTH, a chapelry, in the parish of Hazleton, union of Northleach, hundred of Bradley, E.
division of the county of Gloucester, 3½ miles (W.
by S.) from Northleach; containing 93 inhabitants, and
comprising 1087 acres. The tithes have been commuted
for £254, and there is a glebe of 10 acres. The chapel,
dedicated to St. Michael, is a chapel of ease. The inhabitants anciently buried their dead at Hazleton; but
since the latter part of the last century this has been
their usual place of sepulture.
Yapham
YAPHAM, a chapelry, in the parish and union of
Pocklington, Wilton-Beacon division of the wapentake
of Harthill, E. riding of York, 2½ miles (N. N. W.)
from Pocklington; containing 212 inhabitants, and comprising about 1020 acres. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the gift of the Dean of York. The chapel,
an ancient structure, contains some interesting details,
and a Norman font, but the building has been much
mutilated by repairs. Twelve children are educated for
an annuity of £12, paid out of the chapel lands.
Yapton
YAPTON, a parish, in the union of West Hampnett, hundred of Avisford, rape of Arundel, W.
division of Sussex, 4 miles (S. W.) from Arundel; containing 541 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the
road from Arundel to Bognor, and intersected by the
Arundel and Portsmouth canal. It comprises about
1500 acres, of which 100 are meadow and pasture, 45
woodland, and the remainder arable; the soil is a loam,
producing excellent crops of grain. Here is a station of
the Brighton and Portsmouth railway, ten miles from
the Worthing station, and eight from that of Chichester.
The living is a discharged vicarage, united to that of
Walberton, and valued in the king's books at £7. 10. 11½.;
impropriators, Inigo Thomas, Esq., and others. The
great tithes have been commuted for £617, and the
vicarial for £188. 6.; the glebe comprises 12 acres.
The church is principally in the early English style, with
a tower at the west end, and contains an ancient font
of curious design, and several neat monuments. There
was formerly a chapel at Bilsom, now converted into
cottages. Stephen Roe, in 1766, bequeathed £1200
three per cent. South Sea annuities, producing £36 a
year, of which £20 are applied in teaching twenty children in a national school, and the residue to other charitable purposes.
Yarborough, or Yarburgh (St. John the Baptist)
YARBOROUGH, or Yarburgh (St. John the
Baptist), a parish, in the union of Louth, Marsh
division of the hundred of Louth-Eske, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 5 miles (N. E. by N.) from
Louth; containing 210 inhabitants. The parish consists of 1279 acres, and is crossed on the east by the
Louth navigation; the surface is flat, and the soil of a
clayey quality. The living is a discharged rectory,
valued in the king's books at £9. 13. 6.; net income,
£226; patron, Nicholas Edmund Yarburgh, Esq., of
Heslington Hall, near York, who is lord of the manor,
and owner of half the parish. The glebe contains 235
acres, the tithes having been commuted for land and a
money payment in 1807. The church is an ancient
edifice, with a tower. There is a place of worship for
Wesleyans.
Yarborough, in Croxton.—See Croxton.
YARBOROUGH, in Croxton.—See Croxton.
Yarcombe (St. John the Baptist)
YARCOMBE (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in
the union of Chard, hundred of Axminster, Honiton
and S. divisions of Devon. 5½ miles (W.) from Chard:
containing 826 inhabitants. The parish is situated on
the river Yarte, from which its name, in ancient documents written Yartecomb, is clearly derived. It comprises about 5000 acres, and is the property of Sir H.
F. T. S. Drake, to whose ancestor, Sir Francis, one
moiety of the manor was granted by Queen Elizabeth.
There are some quarries of blue lias, which are easily
wrought. The village lies in the well-wooded vale of
the Axe, and the surrounding scenery is beautifully picturesque. The road from London to Exeter passes
through the parish, and considerable facilities of conveyance are afforded by a canal from Taunton to Chard.
A pleasure-fair is held on the second Tuesday after
Trinity-Sunday. The living is a discharged vicarage,
valued in the king's books at £28, and in the patronage
of the Crown; net income, £607; impropriator, Sir H.
Drake. The glebe comprises 36 acres, with a house.
The church is a handsome cruciform structure in the
decorated English style, with a square embattled tower
surmounted by a low spire. Here is a place of worship
for Baptists.
Yardley (St. Lawrence)
YARDLEY (St. Lawrence), a parish, in the union
of Buntingford, hundred of Odsey, county of Hertford, 4½ miles (W. S. W.) from Buntingford; containing 633 inhabitants. It comprises 2405a. 1r. 12p., of
which 1650 acres are arable, 472 meadow and pasture,
190 woodland, and 92 common and waste. The living
is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at
£12, and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of
St. Paul's, London; impropriator, J. Murray, Esq. The
vicarial tithes have been commuted for £180, and the
impropriate for £350; there are 21½ acres of impropriate
glebe. The church is a handsome structure in the later
English style, with a square embattled tower surmounted
by a spire; the windows are embellished with stained
glass, and the walls painted in fresco, which was long
concealed until some late repairs. Chauncy, the historian
of Hertfordshire, lies interred here.
Yardley (St. Edburgh)
YARDLEY (St. Edburgh), a parish, in the union
of Solihull, Upper division of the hundred of Halfshire, Northfield and E. divisions of the county of
Worcester, 4½ miles (E.) from Birmingham; containing 2825 inhabitants. The parish lies on the road from
Birmingham to Coventry, and is separated from the
county of Warwick by a small rivulet. It comprises
6513a. 28p., of which 1809 acres are arable, 3889 pasture and meadow, 8 woodland, and the remainder waste,
roads, &c.: the surface is generally level; the soil is a
stiff loam, fertile and well cultivated, with extensive beds
of clay beneath. Great quantities of excellent red tiles
are made, and conveyed to Birmingham, whence they
are sent to various parts of the kingdom. The parish is
crossed in the northern part by the Birmingham and
London and the Birmingham and Derby railways, and
near the centre by the Birmingham and Warwick canal.
The village stands in the northern part of the parish.
The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's
books at £9. 19. 4½.; net income, £463; patron, J.
M. Severn, Esq. The church, a substantial and venerable structure, situated in the centre of the village,
exhibits various specimens of the early and later English
styles; a gallery, containing 100 free sittings, was
erected in 1823. At Yardley-Wood and Hall-Green are
other incumbencies. The inhabitants have, from a very
early period, enjoyed the benefit of certaiu lands and
rent-charges granted to trustees for their use by different
benefactors; the revenue amounts to £833. 19., and is
appropriated to the maintenance of two schools, in
paying house-rent for poor parishioners, in the repair of
the church and bridges, a distribution of bread and
money twice a year, and in apprenticing children. Job
Marston, in 1703, bequeathed property now producing
£111 per annum, which is appropriated in the distribution of clothing, bread, &c., and in apprenticing one or
two children annually. Henry Greswolde Lewis, in
1829, gave £1500, directing the dividends to be expended
in clothing, bread, and meat.
Yardley-Gobion
YARDLEY-GOBION, a hamlet, in the parish and
union of Potters-Pury, hundred of Cleley, S. division
of the county of Northampton, 3½ miles (N. N. W.)
from Stony-Stratford; containing 689 inhabitants. The
hamlet comprises 1387 acres: the road from Northampton to Stony-Stratford passes through it, and the Grand
Junction canal runs upon its borders. Lace-making
employs some of the inhabitants. There is a place of
worship for Independents; and the workhouse of the
Potters-Pury union is situated here.
Yardley-Hastings (St. Andrew)
YARDLEY-HASTINGS (St. Andrew), a parish,
in the union of Hardingstone, hundred of Wymmersley, S. division of the county of Northampton, 8½
miles (E. S. E.) from Northampton; containing 1134
inhabitants. This parish, which is bounded on the
south-east by a portion of the county of Buckingham,
and intersected by the road from Northampton to Bedford, comprises 4037 acres, in equal portions of arable
and pasture, and well wooded. The population is agricultural; the females are employed in pillow-lace making.
The village was nearly all burnt down in 1813. Yardley
Chase is 10 miles in circumference. A fair is held on
Whit-Monday. The living is a rectory, to which a portion of the rectory of Denton is annexed, valued in the
king's books at £13. 16. 0½.; net income, £355; patron,
the Marquess of Northampton. The tithes were commuted for land in 1776. The church is Norman, having
been built eight centuries ago; it has a square tower.
There is a place of worship for Independents, with a
school attached. North of the church are the ruins of
an ancient mansion, once the seat of the family of Hastings, earls of Pembroke. The Rev. Edward Lye, author
of the Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, who died in 1769, was
rector of the parish.
Yarkhill (St. John the Baptist)
YARKHILL (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in
the union of Ledbury, hundred of Radlow, county of
Hereford, 7¼ miles (E. by N.) from Hereford; containing 452 inhabitants. It is situated on the right
bank of the river Froome, and consists of 1644 acres.
The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's
books at £3. 19. 3.; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of
Hereford; impropriator, the Master of Ledbury Hospital. The great tithes have been commuted for £125,
and the vicarial (including hops) for £218; the vicar has
a glebe of 7 acres.
Yarleside
YARLESIDE, a division, in the parish of Daltonin-Furness, union of Ulverston, hundred of Lonsdale north of the Sands, N. division of Lancashire,
2 miles (S.) from Dalton; containing 561 inhabitants,
and comprising several small villages and hamlets.
Yarlett
YARLETT, a liberty, in the parish of St. Mary,
Stafford, locally in that of Weston-upon-Trent, S.
division of the hundred of Pirehill, union, and N. division of the county, of Stafford, 4 miles (N.) from
Stafford, on the road to Stone; containing 24 inhabitants. The liberty comprises about 400 acres of land,
the property of the Tunnicliff family, who reside at the
Hall, a neat mansion situated on a gentle declivity.
Yarley
YARLEY, a tything, in the parish of Wookey,
union of Wells, hundred of Wells-Forum, E. division
of Somerset; containing 384 inhabitants.
Yarlington (St. Mary)
YARLINGTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union
of Wincanton, hundred of Bruton, E. division of
Somerset, 3 miles (S. by E.) from Castle-Cary; containing 297 inhabitants. The parish comprises about
1240 acres. There are some quarries of stone, for inferior
buildings, and for repairing roads; and many of the
poorer inhabitants are employed in making gloves. A
fair is held on the 26th of August, for horses, cattle, and
sheep. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's
books at £16. 1. 3., and in the gift of the Rev. Robert
G. Rogers: the tithes have been commuted for £244,
and the glebe comprises 38 acres. The church has an
embattled tower on the south side. On the south-west
declivity of Godshill, in the parish, is a double-intrenched
camp, from which is an extensive prospect; and near
the church are the remains of an ancient mansion that
belonged to the Berkeley family.
Yarm (St. Mary Magdalene)
YARM (St. Mary Magdalene), a market-town and
parish, in the union of Stockton-on-Tees, W. division
of the liberty of Langbaurgh, N. riding of York, 44
miles (N. N. W.) from York, and 238 (N. by W.)
from London; containing 1511 inhabitants. This
place, in old documents called Yarome, Yarum, and
Yareham, formed part of the crown demesnes, and at
the Conquest was conferred by William, together with
numerous other places, on Robert de Brus, ancestor of
the Scottish kings of that name, and who had no
less than 43 lordships in the East and West ridings,
and 51 in the North riding of the county. The
church of Yareham was granted by Robert de Brus
to the monastery of Guisborough, but the lordship
continued in possession of his descendants till the reign
of Henry III., when, Peter de Brus dying without issue,
his lands were divided among his four sisters, and the
lordship was conveyed, by marriage with the second, to
Marmaduke de Thweng. From the Thwengs it passed
to the Hiltons, of Cleveland; and from them to the
Meynells, of Whorlton Castle.
The town is situated on a peninsula formed by the
river Tees, and, being surrounded on all sides by more
elevated lands, has frequently suffered from inundations.
On the 17th of February, 1758, after a sudden thaw,
the waters from the western hills rushed down with
resistless violence, destroying cattle and other property
in the immediate vicinity, and rising in the streets of
the town to the height of seven feet; and in November,
1771, in an inundation of the Tees, caused by an irruption of the Solway moss, the waters rose in many parts
of the town to the height of twenty feet, attended with
loss of life and the destruction of much valuable property. The town has since experienced other floods,
but they have been less formidable in their consequences,
and of late years have been very rare, on account of the
great improvements in the river below Stockton, the
course to the sea having been made straighter, and the
distance considerably lessened. A bridge of five pointed
arches was erected over the river by Bishop Skirlaw, in
1400, of which, in order to give a freer passage to the
stream, the northern arch was many years since rebuilt
in a circular form, and of wider span. In 1802, an act
was obtained for shortening the distance and improving
the road to Thirsk, under the provisions of which it was
resolved to remove the ancient bridge, and erect an iron
one in its place. Accordingly, an elegant cast-iron bridge
of one arch, 180 feet in span, cast at the foundry of
Messrs. Walker and Co., of Rotherham, was erected in
1805, at an expense of nearly £14,000; but, from some
defect in the foundation of the abutments, the arch fell
down on January 12th, 1806, during the night previous
to the day on which it was intended to be opened to the
public; and it has not been restored. Fortunately, the
ancient bridge had not been taken down, and it has
since been greatly improved.
The decline of the town from its former prosperity
may be partly attributed to the vicinity of the rising
borough of Stockton. It consists chiefly of one spacious
street, in the centre of which is the town-hall, a neat
square building erected in 1705, upon arches affording
an entrance on each side into the area, appropriated to
the butter market. The trade principally arises from
the exportation of agricultural and mineral produce, and
the manufacture of tobacco-pipes, bricks, and tiles,
especially draining-tiles. The inhabitants also participate largely with those of Stockton in the salmonfishery of the Tees, the tide flowing up more than six
miles above the bridge; and in addition to the advantages derived from the navigation of the river, which
admits vessels of 60 tons' burthen to the wharfs, the
town has a branch of the Stockton and Darlington railway, affording great facility for the conveyance of coal
and other supplies. The market is on Thursday, and
fairs are held annually on the Thursday before the 6th
of April, on Ascension-day, August 2nd, and on the
18th, 19th, and 20th of October, for horses, cattle, sheep,
and cheese, of which last immense quantities are sold
on the 20th. The market-place is in the area around
the town-hall, on one side of which are commodious
shambles for the sale of butchers' meat. A court for
the recovery of small debts is held twice a year, under
the lord of the manor, Thomas Meynell, Esq., of Kilvington Hall; and petty-sessions are held every alternate
Thursday, by the county magistrates.
The parish comprises 1135a. 1r. 35p., of which 510
acres are arable, 536 meadow and pasture, 50 woodland
and plantations, and the remainder gardens, sites for
building, roads, water, and waste. The surface is varied,
and in many parts of pleasing character. The soil is
generally a strong loam, well adapted for wheat and
beans, and the meadows and pastures are luxuriantly
rich; clay of good quality for bricks is abundant. The
Friarage, a handsome mansion belonging to Mr. Meynell, occupies the site of a convent for Black friars,
founded by Peter de Brus, who died in 1240. It is
beautifully situated on the bank of the Tees, along
which the grounds extend for nearly a mile, tastefully
laid out, and embellished with a stately avenue of elms
leading to the mansion, in which is a Roman Catholic
chapel.
The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £210;
patron and appropriator, the Archbishop of York, whose
tithes have been commuted for £265. 10.: the glebe
comprises about two acres, with a house and cottage.
The church, situated by the river and on the west side
of the town, was built, with the exception of the tower,
which is ancient, on the site of a church destroyed by
fire in 1730. It is a neat edifice, but ill according in its
style with the tower, which is a beautiful specimen of
Norman architecture. The interior consists of a nave,
aisles, and chancel; the east window is embellished with
a full length figure of Moses delivering the Law from
Mount Sinai, finely executed in stained glass, and presented to the church by the late William Chaloner, Esq.
There are places of worship for the Society of Friends,
Independents, Warrenites, Primitive Methodists, and
Wesleyans. The free grammar school was founded by
letters-patent of Elizabeth, in the 30th year of her
reign, and endowed with some land and a small rentcharge by Thomas Conyers, Esq., of Eaglescliffe, in the
county of Durham; the endowment was subsequently
augmented by Mr. Chaloner, with £400 three per cent,
consols., and now produces an income of £21 per annum. Mr. Chaloner also bequeathed £100 four per
cent, stock, the dividends to be paid to the minister of
Yarm for four Sunday-evening lectures to be delivered
annually. The school, which is situated in the churchyard, was formerly under the direction of twelve governors, by whom the master was chosen; but that body
became extinct from the neglect of the survivors in not
appointing their successors, and the scholars are at present nominated by the minister and churchwardens.
An hospital dedicated to St. Nicholas was founded in
1185, by the family of Brus, and flourished till the Dissolution, when its revenue was £5. There are no remains of it, but the site is obscurely pointed out by the
name of the southern approach to the town, which is
still called "The Spittal."
Yarmouth (St. James)
YARMOUTH (St. James),
a market-town and parish,
and formerly a representative
borough, in the liberty of
West Medina, Isle of Wight
division of the county of
Southampton, 10 miles (W.)
from Newport, and 94 (S. W.)
from London, by Portsmouth,
and 105 by Southampton;
containing 567 inhabitants.
This place, which derives its
name from its situation on
the river Yar, was formerly of much greater extent and
importance than it is at present. It suffered severely
from attacks of the French, by whom, in the reign of
Richard II., it was pillaged and entirely burned, and by
whom on two subsequent occasions it was nearly destroyed. The town field, laid out regularly in right
angles, though now destitute of buildings, clearly appears
to have been originally the site of a part of the town.
Yarmouth is situated on a bank sloping to the sea, on
the eastern point of land at the mouth of the Yar, and
consists of several neat streets, for the most part running east and west: the houses, which are of freestone,
are in general well built and of neat appearance, and
public baths have been established. At its western extremity are a castle and small fort, erected by Henry
VIII., the latter occupying the site of a church or ancient religious house, and consisting of a platform with
eight guns, and houses for the garrison. A large house
near the former, which has been converted into an inn,
was erected by Sir Robert Holmes, for the reception of
Charles II., a portrait of whom, during his stay here,
was painted by Sir P. Lely, and is in the possession of
the Holmes family.
Corporation Seal.
The trade is now very limited: a considerable quantity of fine white sand, used in the manufacture of flintglass and the finer sorts of British china, is obtained for
exportation from some pits on the shore of Alum bay,
near the Needles; and the principal imports are, coal
from Sunderland, and timber from the New Forest. A
constant intercourse by boats is kept up with the opposite town of Lymington, in Hampshire, and before
the general use of steam-boats, this was considered the
safest and most expeditious passage to the island: a
steamer plies daily between Yarmouth and Lymington.
The market is on Wednesday, and a fair is held on
July 25th: the market-house is a neat building, with a
hall over it, in which the several courts are held, and
the public business of the corporation is transacted.
The original charter of incorporation was granted by
Baldwyn de Redvers, Earl of Devon, and confirmed by
Edward I. and various successive monarchs. That
under which the corporation now acts was bestowed in
the 7th of James I., and ordains the appointment of a
mayor and twelve capital burgesses, with power to
choose a steward, a town-clerk, and a sergeant-at-mace,
and to create freemen: this last privilege is not exercised. Borough courts are held by the mayor and steward, and the corporation is entitled to all the fines, forfeitures, and profits of the courts, with many other privileges. The town first sent members to parliament in
the 23rd of Edward I., but made no other return until
the 27th of Elizabeth, from which period it exercised
the right without intermission until the 2nd of William
IV., when it was disfranchised. The living is a discharged rectory, in the patronage of the Crown; net
income, £100. The church, situated in the centre of the
town, is a neat structure consisting of a nave and chancel, on the south side of which is a sepulchral chapel,
containing a handsome statue of the full size, in Parian
marble, of Sir Robert Holmes, formerly governor of the
Isle of Wight. The edifice underwent a complete repair
in 1831, when the tower was raised a considerable height,
at the expense of T. Alexander, Esq., and a gallery was
erected by the corporation. Here are places of worship
for Baptists and Wesleyans. The sum of £30 per annum
was bequeathed by Thomas, Lord Holmes, of which £10
are distributed to the poor, £10 paid towards apprenticing a boy, and the remaining £10 given to the minister. There are some vestiges of a Roman station, on
the site of which a house has been built, occupied as a
private residence.
Yarmouth, Great (St. Nicholas)
YARMOUTH, GREAT
(St. Nicholas) a sea-port,
borough, market-town, and
parish, and a union of itself,
having separate jurisdiction,
locally in the E. division of
the hundred of Flegg, E.
vision of Norfolk, 19 miles
(E. by S.) from Norwich, and
123 (K. E.) from London;
the parish containing 24,086
inhabitants. This place,
which, from its extensive and
prosperous trade and many other advantages and privileges, may be considered the most flourishing town on
this part of the coast, derives its name from its situation
at the mouth of the river Yare, which here falls into the
ocean. It occupies ground originally covered by the
sea, which, on its receding, left a bank of sand whereon
a few fishermen settled, the first of whom, denominated
Fuller, imparted his name to the higher portion, still
called Fuller's Hill. As the bank increased in extent
and density, the population augmented; but the channel
of the northern branch of the Yare, on which the first
settlers fixed their habitations, becoming choked up with
sand, they removed in 1040 to the southern branch.
Arms.
The earliest authentic record of the place is in Domesday book, in which it is described as "the king's demesne, and having seventy burgesses." Its fishery at
an early period attracting many residents, a charter was
granted by Henry III., at the request of the inhabitants,
allowing them to inclose the burgh, on the land side,
with a wall and moat; the wall was 2240 yards in length,
and had sixteen towers and ten gates. A castle having
four watch towers, and upon which a fire beacon was
placed in 1588, was also built about this time, in the
centre of the town. In the last-named year, a mound
called South Mount, was thrown up and crowned with
heavy ordnance; and the place was then considered impregnable. The castle having been demolished in 1621,
and the changes introduced into the system of warfare
rendering further defences necessary, strong parapets
were constructed in front of the town, and cannon
planted on them, facing the sea: the circuit of the fortifications thus completed was nearly two miles and a
half. The only military operation in which the inhabitants have been ever actually engaged was their gallantly
repulsing Kett, when in his rebellion he attempted, at
the head of 20,000 men, to take the town by assault.
But though the place has been only slightly visited by
the scourge of warfare, it has suffered severely from the
plague, to which, in 1348, upwards of 7000 persons fell
victims; in 1579, upwards of 2000; and more than
2500 in 1664.
The town occupies an extent of 153 acres, on the
western bank of a peninsula formed by the river Yare
and the sea; and is connected with South Town, or
Little Yarmouth, on the opposite bank of the stream,
by a bridge. It is of quadrangular form, about a mile
long, and half a mile broad, and consists of four good
streets parallel with each other, a handsome street leading to the quay, on which is a noble range of buildings,
and a great number of narrow rows intersecting the
principal streets at right angles. Within the last twenty
or thirty years, many handsome houses and several
hotels have been built on the Denes, a fine down south
of Yarmouth. The town is lighted with gas, is well
supplied with fresh water, and the streets are kept remarkably clean. There are several very ancient houses,
one of which, built in 1596, was the residence of a granddaughter of Oliver Cromwell: in the drawing-room,
which is elaborately ornamented with rich carved work,
and has been restored to its pristine state, a meeting of
principal officers of the parliamentarian army is said to
have been held for the purpose of deciding the fate of
Charles I. The theatre, a commodious edifice erected
in 1778, near the market-place, is open during the summer months; and races take place in August, on the
South Denes. The bathing-houses on the beach, near
the jetty, possess every accommodation for visiters; and
adjoining is a public-room, built in 1788, where balls
and concerts are occasionally held. There are very
pleasant walks on the quay and beach; and the extensive sea view, enlivened by the number of vessels in the
roads, is a source of considerable gratification to those
who frequent the town as a watering-place. The barracks on the South Denes, near the beach, form a magnificent quadrangular range of buildings, designed by
Mr. Pilkington, and erected at a cost of £120,000: the
armoury in South Town will contain, exclusively of other
military and naval stores, 10,000 stand of arms. Between the barracks and the entrance to the harbour is a
grand fluted column, 130 feet high, surmounted by a
statue of Britannia, erected to the memory of Admiral
Lord Nelson, and, as a landmark, well supplying to seamen the loss of Gorleston steeple, which was blown down
in the year 1813. On the quay is the custom-house;
within a short distance is a public library with a good
collection, and adjoining the library are subscription
reading-rooms. A handsome suspension chain-bridge,
of eighty-six feet span, was constructed at the northern
part of the quay, over the river Bure, under the provisions of an act passed in 1827. On May 2nd, 1845, a
frightful accident occurred, by the breaking down of
this bridge. A clown had announced that he would
perform a certain feat on the river, and at the moment
when all eyes were strained to witness his approach, the
bridge gave way, and those upon it were plunged into
the water below: 79 lives were lost.
Yarmouth is not a manufacturing town, but a considerable establishment for winding and throwing silk
has been formed in connexion with a larger concern at
Norwich, for which buildings have been erected on the
site formerly occupied by the barracks, on the north of
the town. There are also extensive yards for ship-building, with corresponding rope-walks, and several large
breweries. A great trade is carried on coastwise in
malt, corn, flour, coal, timber, and other articles. A
direct intercourse is maintained with the Baltic, the
Mediterranean, Portugal, and other parts of the continent; and a regular communication by steam-vessels
is kept up with London and the north of England. But
the principal source of trade by which the town is supported is the herring-fishery, which is usually productive to a remarkable extent. The fish, when cured, or
dried, for both which processes there are very extensive
establishments, are not only sent to every district in the
kingdom, but exported in considerable quantities to
other parts of the world, particularly to the West Indies.
Many vessels from other places on the coast fish here,
and some, at a defined distance, from foreign countries.
The mackerel-fishery is also extensive.
The situation of Yarmouth, in a commercial point of
view, affords unusual advantages. The Yare is navigable
here for vessels of 250 tons' burthen; and to Norwich,
a distance of thirty-two miles, for smaller vessels, without the intervention of locks. The Waveney, which
falls into the Yare, is navigable by Beccles to Bungay, a
distance of twenty miles; and the Bure, which also
joins the Yare, by Horstead to Aylsham, thirty miles,
and another branch to North Walsham, twenty-five
miles hence; thus opening an extensive and valuable
channel of inland communication. An act was obtained
in 1842 for the formation of a railway from Yarmouth
to Norwich, along the northern bank of the Yare: the
line was completed in 1844. Many attempts have been
made to form a safe harbour, at the enormous expense
of above £240,000; the present one, which is the seventh
that has been constructed, was projected and executed,
at an expense of about £4200 only, by Jans Johnson, a
native of Holland, and affords secure anchorage at all
times. In 1835, an act was passed for improving the
haven and the several rivers connected with it; also for
repairing or rebuilding the bridge over the haven, and
St. Olave's bridge across the Waveney. At the entrance
of the Yare are two piers; that on the south, 1230 feet
long, forming an agreeable promenade; and that on the
north, 400 feet in length, erected on wooden piles, and
secured by an iron railing. The quay, which in length,
and beauty of construction, ranks the first in England,
is a very great ornament to the town; its centre is
formed into an agreeable walk, planted on each side
with trees. A duty is levied on all coal brought to the
port, and applied, under the direction of twelve commissioners, to keeping the jetties and piers in repair, and
deepening and clearing the river. The number of vessels of above fifty tons, registered at the port, is 315,
and their aggregate burthen 34,676 tons. The navigation of the coast is very dangerous; the Roads, in which
are two floating lighthouses, are frequently resorted to
by the North Sea fleet, and merchant-vessels are constantly repairing to them for shelter. The market is on
Wednesday and Saturday; fairs are held on the Monday
and Tuesday at Shrovetide, and on the Friday and Saturday in Easter-week. The present corn-exchange was
opened in 1842, the fish-market in Oct. 1844.
Prior to the reign of King John, the town was governed by a provost appointed by the crown; but a
charter of incorporation granted by that monarch in
the ninth year of his reign, empowered the burgesses to
choose their own magistrates, called bailiffs, who were
authorized to hold a court of hustings, now called the
Burgh court. The privileges were extended by succeeding sovereigns. Edward II. granted tronage to the
burgesses, and exemption from serving on any assizes,
juries, or inquisitions, out of the borough; and the
charter of Elizabeth conferred power to hold an admiralty court weekly, with liberty to try all maritime
causes, except piracy. The corporation at present consists of a mayor, high steward, recorder, twelve aldermen, and thirty-six councillors, assisted by a townclerk, water-bailiff, gaoler, three sergeants-at-mace, and
other officers, appointed under the act 5th and 6th of
William IV., cap. 76; the borough, formerly consisting
of eight wards, is now divided into six, and the number
of magistrates is twenty-six. Courts of session take
place quarterly before the recorder; a court leet and
court of pie-poudre are also held. The freedom is obtained by birth or servitude. The borough first sent
members to parliament in the reign of Edward I.; the
elective franchise was extended, in 1832, to the £10
householders of an enlarged district, which comprises
2823 acres: the mayor is returning officer. The admiralty jurisdiction was abolished by the Municipal Corporations' act; the last court
of admiralty was held on the
7th of Sept., 1835. The jurisdiction of the corporation,
by charter of the 20th of
Charles II., extends to South
Town, or Little Yarmouth,
in the county of Suffolk, and,
as regards the Yare, Waveney, and Bure, for ten miles
upon each of those rivers.
The inhabitants are not liable to serve on juries for the
county, nor to the payment of county rates, as the corporation supports the gaol, and maintains the prisoners;
and writs, unless accompanied with a non omittas, can
only be executed under the warrant of the mayor, and
by one of his officers. The powers of the county debtcourt of Yarmouth, established in 1847, extend over the
two registration-districts of Yarmouth, and East and
West Flegg, and part of the district of Mutford and
Lothingland. The town-hall, near the centre of the
quay, is an elegant building of the Tuscan order, with a
portico in front, and is also the mansion-house: the
council-chamber, in which public meetings and assemblies are held, is a splendid room, ornamented with a
fine portrait of George I., in his robes; the card-room
is spacious, and contains paintings, by Butcher, of the
quay, the Roads, and the market-place, and a portrait
of Sir Robert Walpole, who was high steward.
Corporation Seal.
Obverse.
Reverse.
Admiralty Seal, now disused.
The living is a perpetual curacy 3 net income, £430;
patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. In Domesday book mention is made of a church dedicated to St.
Benedict, probably erected by the barons of the cinqueports, and of which the foundations are still visible,
about a mile from the entrauce of the town. The present
edifice, situated in the north-east part of the town, was
founded by Herbert de Lozinga, Bishop of Norwich,
about 1101, and appropriated to the prior and monks
of the Holy Trinity at Norwich, who had a cell here: he
built only the cross, which constitutes the present nave
and transepts; the aisles were added in 1250, and in
the following year the church was dedicated to St. Nicholas. It is a handsome cruciform structure in the
early, decorated, and later English styles, with a central
tower and spire, four turrets at the west end surmounted
by pinnacles, and an elegant south porch. Seventeen
oratories, each with an image, altar, lights, &c., and supported by a guild, were instituted in it. The organ,
built in 1733, is a splendid instrument. On the tower
was a wooden spire, which appeared crooked from whatever side viewed; it was replaced by the present one in
1804. St. George's chapel, a handsome edifice built in
1716, is supported by a duty of one shilling per chaldron
on all coal consumed in the parish: patron, the Rev.
Mark Waters; net income, £200. An additional church,
dedicated to St. Peter, and in the later English style,
with a lofty square tower, was erected near the White
Lion Gates, on the north side of the road to the jetty,
in 1833, at an expense of £7596, which was defrayed by
subscription, aided by a grant from the Commissioners
for Building and Enlarging Churches. The living is a
perpetual curacy; net income, £160; patron, the Incumbent of St. Nicholas'. There are places of worship
for Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, Primitive Methodists, Wesleyans, Lady Huntingdon's Connexion, Unitarians, and Roman Catholics.
The free grammar school, in the market-place, commonly called the children's hospital school, was founded
by the corporation, in 1651, and was part of St. Mary's
hospital. It is now a free school for reading, writing,
and arithmetic only; thirty of the boys and twenty of
the girls are maintained and apprenticed. The revenue
of the charity, independently of fines upon the renewal
of leases, is £856. 19., of which £100 per annum, with
a septennial fine of £100, are derived from an estate in
Ireland, now worth £6000 per annum, but of which a
lease for 1000 years at the above rental was granted in
1714. The Rev. Edward Warnes, in 1694, bequeathed
an estate now let for £375 per annum, which is distributed at Easter and Christmas among orphans and
widows, those of clergymen having the preference. The
Fishermen's hospital, of a quadrangular form, comprising twenty houses of two rooms each, for the accommodation of that number of fishermen and their wives, has
an annual income of £160, paid by the treasury, originally as a reduction of the duty then levied upon all
beer carried to sea; also an income of £56. 10. derived
from various private benefactions. Seventy-eight houses
in different parts of the town are occupied rent-free by
paupers; and an annual sum of £62. 10. is distributed
by trustees in money, bread, and coal, among the inmates. Besides the cell belonging to the Holy Trinity
at Norwich, and the hospital of St. Mary, there were a
cell of Augustine friars belonging to the priory of Gorleston, two lazar-houses, and houses of Black, Grey,
and White friars, many fragments of which remain, as
well as of the ancient town walls. Yarmouth gives the
title of Earl to the Marquess of Hertford.
Yarnfield
YARNFIELD, a hamlet, in the parish of MaidenBradley, union of Mere, hundred of Norton-Ferris,
E. division of Somerset, 5½ miles (E. N. E.) from Bruton; containing 91 inhabitants.
Yarnscombe (St. Andrew)
YARNSCOMBE (St. Andrew), a parish, in the
union of Torrington, hundred of Hartland, Great
Torrington and N. divisions of Devon, 6 miles (N. E.
by E.) from Torrington; containing 512 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's
books at £7. 11. 11., and in the gift of the Crown; impropriators, the Rolle family. The great tithes have
been commuted for £150, and the vicarial for £135;
the glebe comprises 24 acres. The church has a very
old monument of granite; the inscription is illegible.
Yarnton, or Yarington
YARNTON, or Yarington, a parish, in the union
of Woodstock, hundred of Wootton, county of Oxford, 4¼ miles (N. W. by N.) from Oxford; containing
302 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage,
valued in the king's books at £8. 5. 5., and in the patronage of Sir George Dashwood, Bart., for three turns,
and of All Souls' College, Oxford, for one; net income,
£217; impropriators, the Rector and Fellows of Exeter
College, Oxford. The church is ancient, with a tower
built in 1612, by Sir Thomas Spencer. He also erected
the aisle in which he is interred, as a sepulchral chapel
for his family, who resided in the old manor-house near
the church, the remains of which are now occupied as a
farmhouse. In a recess in the aisle is an altar-tomb,
with recumbent effigies of Sir William Spencer and his
lady; and the churchyard contains a cross embellished
with figures in full length, now much mutilated.
Yarpole (St. Leonard)
YARPOLE (St. Leonard), a parish, in the union
of Leominster, hundred of Wolphy, county of Hereford, 5 miles (N. N. W.) from Leominster; containing,
with the township of Bircher, 606 inhabitants, of whom
349 are in the township of Yarpole. The parish consists of 2523 acres, of which 399 are common or waste
land. The road from Leominster to Ludlow passes
about a mile eastward of the village. The living is a
vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Croft; impropriators,
the Trustees of Lucton school. The great tithes have
been commuted for £273, and those of the vicar for £27;
there are 23 acres of glebe.
Yarwell (St. Mary Magdalene)
YARWELL (St. Mary Magdalene), a parish, in the
union of Oundle, hundred of Willybrook. N. division
of the county of Northampton, 1¼ mile (S. by W.) from
Wansford; containing 389 inhabitants. The parish is
situated on the left bank of the river Nene, and consists
of 980 acres. The living is annexed to the vicarage of
Nassington. There are about 18 acres of land, producing a rental of £29. 10. per annum, half of which is
distributed at Christmas among widows and others.
Yate (St. Mary)
YATE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Chipping-Sodbury, Upper division of the hundred of Henbury, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 1 mile
(W.) from Chipping-Sodbury; containing 1057 inhabitants. It comprises 4042 acres, of which 656 are common or waste inclosed under an act passed in 1842:
the substratum abounds in coal, of which some mines
are in operation. The Gloucester and Bristol railway
has a station here, 10½ miles from the Bristol terminus.
The village is a polling-place for the W. division of the
county. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's
books at £30. 18. 11½., and in the gift of W. S. Goodenough, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £685,
and the glebe comprises 154 acres.
Yate, with Pick-up-Bank
YATE, with Pick-up-Bank, a township, in the parochial chapelry of Church, parish of Whalley, union,
and Higher division of the hundred, of Blackburn, N.
division of the county of Lancaster, 4 miles (S. E.) from
Blackburn; containing 1068 inhabitants. This is a
small township, lying east of the high road from Blackburn to Bury, and chiefiy inhabited by weavers. The
house called Hoddlesden Hall, a large plain venerable
building, was probably the residence of the Hoddlestons
of former ages.
Yate, Great
YATE, GREAT, a township, in the parish of Croxden, union of Uttoxeter, S. division of the hundred
of Totmonslow, N. division of the county of Stafford,
5½ miles (N. N. W.) from Uttoxeter.
Yatehouse, with Byley.—See Buley.
YATEHOUSE, with Byley.—See Byley.
Yately (St. Peter)
YATELY (St. Peter), a parish, in the hundred of
Crondall, Odiham and N. divisions of the county of
Southampton, 4½ miles (N. W.) from Farnborough;
containing, with the tythings of Cove and Minley, 1997
inhabitants, of whom 717 are in Yately tything. A
cattle-fair is held on the 8th of November. The London
and Southampton road, and the South-Western railway,
pass through the parish. The living is a perpetual
curacy; net income, £72; patron and appropriator, the
Master of the Hospital of St. Cross. At Cove and Hawley are separate incumbencies. There is a place of
worship for Baptists; also a national school endowed
with £9. 6. a year, being one-third of the income arising
from land bequeathed for charitable purposes by Mary
Barker, in 1706.
Yatesbury (All Saints)
YATESBURY (All Saints), a parish, in the union
and hundred of Calne, Marlborough and Ramsbury,
and N. divisions of Wilts, 4½ miles (E. by N.) from
Calne; containing 251 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, valued in the king's books at £17. 3. 4., and
in the gift of the Kyrle family: the tithes have been
commuted for £500, and the glebe comprises 23 acres.
Yattendon (St. Peter and St. Paul)
YATTENDON (St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish,
in the union of Bradfield, hundred of Faircross,
county of Berks, 6½ miles (N. E.) from Newbury; containing 246 inhabitants. This parish comprises by measurement 1400 acres, of which 1134 are arable, 90 pasture and meadow, and 176 woodland. It had formerly
a weekly market on Tuesday, granted in 1258, with a
fair on the festival of St. Nicholas, to Peter de Etyndon,
and confirmed in 1319 to John de la Beche, with another
fair on the festival of St. Peter and St. Paul. These have
long been disused, but a fair is held on the 10th of July.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at
£14. 6. 8.; patron, the Rev. J. F. Howard: the tithes
have been commuted for £400, and the glebe consists
of 43 acres. Carte, the historian, wrote the greater
part of his History of England at this place, and, dying
in 1754, was buried in the church. A castle said to
have been inhabited by King Alfred, occupied the site
of the present manor-house; and a large field in the
parish, where Alfred gained a decisive victory over the
Danes, is still called England's Field.
Yatton
YATTON, a township, in the parish of Aymestrey,
union of Leominster, hundred of Wigmore, county
of Hereford; containing 214 inhabitants.
Yatton
YATTON, a chapelry, in the parish of Much Marcle, union of Ross, hundred of Greytree, county of
Hereford, 5½ miles (N. E. by N.) from Ross; containing 245 inhabitants, and comprising 1392 acres. It is
intersected by the road between Ross and Ledbury.
The chapel has been enlarged and improved, by subscription, aided by a grant of £100 from the Incorporated Society. The vicarial tithes have been commuted
for an annual rent-charge of £287. 12. 6., and there is a
glebe of 5 acres.
Yatton (St. Mary)
YATTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of
Bedminster, hundred of Winterstoke, E. division of
Somerset, 12 miles (S. W.) from Bristol; containing,
with the hamlets of Claverham, Cleeve, and Hewish,
1978 inhabitants. It comprises 5389a. 2r. 5p. Limestone abounds, and is quarried for building, and for
burning into lime. The Bristol and Exeter railway
passes through the parish. The living is a vicarage, in
the patronage of the Prebendary of Yatton in Wells
Cathedral, valued in the king's books at £30: the
tithes have been commuted for £348 payable to the impropriators, and £445. 10. to the vicar; the impropriate
glebe comprises 138 acres. The church is a stately
cruciform structure in the decorated and later English
styles, with a tower in the centre, formerly surmounted
by a spire. The greater portion of it appears to have
been rebuilt in the 15th century, by the Wyck family,
to one of whom is a monument bearing his effigy, in
the north transept. In a sepulchral chapel of the Newton family, built by Dame Isabel, widow of Sir John
Newton, is a handsome alabaster monument to Sir
Richard Caradoc Newton, lord chief justice of the
common pleas in the reign of Henry VI., and another
to his son Sir John. A district church, dedicated to
the Holy Trinity, was erected at Cleeve, and consecrated
in June, 1840; it is a handsome structure in the Norman style, and contains 300 sittings: the living is in
the gift of the Vicar of Yatton. There are places of
worship for the Society of Friends and Wesleyans. On
Cadbury Hill, in the vicinity, are vestiges of an ancient
fortification. In 1782, thirteen human bodies, some
of them fresh and of unusual size, and a stone coffin,
were found in a limestone-quarry, about two feet below
the surface.
Yatton-Keynall (St. Margaret)
YATTON-KEYNALL (St. Margaret), a parish, in
the union and hundred of Chippenham, Chippenham
and Calne, and N. divisions of Wilts, 4¼ miles (N. W. by
W.) from Chippenham; containing 492 inhabitants. The
parish comprises about 1637 acres. Freestone of good
quality abounds, and is quarried for building and paving. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books
at £8. 7. 1., and in the gift of the Rev. E. W. Daubeny:
the tithes have been commuted for £375, and the glebe
comprises 94 acres. The church is a handsome structure. There is a place of worship for Baptists.
Yaverland
YAVERLAND, a parish, in the liberty of East Medina, Isle of Wight division of the county of Southampton, 8 miles (E. S. E.) from Newport; containing 80
inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 764 acres,
of which 423 are arable, 200 meadow, 5 pasture, 84
down, 42 woodland, 6 in gardens, and 4 waste. An
ancient mansion of the Russells here, subsequently of
the Richards family, and now a farmhouse, is a good
specimen of the Elizabethan style. The scenery is diversified. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's
books at £6. 6. 10½., and in the patronage of Mrs.
Atkyns Wright: the tithes have been commuted for
£240, and the glebe contains 12 acres. The church, a
small edifice near the mansion, is principally in the later
English style of architecture, with a Norman doorway
in good preservation.
Yawthorpe
YAWTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of Corringham, union of Gainsborough, wapentake of Corringham, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln; containing
35 inhabitants.
Yaxham (St. Peter)
YAXHAM (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of
Mitford and Launditch, hundred of Mitford, W.
division of Norfolk, 2½ miles (S. E. by S.) from East
Dereham; containing 450 inhabitants. It comprises
1568a. 12p., of which 1398 acres are arable, 150 meadow and pasture, and 20 woodland. The living is a
rectory, valued in the king's books at £10. 0. 10., and
in the gift of the Johnson family: the tithes have been
commuted for £500, and the glebe comprises 46½ acres.
The church is an ancient structure in the early aud later
English styles, with a circular tower; the font is elaborately sculptured, and in the chancel is a handsome
monument to the Rev. Dr. John Johnson.
Yaxley (St. Peter)
YAXLEY (St. Peter), a parish, and formerly a
market-town, in the union of Peterborough, hundred
of Norman-Cross, county of Huntingdon, 1½ mile
(N. E.) from Stilton; containing 1211 inhabitants. The
parish comprises by measurement 4077 acres, chiefly
arable; the soil is various, in some parts fenny land,
and in others a retentive clay. The village is irregularly, but neatly, built, extending for a considerable
distance along the road from Stilton to Farcet; and is
amply supplied with water. At a short distance to the
east is Whittlesea mere, one of the most extensive sheets
of water in the kingdom, six miles in length, and three
broad, and abounding with fish. The barracks of Norman-Cross, in the parish, were used during the late
war, as a place of confinement for French prisoners,
but are now partly dismantled. The neighbourhood is
extremely productive of sedges and reeds, the preparation of which affords employment to a considerable number of the inhabitants. A fair for cattle is held on HolyThursday. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued
in the king's books at £11, and in the patronage of the
Crown; net income, £177; impropriator, the Earl of
Carysfort. The church, situated on an eminence at the
western extremity of the village, is a handsome structure, principally in the later English style, with some
portions of earlier date; the tower is surmounted by a
finely-proportioned crocketed spire, supported by flying
buttresses, and conspicuous for many miles round.
There is a place of worship for Independents. A workhouse and school were established under the wills of
Frances and Jane Proby, who bequeathed certain property to the parishes of Yaxley, Elton, and Flitton: the
share appropriated to Yaxley amounts to about £70 per
annum, out of which a master, who has the free use of
the school premises, receives the sum of £50 for instructing twenty boys.
Yaxley (St. Mary)
YAXLEY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union and
hundred of Hartismere, W. division of Suffolk, 1½
mile (W.) from Eye; containing 507 inhabitants, and
comprising by measurement 1300 acres. The living is
a vicarage, valued in the king's books at £6. 6. 5½., and
in the patronage of J. T. Mott, Esq.; impropriators,
Sir E. Kerrison, Bart., and others. The great tithes
have been commuted for £278. 17., and those of the vicar
for £135. 8. There are 34 acres of glebe. The church
is a handsome structure, chiefly in the later English style,
with a square embattled tower; the lower nave is separated from the chancel by a richly-carved screen, and
the east window is embellished with stained glass.
Yaxley Hall was the seat of a family who took their name
from the parish.
Yazor (St. John the Baptist)
YAZOR (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the
union of Weobley, hundred of Grimsworth, county
of Hereford, 4½ miles (S.) from Weobley; containing
195 inhabitants. It comprises 2047a. 28p., of which
1000 acres are arable, 500 meadow and pasture, 526
woodland, and the remainder roads and waste. The surface is undulated, and in the hills are quarries of limestone, and of freestone for building. The living is a
discharged vicarage, endowed with a portion of the rectorial tithes, annexed to the rectory of Bishopstone, and
valued in the king's books at £5. 12. 6.; impropriators
of the remainder of the rectorial tithes, Sir R. Price,
Bart., and the Arkwright family.