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A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government Local government Yarnton, as part of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from suit … the lord's scutage. 15 The 'hundred' of Yarnton, so called in 1279, seems to have been the name given to an annual view … attended by tenants from St. Valery manors in Steeple Barton, Cassington, Hampton Gay, Rousham, and Whitehill (in …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Yarrow - Zetland Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; containing, … modifications of moss, with admixtures occasionally of clay incorporated with particles of rock and of sand …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Yarwell 57 YARWELL (OS 1:10000 a TL 09 NW, b TL 09 NE) The parish, covering some 760 hectares, lies E. of the R. … OD. The greater part lies on limestone and marls, except in the extreme W. where the higher ground is covered by Boulder Clay. The intensive occupation of Yarwell during the Roman …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yeading - Yettington Yeading YEADING, a hamlet, in the parish of Hayes, union of Uxbridge, hundred of Elthorne, … and pasture; the soil varies from a light sand to a strong clay, with portions of rich loam. The living is a vicarage, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford's medieval open fields probably covered much of the area of the Hastings family's inclosed estate depicted in 1625, 18 together with Yelford field to the east which … 130 a. of arable land, described as strong loam on clay above a substratum of gravel; the grass, of good …
A History of the County of Oxford
… smallest rural parishes until it was included in 1932 in the civil parish of Hardwick-with-Yelford, 58 lies 3 miles … Hill (87 m.) and near Home wood ( c. 90 m.), and Oxford clay the hill slopes. 80 The problem of flooding, not …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 1: 10000 a SP 57 NE, b SP 57 SE, c SP 67 NW, d SP 67 sw) The parish, covering just over 900 hectares, occupies a … land between 95 m. and 145 m. above OD and except in the extreme W. of the parish where Lower Lias Clay is exposed most of the area is covered by Boulder Clay. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Yerbeston - Y Vaenor Isav Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South … consists of elevated and sterile hills; the rocks are clay slate; the soil of the arable land is sandy, and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles … various. In some places a yellowish, in others a reddish, clay occurs. A loose freestone rubble, resting either upon a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… York Castle THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY OF YORK AN INVENTORY Note. The … and the Foss), and the Walmgate area (E. of the Foss). In the following Inventory, after a very brief historical … (p.s. see p. 176.) The site is the N.W. tip of a spur of clay between the rivers Ouse on the W. and Foss on the E., a …