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A History of the County of Oxford
… that he had difficulty teaching them the catechism. 50 A school for 6 or 8 children, in existence by 1780, 51 may have been the precursor of a Sunday school established in 1783. 52 The latter was supported in 1797 by a biannual payment of 18 s. from the overseers and by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 41 The river forms the southern parish boundary, and a tributary stream known as Rowel brook in the north and as … Cassington on the west and from Begbroke on the north. A large detached part of Begbroke parish (118 a.) lay in the east of Yarnton in the area known as the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Whitehill (in Tackley). 16 That Yarnton was referred to as a hundred suggests its importance as an honorial centre, perhaps related to its status as a demesne manor. 17 Yarnton remained quit of shire and … from the parish's farmers. 20 By 1800 and probably earlier a rate was raised instead on the yardland, 21 an anachronism …
A History of the County of Oxford
… In 1634 the Irish wife of Ellis Perrott, member of a prominent Yarnton family, refused to conform, but her … 38 John Goad, vicar 1646-60, was supposed to have become a Roman Catholic in 1660, although not acknowledging his … until 1686. 39 In 1706 one Roman Catholic, possibly a servant of the Spencers, was reported. 40 In 1828 John …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… village stands 7 km. east of Calne. 27 The parish, 1,674 a. (677 ha.), was absorbed by Cherhill parish in 1934. 28 The … straight lines link or approach several summits. There is a barrow on it in the south and, also in the south, it was … roads. Chalk outcrops over the whole parish, which lies on a plateau at the western edge of the Marlborough Downs. A …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… Yaxley 101. YAXLEY (C.b.). (O.S. 6 in. V. S.E.) Yaxley is a parish and large village 4 m. S.S.W. of Peterborough. The … The roofs are covered with lead. There was apparently a cruciform church on the site in the 13th century, and of … nave widened, as is indicated by the partial blocking of a lancet-window in the W. wall of the N. transept. About …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yeading - Yettington Yeading YEADING, a hamlet, in the parish of Hayes, union of Uxbridge, hundred … of Middlesex; containing 222 inhabitants. Yeadon YEADON, a township, in the parish of Guiseley, Upper division of the … on an eminence on the north side of Airedale, commanding a fine view of the vale and of the adjacent scenery, which is …
A History of the County of Oxford
… incumbents were called rectors 1 and the living remained a rectory until 1976, when it was absorbed with Northmoor, … surrendered certain parochial rights in return for a pension 3 but was still claiming Yelford as a dependent chapel in 1318. 4 That residual dependency …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Yerbeston - Y Vaenor Isav Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of … the turnpike-road from Pembroke to Narberth, and comprises a small extent of land, all inclosed and cultivated. Culm is … the supply of the immediate neighbourhood. The living is a discharged rectory, rated in the king's books at 5. 3. 9., …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Yetminster 100 YETMINSTER (D.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XI, S.E. (b)XXI, N.E.) Yetminster is a parish and village 4 m. S.S.W. of Sherborne. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1) Parish Church Of St. Andrew stands at the S. end of the …