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A History of the County of Oxford
… YARNTON lies 4 miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of the river Thames. 41 The river forms the … bed. 42 Field boundaries separate Yarnton from Cassington on the west and from Begbroke on the north. A large detached … 20th century by changes at the locks and at the mill. The main Oxford-Woodstock road, passing ½ mile east of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… massive angle-posts with cross-bracing. The timbers of the main roof are mostly modern, but those of the lantern or … ranges of pierced quatrefoils in old oak; the quatrefoils on the E. side are of later date. The Roof of the nave (Plate … J. Greene, 1605; 3rd by J. Martin, 1652. Brackets: In nave on E. wall, head-corbel of a woman, 14th-century; in splay of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… between 40 ft. and 230 ft. above OD. The greater part lies on limestone and marls, except in the extreme W. where the … in the S.E. of the parish, 150 m. W. of Yarwell Mill, on limestone at 90 ft. above OD. It is not clearly visible on … straight but with minor bends which do not alter its main N.W.-S.E. alignment. It is up to 1 m. high and 5 m.-6 m. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 24 YARWELL (Fig. 218) Yarwell is a parish of 490 hectares on the W. of the R. Nene. It has always been a chapelry of … It consists of a single straight street with regular plots on the S. side, including the manor site and glebe. The … wall (LAO. Faculty 9/93). The faculty states that the main roof was decayed and damaged, and the S. aisle out of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… is marked by few prominent natural features, although on the east its roughly straight lines link or approach several summits. There is a barrow on it in the south and, also in the south, it was marked by … built in the late 17th century or the early 18th; it had a main eastwest range with a south entrance front, and a short …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… have grooved and chamfered imposts with a beast's head on the E. side; two jamb-stones, on the E. side, have spiral ornament, and a stone beyond the … is exposed in both wings, but the S. front of the main block has been re-faced. The basement has two two-light …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… (1). Parish Church of St. Peter (Plate 162) stands on the N.W. side of the village. The walls generally are of … covered with lead. There was apparently a cruciform church on the site in the 13th century, and of this the side walls … cusp-points finished with rosettes; doorway with restored main arch and two traceried bays above, similar to side bays …
A History of the County of Oxford
… still c. 15 yardlands in Yelford. The 11 yardlands on which the parish was rated for poor-relief in 1708 … was regarded as part of Hardwick. 24 In 1305 a yardland on the Hastings manor was said to contain only 24 a., 25 but … never part of Yelford's early fields. 65 Within the main fields there had been much union of strips; pieces of 5 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… held by William of Hastings in the 1240s, 19 passed on his death c. 1278 to a daughter Joan, wife of Benet of … probably his son, held Yelford as an undertenant of the main line represented by William of Hastings (d. c. 1278) and … it to his son Thomas, retaining a life interest. 30 On Miles's death c. 1305 it therefore passed not to his heir, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of Holy Cross stands on the N. side of the road towards the W. end of the village. … grouped shafts with moulded capitals and bases, standing on a tall plinth. The Nave (35 ft. by 18 ft.) has a N. arcade … building. Inside, the building has been altered, but the main beam in the ceiling of the ground-floor rooms, which …