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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Yarrow - Zetland Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; containing, … which at the same time he erected into a free royalty. On the attainder of the Douglas family in 1455, the lands … forest; the chief are some oak-trees on the West Faldshope hill, but they are more remarkable for their great age than …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… YATESBURY Yatesbury village stands 7 km. east of Calne. 27 The parish, 1,674 a. (677 ha.), was absorbed by Cherhill … is marked by few prominent natural features, although on the east its roughly straight lines link or approach … corner takes in the lower, western, slopes of Windmill Hill. 30 Flat and well drained, nearly all Yatesbury's land …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… XLVII, N.W.) Yatton is a small parish 4 m. N.E. of Ross. The disused chapel, dating from the 12th century, and Dean's … have grooved and chamfered imposts with a beast's head on the E. side; two jamb-stones, on the E. side, have spiral … (11). Cottage, on the E. side of the road at Perrystone Hill, 1,000 yards S. of the church, has exposed …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yeading - Yettington Yeading YEADING, a hamlet, in the parish of Hayes, union of Uxbridge, hundred of Elthorne, … three large mills. The village, which is extensive, stands on an eminence on the north side of Airedale, commanding a … eight yards in breadth, built on the very edge of the hill, with an entrance on the south; within this is another …
A Dictionary of London
… Yeldehalle - Yvilane Yeldehalle The chamber of Yeldehalle in Candelwikestrete, 1369, in the … of St. Peter's Church (L. and P.H. VIII. XIX. (t), p.86). On the east side of Peter Hill (S. 369). York House Wheatley says Baynard's Castle was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford Church CHURCH. Masonry of the 12th century or earlier re-used in the church porch may … in the open fields of Hardwick. 23 In 1708 part of Combe hill in Lew was said to be tithable to Yelford, but no later … 26 In 1625 the rectory house stood south of the church on the site of the surviving Rectory Cottage, surrounded by a …
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 … field, and probably the ancient parish, was bounded on the north and north-east by Boys wood and Home wood on a … the higher ground in the north of the parish at Rickless Hill (87 m.) and near Home wood ( c. 90 m.), and Oxford clay …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… - Y Vaenor Isav Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South … of the contributory borough of Aberystwith. It is bounded on the north-west by the river Rheidiol. Yn-Dre-Ucha … with the Established Church. Upon the summit of a gravelly hill near the village are some remains of the ancient castle …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… is a parish and village 4 m. S.S.W. of Sherborne. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1) … The walls are of local rubble with dressings of Ham Hill and other local stone and the roofs are lead-covered. … and capitals; the latter have carved paterae or foliage on the N. arcade and small grotesque beasts on the S. …
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 … numerous army, attended by his whole court. The besiegers, on his approach, retired towards the north, and intrenched … solemnized at York, in 1327. After the battle of Halidown Hill, in 1333, Edward retired to York, where he held a …