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A History of the County of Oxford
… 58 lies 3 miles (4.75 km.) south of Witney and 3 miles east of Bampton, 59 The village, noted for its … including assertions that there were two Yelfords, West and East, the former belonging in some way to Bampton, the … tenants of Yelford's residual open fields, for taxation and other purposes, had become the responsibility of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1086 Walter son of Ponz held of the … king 3 hides in YELFORD, together with estates in Westwell and Alwoldsbury (in Alvescot or Clanfield) and a piece of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… YELLING (D.f.). (O.S. 6 in. XXVI N.W.) Yelling is a parish and village 5 m. E.N.E. of St. Neots. The Church and Church Farm are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical … towards the W. end of the village. The walls are of pebble and stone rubble with dressings of Barnack and other …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Watling Street. It lies on undulating land between 95 m. and 145 m. above OD and except in the extreme W. of the parish where Lower Lias … may relate to an undocumented settlement of Shenley (3) and the settlement remains (4) N. of Yelvertoft itself, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Vaenor Isav Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 … land, and a portion of common affording pasturage for sheep and young cattle; the surrounding scenery is pleasingly … is 7033 acres, and the population is mainly dependent on farming and sheep-breeding. On the confines of the county of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 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 … The walls are of local rubble with dressings of Ham Hill and other local stone and the roofs are lead-covered. The Chancel was built c. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from Higham-Ferrers; … Riding contains the smallest quantity of grass-land; its sheep pastures on the Wolds, for which it was formerly so … Riding is an eminent grazing district, where cattle and sheep of all kinds are fattened to great perfection, chiefly …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… Ancient and historical monuments in Middlesex Yiewsley 60 YIEWSLEY … unless otherwise described, are of the 17th century and of two storeys; the walls are of brick and the roofs are tiled. ConditionGood or fairly good. (1) …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of shaped wood designed to fit across a person's back and shoulders, with a chain hanging from each end onto which a PAIL could be attached and thus carried with less strain. OED earliest date of use: … to clothiers in towns like Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield and Leeds. There the cloths were fulled, frizzed and perhaps …