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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 part of Begbroke parish (118 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 20 By 1800 and probably earlier a rate was raised instead on the yardland, 21 an anachronism that persisted into the … limit as high as £3 10 s. 25 In 1776 Yarnton spent £32 on poor relief, rising to an average of £76 between 1783 and … always among the highest. 27 Yarnton's proximity to Oxford on the Woodstock road presumably accounts for the very large …
A History of the County of Oxford
… half hide, which presumably merged with the larger estate on or before Odo's death in 1097. Yarnton was held thereafter … John Churchill, duke of Marlborough. 78 Swete devised it on his death in 1744 to his cousin Francis Fulford, whose son … George Kolkhorst, Reader in Spanish at Oxford University. On his death in 1959 it was bought by the Revd. C. K. F. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… which at the same time he erected into a free royalty. On the attainder of the Douglas family in 1455, the lands … been mostly drained, and irrigation has been practised on lands requiring it; the arable farms have been inclosed, … the prevailing breed; also a few of the Leicestershire on some of the farms. The cattle are of the Ayrshire crossed …
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 … by roads. Chalk outcrops over the whole parish, which lies on a plateau at the western edge of the Marlborough Downs. A …
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 … works in the early 14th century. 37 In 1306 Yelford's assessment of 17 s. 3 d. for a thirtieth was payable by c. 10 … and Reynold (? Roland) of Hastings (2 s.). 38 In 1327 an assessment of 48 s. for a twentieth was payable by 16 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… field, and probably the ancient parish, was bounded on the north and north-east by Boys wood and Home wood on a line which in 958 seems to have marked the limits of an important estate centred on Ducklington, and was later a boundary of Standlake. 74 On …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and by then regarded as the whole of Yelford, were reduced on appeal: it was found that Yelford had paid poor-rates to … after a dispute, responsibility seems to have been placed on the Lenthalls. 96 The Yelford for which poor-relief …
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 … it to his son Thomas, retaining a life interest. 30 On Miles's death c. 1305 it therefore passed not to his heir, … in or after 1554 by purchase of the Walwyn manor there. 45 On his death in 1585 he was succeeded by his son Simon. 46 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… numerous army, attended by his whole court. The besiegers, on his approach, retired towards the north, and intrenched … his funeral obsequies were performed with great solemnity on the west side of the city, near Acomb: in the immediate … commissioners. The directors have power to levy an annual assessment, not exceeding an average of three shillings per …