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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Selkirk; containing, with the village of Ettrick-Bridge and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. This place, which … district formed part of the royal forest of Ettrick, and in the reign of Bruce was recovered from the English by … descriptive. These lands were granted by William the Lion to Hugh de Gifford, son of an English gentleman of that …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the R. Nene. It has always been a chapelry of Nassington, and served by a curate. Yarwell is not named in Domesday Book … late 15th century the manor had passed to Sir Guy Wolston, and from him it passed to the Earls of Westmorland, all of … 1st inscribed 'hi' in black-letter, a tall and narrow bell, medieval; 2nd inscribed 'Cum voco venite Edwarde Lisle …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… several summits. There is a barrow on it in the south and, also in the south, it was marked by many stones and mounds which survived in the later 19th century. 29 For … tenor were replaced by bells cast in 1636, and the middle bell was replaced by one cast by a member of the Cor family …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… of Ross. The disused chapel, dating from the 12th century, and Dean's Place are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical … re-used. Communion Rails: with turned balusters and moulded rails, late 17th-century. Lectern: modern but … 17th century much of the N. wall fell or was re-built; the bell-turret was added or re-built c. 1600 and there appears …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… 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 church is … and a low S. gable surmounted by three carved beasts, a lion, a yale and a dog, all seated. The Roof of the chancel … of Christ on right with cross-staff and cloak, pink with a white collar, on left, female figure with long hair, in black …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… The walls are of local sandstone rubble with ashlar and dressings of the same material. The roofs are tiled. The … The existing S. arcade of the Nave is of the 15th century, and it was probably the intention to remove the W. arch of … In or about 1858 the S. transept was restored or re-built and roofed. The Church, Plan Architectural DescriptionThe …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 3379 inhabitants. This township, which includes Upper and Lower Yeadon, and Henshaw, comprises about 1730 acres, chiefly high … distance from the village. In the township is Yeavering Bell, a lofty conical mountain rising to the height of more …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 13th century Yelford's incumbents were called rectors 1 and the living remained a rectory until 1976, when it was absorbed with Northmoor, Standlake, and Stanton Harcourt in the united benefice of Lower … despite rebuilding Yelford church, had its tomb at Bampton and at least one resident rector was also buried there. 7 In …
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 … upper part of each wall a narrow rectangular light. The bell-chamber has in each wall a window of two trefoiled …
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 … of the churches of Ystrad-Owen and Llanblethian a tenor bell; and that Evan, his brother, gave a house and thirteen … occasionally by the side of the stream, as far as the White Cave, a point which the guide had only succeeded in …