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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… yerde; yerd; yer; yearde; yeard; y'd; yd; yarde; eard] A term with several meanings, the most important in the … combing and weaving were no cheaper in Ireland than on the mainland, wool and spinning were, so western parts of … some extent prevented and therefore protected from grazing on it. It was deemed to have magical properties, and was also …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Yardley Gobion 69 YARDLEY GOBION (OS 1:10000 a SP 74 NW, b SP 74 NE, c SP 74 SW, d SP 74 SE) The long, … once part of Potterspury, stretches from the R. Tove on the E. boundary to a little beyond Watling Street (A5) … ridge-and-fur-row. It is said to have been the site of the manor house of Yardley Gobion (G. Baker, Hist. of Northants., …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Yardley Hastings 67 YARDLEY HASTINGS (OS 1:10000 a SP 85 SW, b SP 85 SE, c SP 85 NW, d SP 85 NE) The roughly … N. between 110 m. and 66 m. above OD, and is entirely on Boulder Clay except where the down-cutting of a number of … Hastings (23) Dam Fig. 165 Yardley Hastings (24) Site of manor house b(20) Roman Settlement (SP 855529), S.W. of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… and 3 km. from east to west. The only natural boundary is a feeder of the river Cam in the south-east; parts of the … The area measures 487 ha. (1,203 a.). 76 The parish lies on the western side of hills forming the watershed between … east fields in 1719. 84 In 1746 tenants were allowed to stock up to 3 sheep per acre on the common field and two …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Charities Sir Thomas Spencer by will dated 1684 left a rent charge of £7 a year on Windmill field for repairs to the family chapel, with the … charity was established by will dated c. 1840, giving £210 stock to assist the lying-in of poor and deserving …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Church Church The earliest reference to a church in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and … the advowson had been bought by John Durant, lord of the manor, 51 and it descended with the manor thereafter. In 1644 … Spencer, presented. Oxford University presented in 1646 on the grounds that Sir William was a recusant. 52 In 1731 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Thames, may indicate that the parishes once shared a single set of fields. The medieval yardland in Yarnton … to Yarnton and 4 to Begbroke. 32 The meadows were divided on the ground into 'shots', 5 in West mead, 3 in Oxey mead, … 1279. On the demesne in the late 1270s arable farming and stock raising were both important, and, except for small …
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 southern parish boundary, and a tributary stream known as Rowel brook in the north and as … in the early 17th century by the rebuilding of Yarnton Manor and by the laying out of its park. Until the late 18th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Whitehill (in Tackley). 16 That Yarnton was referred to as a hundred suggests its importance as an honorial centre, perhaps related to its status as a demesne manor. 17 Yarnton remained quit of shire and hundred after … 20 By 1800 and probably earlier a rate was raised instead on the yardland, 21 an anachronism that persisted into the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Manor and other estates Manor and other estates In 1005 … half hide, which presumably merged with the larger estate on or before Odo's death in 1097. Yarnton was held thereafter … in return for the payment of tithes, from which Rewley, as a Cistercian house, had been exempt. 69 Rewley abbey was …