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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 … it in 1936 to George Kolkhorst, Reader in Spanish at Oxford University. On his death in 1959 it was bought by the … 1845 for a rent of £250. 13 M. Gelling, Early Charters of Thames Valley, p. 138; Eynsham Cart. i. p. 22. V.C.H. Oxon. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 40 In 1828 John Fordred, a Wesleyan minister from Oxford, applied for a licence for John Preedy's cottage in … mention has been found. 43 In the 1830s Henry Bulteel of Oxford preached at Baptist meetings in Yarnton. Although only … 44 From the mid 19th century nonconformist preachers from Oxford were attracting a sufficient following to affect …
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, … their wide estates were divided among four daughters, co-heiresses, of whom the eldest, who possessed the manor of …
The Rulers of London 1660-1689
… Yates - Young Y YATES, William Co Co Cheap, 1688-91 Tory, 1690 (1) Cf William Yate, widower, of … (2) (1) Bodl Lib, Rawlinson MS D 734, f 33 (2) CRO, Asses on Marriages, etc, 1695, 63/13 YERBURY, Richard Co Co Bread …
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 one cast by Robert Wells, and a fifth, by John Taylor & Co. of Loughborough (Leics), was added in 1931. 76 All five …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… three large mills. The village, which is extensive, stands on an eminence on the north side of Airedale, commanding a fine view of the … in the union of Witney, hundred of Bampton, county of Oxford, 3 miles (S.) from Witney; containing 16 inhabitants. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 26 In 1625 the rectory house stood south of the church on the site of the surviving Rectory Cottage, surrounded by a … Gregory Gunnis (resigned 1579) was later arrested at Henley and imprisoned as a suspected Roman Catholic priest. … 7; Miscellanea II (Cath. Rec. Soc. ii), 240; T. Hadland, Thames Valley Papists (priv. print 1992), 42. For his earlier …
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 … was regarded as part of Hardwick. 24 In 1305 a yardland on the Hastings manor was said to contain only 24 a., 25 but … of Wadham's nominal lessees, such as Mary Mountford of Oxford in the later 17th century and the Groves of Woodstock …
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 … Rickless Hill (87 m.) and near Home wood ( c. 90 m.), and Oxford clay the hill slopes. 80 The problem of flooding, not … of an ancient route running south-eastwards to the river Thames, and a section south-east of Yelford was still called …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of the contributory borough of Aberystwith. It is bounded on the north-west by the river Rheidiol. Yn-Dre-Ucha … Aberystwith; containing 393 inhabitants. It is bounded on the south by the river Rheidiol, and contains a portion of … and the Rev. D. Williams, late fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, an eminent divine and critic, who distinguished …