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Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… along the N. side of copse banks between about SP 06651384 and 06741387, where the remains of a terrace 10 ft. wide are … platform, approximately 25 ft. by 17 ft., at SP 06051390, and by building stones (including a rectangular block 2 ft. 5 … LXXVIII (1921), 453; CXXII (1965), 178, fig. 2, No. 10, 'East Chedworth'. TBGAS, XLVII (1925), 77, note 14. (2) …
A History of the County of Sussex
… The parish of Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west of Arundel and c. 2 miles (3 km.) from the sea. In 1881 it had 1,740 a. … was transferred to Barnham and a larger area in the north-east, including Wicks Farmhouse, to Ford. 98 The present …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard … England could obtain wool and yarn relatively cheaply, and Route wool [in Ulster] was keenly sought by users of JERSEY' … Inventories (mid-period), Inventories (late). Yeast [east] Yellowish living organisms that will multiply in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… of the same material; the roofs are covered with tiles and stone slates. There appears to have been a church here of … by some capitals at the vicarage, the re-set S. doorway and probably the tower-arch. The Chancel was re-built at some uncertain period and the West Tower late in the 13th century; the top stage is …
A History of the County of Somerset
… shape, measuring 2.5 km. from north to south at its widest and 3 km. from east to west. The only natural boundary is a feeder of the river Cam …
A History of the County of Oxford
… day. Usually the whole amount was given to the poor, and from c. 1815 it was used to support the school and clothe schoolchildren. 72 In 1914, however, the vicar and … schoolhouse and receiving £8 a year from the charity. 75 West's charity was established by will dated c. 1840, giving …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a church in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was … house and stable adjoining. 67 Such a house was built, west of the site of the old one, but apparently not until the … bays, the chancel arch with its triple jamb shafts, the east and north-east windows of the chancel, and, probably, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of lot meadows along the Thames, may indicate … seem to have comprised much of the land south and west of the village. 23 Land inclosed later lay in areas of … the Sands in the northeast, and the Marshes in the south-east. 24 In 1596 Sir William Spencer was one of the local …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Education Hugh Evans, vicar of Yarnton 1579-1618, and John Goad, vicar 1646-60, kept small private schools at … 49 No other school is known before the later 18th century, and the vicar reported in 1768 that the parish children were … 1817 a room in the new parish clerk's house at the north-west end of Church Lane was used as a schoolroom. 57 The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction 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 … large detached part of Begbroke parish (118 a.) lay in the east of Yarnton in the area known as the Marshes, and a small …