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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 … were consulted without success. 45 The tithe awards for Begbroke (1844) and Yarnton (1845) settled the … minor local gentry into his retinue and household, 42 and establishing a pre-eminence in the neighbourhood that his …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Local government Local government Yarnton, as part of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from … by Richard, earl of Cornwall. Earl Edmund held courts for his villeins at Yarnton, but free tenants owed suit at … and 1835 both overseers were women. 24 The parish paid for dinners after the Michaelmas and Easter vestry meetings. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Yarrow - Zetland Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; containing, with the … the English by Sir James Douglas, upon whom, as a reward for his fidelity, that monarch conferred the lands, which at … whole of the remainder moorland, affording rough pasturage for sheep and a few cattle. The surface is hilly and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Yettington Yeading YEADING, a hamlet, in the parish of Hayes, union of Uxbridge, hundred of Elthorne, county of … Incorporated Society, a like sum from the Commissioners for Building Churches, and 400 from the Ripon Diocesan … of the Rector of Guiseley. The tithes have been commuted for 111. There are places of worship for Wesleyans and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford's medieval open fields probably covered much of the area of the Hastings family's inclosed estate depicted … until inclosure in 1853. 19 In 1086 Yelford manor had land for 3 ploughs, 20 and there may have been other, unrecorded, … in Yelford. The 11 yardlands on which the parish was rated for poor-relief in 1708 presumably excluded much of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford Introduction YELFORD YELFORD, one of Oxfordshire's smallest rural parishes until it was … Witney and 3 miles east of Bampton, 59 The village, noted for its seclusion, 60 is accessible by a single narrow lane. … being lost to Hardwick (then in Ducklington parish) for reasons discussed below. This article treats the history of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1086 Walter son of Ponz held of the king 3 hides in YELFORD, together with … as the honor of Hastings, was held by the Hastings family for 5 knights' fees, of which the Oxfordshire portion … may have been dead by 1306 when Reynold (probably an error for Roland) of Hastings was listed as the principal taxpayer …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 miles (S. W.) … Culm is found in some parts of it, but it is worked only for home consumption and the supply of the immediate … of the Baron de Rutzen: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 70, and the glebe comprises 50 acres. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… but without inscription. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. The moated site of an old baronial castle is … must unquestionably be attributed to the Romans, who had a colony here, and who made this the metropolis of their empire … Whitby and Pickering railway connects these towns, thus establishing a communication for the transport of the produce …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… York Castle THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY OF YORK AN INVENTORY Note. The walled city is … but the city normally leased the ditch and ramparts for grazing and the gates and larger towers as houses. In … sector during the siege by three Parliamentary armies for 11 weeks in 1644, but Bootham Bar, Walmgate Bar, and St. …