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A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction 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 … when the Oxford canal took much of the stream bed. 42 Field boundaries separate Yarnton from Cassington on the west …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but free tenants owed suit at the honorial court at North Osney. Villeins as well as free tenants were, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… seems to have been incorporated as a service wing at the north-west corner of the new house, which was an imposing … bay and of some of the lower service buildings on the north is usually attributed to Sir Thomas's grandson Sir … Farm, stands at the eastern edge of the old village, north of the Cassington road. The estate was sold by the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… in 1864, when the Chancel seems to have been re-built, the North Aisle was added, and the S. porch largely re-built. The … up to the two-centred head to form the middle light. The North Aisle is modern, but re-set in the W. wall is a window … b(12). Cottage, on the N. side of the road at Enmore Field, 1,130 yards S.W. of the church. The upper storey …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and precipitous ranges, which traverse the parish in a north-eastern direction, and of which the Blackhouse Heights … derives its name from a ford over the Yarrow, on the north bank of which river it is built. Though a small place, … of many of the Scottish chieftains who fell at Flodden Field, within six miles of the church. The parish is about …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… photographs show a rectangular pattern of ditches in the field centred on a Roman building revealed by excavation. … 24) were discovered. No other details are known. From the field immediately to the W. a complete Roman pot and some … of 1777 (map of 1778 in NRO) but nothing is known of the field arrangements before that date. Ridge-and-furrow of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… its site to the W. of the church is indicated by the field names Dovecote Close and Coney Garth. The village was … the S. side of the village street. It comprises a Chancel, North and South Chapels, Nave and West Tower. The walls are … housings presumably for fixing a tympanum infilling. The North and South Chapels were almost entirely rebuilt during …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… where there is a ridge in the south corner, 185 m. at the north corner, and 170 m. where the east corner takes in the … land is suitable for ploughing. Large areas of open field lay apparently north, south, and east of the village. There was common …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… years 12901300 the church was largely reconstructed, the North and South Chapels being added or re-built, the … chancel-roof, before the clearstorey was added. The North Chapel (40 ft. by 15 ft. average) has a plain parapet … that the corbels are finished with tapering shafts. The North Transept (23 ft. by 16 ft.) has in the E. wall a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… village, which is extensive, stands on an eminence on the north side of Airedale, commanding a fine view of the vale … pasture and moorland. The river Glen passes on the north, at a short distance from the village. In the township … the northern boundary of the parish, and also divides the North and East ridings of the county. The living is a …