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A History of the County of Oxford
… smallest rural parishes until it was included in 1932 in the civil parish of Hardwick-with-Yelford, 58 lies 3 miles … Witney and 3 miles east of Bampton, 59 The village, noted for its seclusion, 60 is accessible by a single narrow lane. … part being lost to Hardwick (then in Ducklington parish) for reasons discussed below. This article treats the history …
A History of the County of Oxford
… AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1086 Walter son of Ponz held of the king 3 hides in YELFORD, together with estates in … as the honor of Hastings, was held by the Hastings family for 5 knights' fees, of which the Oxfordshire portion … the Berrows for costs incurred during his minority, was raising money by mortgaging Yelford. In October of that year …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 1: 10000 a SP 57 NE, b SP 57 SE, c SP 67 NW, d SP 67 sw) The parish, covering just over 900 hectares, occupies a … here in 1976 (NM; Northants. Archaeol., 12 (1977), 223). For Roman Road 1f, Watling Street, see Appendix. Medieval and … been ploughed but it is probably a moated manor house site for the area is known as Hall Close (local inf.). Immediately …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… - Y Vaenor Isav Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South … Culm is found in some parts of it, but it is worked only for home consumption and the supply of the immediate … 117 inhabitants. This township, the name of which means "the isle of nine habitations," is situated on the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… is a parish and village 4 m. S.S.W. of Sherborne. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1) … In S. aislein W. wall, stone base of font with bases for central and four attached shafts, early 13th-century. In … head and a square label raised high above it, probably for an inscription. There is another tran somed window in the …
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 … it is purchased by the clothdressers, for the purpose of raising the nap on cloth, before it undergoes the operation … miles above Beverley (with which town it communicates by means of a short cut), whence the navigation is continued by …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… two animals, especially OXen or BULLOCKs were attached to the hauling chains for drawing a PLOUGH or a vehicle like a CART or WAIN. HORSEs … Inventories (late). Yorkshire A descriptor used for goods from or pertaining to the county of that name, such …
Survey of London
… York House CHAPTER 6: YORK HOUSE The York Water Gate (see pp. 5960) in the Victoria Embankment … the street frontage was built on at quite an early date, for the inquisition post mortem on Bishop William Alnewick in … when the compliance of the Archbishop had been obtained by means of a promise that "lands of greater profit" 93 should …
Survey of London
… York Place CHAPTER 1: YORK PLACE Towards the end of the twelth century Richard of Ely (also known as … and which are of the fief of Westminster" to the Abbey, "for the souls of Henry, Richard and John, Kings of England, … gives particulars of the expenses in connection with the raising of a wall between the archbishop's court and the …
Survey of London
… York Road CHAPTER 7 - YORK ROAD [See plates 25, 26 and 27.] The first Waterloo Bridge Act contained a clause for the continuation of Stamford Street across Waterloo Road to Westminster Bridge Road. The new road, which was for several years called Stamford Street, but which …