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A History of the County of Oxford
… averaging c. 15 in the 17th and 18th centuries, were far more important. Robert Minn of Frize farm kept a bull and 46 … but during the 18th century Yarnton became again 'more of a dairy parish'. 89 Yarnton's grassland also …
A History of the County of Oxford
… fairly flat, rising gently to 61 m. at the village and more steeply to over 91 m. in the north-west beyond Spring … was inclosed, 68 suggests that it was by then little more than a footpath. The southern extension along Church … whether, as has been suggested, there were two or more settlements in Yarnton at the time of Domesday Book, 79 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… poor relief for periods longer than 13 weeks a year; many more were given casual relief. In the second decade of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… half hide; it, too, was held by Roger d'Ivri. 64 Nothing more is known of the half hide, which presumably merged with … to Sir Thomas's grandson Sir Thomas c. 1662, but it is more likely that they were removed c. 1756 by Sir James …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… is associated with reminiscences of deeper interest, or more closely identified with the finest strains of Scottish … some oak-trees on the West Faldshope hill, but they are more remarkable for their great age than for the stateliness … distinguished for his military exploits in India, and more particularly at Manilla. Sir Walter Scott resided at …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… houses were copyhold or freehold; the only house of more than average status built on Westmorland land was the … the S. aisle out of repair. As the nave and chancel were 'more than adequate to contain the inhabitants' the aisles …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… shows twelve iron-working sites within the wood and two more to the N. (E. T. Artis, Durobrivae (1828), pl. I). The …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… both farmsteads were replaced in the 20th century. Two or more cottages stood south-east of the site of Yatesbury House … that conveyed in 1467 among trustees and in 1510 by Edward More to Richard Fynemore 23 (d. 1522). Fynemore's estate at … in land which was demesne in 1086, 85 and it included much more demesne than customary land. In 1250 the demesne …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… side of the village. The walls generally are of rubble, more or less coursed, except the E. wall of the chancel, most … later character than the N. arcade, the mouldings being more elaborate; the details are generally similar, but the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bell, a lofty conical mountain rising to the height of more than 2000 feet from the vale. Its summit, which is … Robert Boyle, in 1699, bequeathed an estate now producing more than 70 per annum, for teaching 26 boys; the master has …
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