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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Selkirk; containing, with the village of Ettrick-Bridge and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. This place, which … lands were granted by William the Lion to Hugh de Gifford, son of an English gentleman of that name, who in the reign of … they are of the Cheviot and Leicestershire breeds, with a cross between the two. The cattle are of the shorthorned …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… some 760 hectares, lies E. of the R. Nene, between 40 ft. and 230 ft. above OD. The greater part lies on limestone and marls, except in the extreme W. where the higher ground … the Roman period is particularly noteworthy. Prehistoric and Roman b(1) Double ring ditch (?) (TL 07229721), in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the R. Nene. It has always been a chapelry of Nassington, and served by a curate. Yarwell is not named in Domesday Book … N. room, an axial chamfered beam has stops which define a cross passage opposite the former entrance, but no opening … beams, one probably reused, and the S. room a chamfered cross beam. A mid 19th-century wing contains a parlour with …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… several summits. There is a barrow on it in the south and, also in the south, it was marked by many stones and mounds which survived in the later 19th century. 29 For … (d. 1231) held the manor c. 1217 and it passed to his son Herbert FitzMatthew. 74 In 1239 Herbert was granted free …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… YAXLEY (C.b.). (O.S. 6 in. V. S.E.) Yaxley is a parish and large village 4 m. S.S.W. of Peterborough. The church is … cut back. Brass Indent: In N. chapelof foliated octofoiled cross with half-figure, probably of priest, in head, … churchyardW. of N. aisle, (1) slightly coped with scrolled cross, stepped calvary and omega-ornament in middle; (2 and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… The walls are of local sandstone rubble with ashlar and dressings of the same material. The roofs are tiled. The … The existing S. arcade of the Nave is of the 15th century, and it was probably the intention to remove the W. arch of … Floor-slab: In transepton E. wall, two ornamental cross-heads in circles with the sunk outlines of two human …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 3379 inhabitants. This township, which includes Upper and Lower Yeadon, and Henshaw, comprises about 1730 acres, … structure in the later English style. Yelling (Holy Cross) YELLING ( Holy Cross), a parish, in the union of Caxton and Arrington, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 13th century Yelford's incumbents were called rectors 1 and the living remained a rectory until 1976, when it was absorbed with Northmoor, Standlake, and Stanton Harcourt in the united benefice of Lower … 38 His successor Charles Hastings (d. 1637) was a younger son of the patron. 39 The rectors presented by the Lenthalls …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 58 lies 3 miles (4.75 km.) south of Witney and 3 miles east of Bampton, 59 The village, noted for its … including assertions that there were two Yelfords, West and East, the former belonging in some way to Bampton, the … tenants of Yelford's residual open fields, for taxation and other purposes, had become the responsibility of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1086 Walter son of Ponz held of the king 3 hides in YELFORD, together … earlier house. 65 It has a central 3-bay range flanked by cross wings (originally 3-bayed) projecting on the east and …