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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… a SP 74 NW, b SP 74 NE, c SP 74 SW, d SP 74 SE) The long, narrow parish, once part of Potterspury, stretches from … stream flows along most of the N. side. The lower ground close to the R. Tove, below 76 m. above OD, is on Upper Lias … Street. This assumed N. extension to the park is very close in area to the 154 acres added to the original park in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 64 m. above OD. It consists of a large embankment, 190 m. long, 25 m. wide and up to 3.5 m. high, broken towards the N. … in NMR). Fragments of the medieval manor house stand close by (VCH Northants., IV (1937), 2967) and the earthwork … of ponds of highly irregular and unusual form. In Old Pond Close (SP 876551) there is one which consists of two narrow …
A History of the County of Somerset
… buttery, cellar, and 13 chambers including the old, new, long, and gallery chambers. 35 When the house was sold in … Howard, 33. Cartae Antiquae (P.R.S. N.S. xvii), 149. Cal. Close, 1333-7, 162. Rogers, Rec. Yarlington, 73. Finberg, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton was a poor living, several medieval vicars were long-serving, notably William Pernel, 1365-1404. Most vicars … morning and in the evening alternately. 82 For most of his long incumbency Vaughan Thomas was also rector of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by names such as Corn Hayday in the early 18th century, long after their conversion to pasture, 27 and they retained … as the Marshes. Adjoining the Marshes on the north was a close known as Seed Lake, mentioned in the early 17th century … land in 1849 and by 1863 owned 153 a. in Yarnton. 74 The long survival of several small farms in Yarnton may have owed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the area known as the Marshes, and a small detached close, Oxford Close (3 a.), lay north-east of the junction of … known as Frogwelldown Lane runs north-westwards towards Long Hanborough and Witney; it was referred to in 1693 as the … into Oxford, is likely, though dispersal may have begun long before the break-up of the Spencer estate. Any houses on …
A History of the County of Oxford
… W. O. Ault, Private Jurisdiction in Eng. 194-6. Cal. Close, 1288-96, 290. O.R.O., Dash. XV/i/49. Ibid. MS. Oxf. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were preserved, including the heraldic overmantel of the long gallery fireplace, one of the few in England to retain … 193, 203; Bk. of Fees, i. 40; Rot. Parl. i. 85, 314; Cal. Close, 1302-7, 484; 1313-18, 156. V.C.H. Oxon. v. 60-1; … 132; Dugdale, Mon. v. 697-8. Feud. Aids, iv. 156; Cal. Close, 1288-96, 290; Cal. Inq. p.m.. iii, pp. 482, 487; Dom. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Hogg, better known as the "Ettrick Shepherd," was also long resident in the parish. Yarrowford YARROWFORD, a … (S. by E.) from Haddington; containing, with Gifford, Long Yester, and Long Newton, 1069 inhabitants, of whom 525 … north of the Jock's burn, a stream tributary to the Clyde. Close to it is the old Roman road called the Watling-street, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… E. of the village, on limestone at 60 ft. above OD, close to the R. Nene. Artis' map of the area around … Roman building (TL 06189914), 1 km. N.W. of the village, close to the Roman road (571) on limestone at 175 ft. above …