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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… south of the Sands, N. division of Lancashire, 2 miles (W. S. W.) from Burton-in-Kendal; containing 322 inhabitants. … is interwoven with the history of Yealand-Conyers. Yealand Hall, an ancient dwelling at Yealand-Storrs in the township, … acres, was inclosed in 1840. The chapel, rebuilt on a new site in 1840, and dedicated to the Trinity, is a neat …
A Dictionary of London
… "Aula Dacorum," the Guildhalla Teutonicorum, called "Olde Hall" by Stow in his description of Dowgate Ward (Memorials, … Ch. Bundle 68, file 12, No.333) (quoted in N. and Q. 11th S. 3, p.243). Not further identified. Yeuan (St.) See Audoen … York Abbot of London residence in parish of St. Peter Paul's Wharf, sometimes called the "Abbot of St. Mary of Yorkes …
A History of the County of Oxford
… at Yelford by 1221. 99 In the later 13th century Yelford's incumbents were called rectors 1 and the living remained a … was sold in 1984. 14 In 1254 the living was valued at 20 s. (corrected to 26 s. 8 d.), 15 in 1291 at £2, and in 1341 … of c. 1870. The lectern was given in the 1950s and a new pulpit in 1965. Until 1965 the church was lit by candles …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Yelford's medieval open fields probably covered much of the area of … a. of land and 160 sheep commons, were awarded 138 a. of new closes adjacent to the farm's existing old inclosures, … land for only £200, but with a fine of £50 an acre for new tillage. Many of Wadham's nominal lessees, such as Mary …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford Introduction YELFORD YELFORD, one of Oxfordshire's smallest rural parishes until it was included in 1932 in … 72 and after inclosure in the mid 19th century the new fields in that area remained tithable to Yelford. 73 … village was 12th- century pottery found beneath the hall of Yelford Manor. 96 The place name, of which the early …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Gloucestershire, notably Southrop. 15 Later Walter's Domesday estate, sometimes described as the honor of … 20 and in 1279 Benet held Yelford in chief as knight's fee. 21 By 1285 he had been succeeded by a minor son, 22 … c. 21 m. Originally the central range comprised a 2-bayed hall, open to the roof and with a central hearth, at the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Roman b(1) Roman settlement (?) (SP 595745), in the S. of the parish, on Boulder Clay at 125 m. above OD. A few … N. is a long narrow rectangular area orientated W.N.W.E.S.E., situated between three distinct blocks of … a moated manor house site for the area is known as Hall Close (local inf.). Immediately S.E. of this assumed …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 miles (S. W.) from Narberth; containing 148 inhabitants. This parish … oak, none of which is of great age: there are several new plantations, comprising beech, large numbers of larch, … three hundred guineas, and is now in the cabinet at Eaton Hall. On the upper ridge of the chain of mountains that …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Yetminster 100 YETMINSTER (D.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XI, S.E. (b)XXI, N.E.) Yetminster is a parish and village 4 m. … was built in the 15th century with a central one-storeyed hall. Late in the 16th century an upper floor was inserted in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… lace-making. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 13. 4.; net income, 317; patron and incumbent, … in the wars which arose between the Britons and their new allies, during the establishment of the heptarchy; and in … in 1832, under the auspices of the Earl of Harewood. The Theatre was erected in 1769, and in 1822 was considerably …