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A History of the County of Oxford
… chapel, with the residue given to the poor on St. Thomas's day. Usually the whole amount was given to the poor, and from … be distributed to the poor in meat and bread on Christmas Day and on the anniversary of his death, £4 in bread and … gifts and recipients, and those not regular churchgoers or whose conduct during the past year had been 'wicked' …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 28 Lot meadows flanking the river were never ploughed or inclosed, and they present a remarkable survival of … to Begbroke. Each meadow was allotted and mown on a single day on successive Mondays following the feast of St. Peter … in 1304. 37 The practice of completing mowing in a single day made it necessary to hire labour from outside the parish, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… difficulty teaching them the catechism. 50 A school for 6 or 8 children, in existence by 1780, 51 may have been the … subscriptions. The teacher was the parish clerk. 53 A day school started in 1814 was in 1815 attended by 8 boys and … and giving each child a full suit of clothes on New Year's Day. The only assistance was £3 from the Fletcher benefaction …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 49 The name was preserved in the 17th century in Frize or Frice farm and grounds, 50 and that corner of Yarnton was … footpath running eastwards from Worton towards Church Lane or Mead Lane. 62 Pre-inclosure maps of Cassington do not … fairs on the village feast (24 August, St. Bartholomew's day), 53 and much earlier he had put an end to the 'revels …
A History of the County of Oxford
… financed in the later 16th century and early 17th by malt or malt money received from the parish's farmers. 20 By 1800 … relieved in 1803 were likely to have been travelling to or from the city. 28 In the later 18th century and early 19th … 'proper proportion' of labourers out of work, 'being one day for every yardland'; farmers were to pay the 'usual …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… although on the east its roughly straight lines link or approach several summits. There is a barrow on it in the … and a northsouth road along the parish's western boundary or via either of the Avebury roads. The village could be … of both farmsteads were replaced in the 20th century. Two or more cottages stood south-east of the site of Yatesbury …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is stated, that "Mathew de Redeman and Robert de Kemyers, or Cynyers, held the eighth part of a knight's fee in Yeland, … handsome monuments to the families of Rant, Playter. and Day; and a Norman font. The sum of 27 per annum, arising from … from near Chippenham, by Yeovil, to Weymouth. The market-day is Friday, and on every alternate Friday is the great …
A History of the County of Oxford
… follows a watercourse which once bordered an ancient road or 'way', mentioned as Shifford's boundary in 1005; 77 the … of the village there was an unfailing spring, Taberwell or Taperwell, reputedly both holy and medicinal, which from … or 17 people excluded the College Farm site. 9 On census day in 1851 the recorded population (17) was artificially …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… by any architectural details of importance. There is a day and Sunday school in connexion with the Established … the parish of Llangyvelach, form the ecclesiastical parish or district of Clydach, formed under the act 6th and 7th … Independents, and Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists; a day school, and some Sunday schools. Poor children of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yielding - Yoxhall Yielding, or Yelden (St. Mary) YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a … of office in the presence of the council, and on the same day proceeded to the church of the Blessed Mary, where he … with the citizens in their petition, he retired the next day in disgust. The meeting took place in the guildhall, …