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A History of the County of Oxford
… towards Kidlington; the dog-leg in Sandy Lane west of the railway predates the line. 69 The canal bridge, near the … over the stream whose bed the canal took. 70 The Oxford northern bypass, the A40, was completed in 1935 71 across the southern tip of the parish. The Oxford-Birmingham railway was opened in 1852 with level crossings in Kidlington …
A History of the County of Oxford
… fishponds of unknown date west of Mead Lane south of the railway line. Yarnton Manor was used c. 1960 as a dormitory … 9 Eynsham abbey held Yarnton rectory, which comprised the great tithes. 10 At the Dissolution the rectory passed to the … 1772 in Life of Ant. Wood, ed. W. Huddesford, 277 that 'a great part' of the house was 'pulled down about 16 years ago' …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Ettrick, and the Tweed, which last in some parts forms the northern boundary. The Yarrow has its source in the hills of … Faldshope hill, but they are more remarkable for their great age than for the stateliness of their growth. There are … the ling and herring fisheries, which are carried on to a great extent, though to less advantage now than in former …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… his estate at Yatesbury was divided between his mother's great-grandnephew Ralph Butler and her grandniece Joan, the … 92 Two new farmsteads were built, one each side of the northern road to Avebury, 93 and that road may perhaps have …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… though much decayed, is still of respectable appearance. A great cattle-market is held on the fourth Wednesday in every … was passed in 1846, enabling the Manchester and Sheffield Railway Company to make a branch to Whaley bridge, 12 miles … situated on the navigable river Derwent, which forms the northern boundary of the parish, and also divides the North …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Hastings family acquired Boys wood ( c. 72 a.) on the northern edge of the parish, and it descended thereafter with … mid 19th century a third of the farm, chiefly its higher, northern part, was arable. 58 Before 1876 most of the … Top. Oxon. c 118, f. 7 and v., mentioning both Mr. Smith's Great Linthorn and Mr. Hastings's Linthorn. Cf. also Wadham …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1907. Yelford passed to a cousin Edmund Henry Lenthall, great grandson of John (d. 1783), who died in 1909 leaving … and lit by an oriel window. The wings were 2-storeyed, the northern, service, wing having an original stone stack, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… remains (4) N. of Yelvertoft itself, though not of great significance as earthworks, may indicate an earlier …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… was passed in 1847, authorizing the construction of a railway, to be called the Swansea and Amman Junction, from … The old timber is principally oak, none of which is of great age: there are several new plantations, comprising … are supplied from ponds or from brooks situated at a great distance from their habitations. There are four …