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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 3379 inhabitants. This township, which includes Upper and Lower Yeadon, and Henshaw, comprises about 1730 acres, … south of the Sands, N. division of Lancashire, 2 miles (W. S. W.) from Burton-in-Kendal; containing 322 inhabitants. … amounting to 14. 14., is chiefly distributed among the poor. Yelvertoft (All Saints) YELVERTOFT ( All Saints), a …
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 rectory until 1976, when it was … resident for some forty years, and his bequests to the poor of many neighbouring parishes suggest that he had been …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Yelford's medieval open fields probably covered much of the area of … The 11 yardlands on which the parish was rated for poor-relief in 1708 presumably excluded much of the … Thomas Pinnock, in return for 152 a. of land and 160 sheep commons, were awarded 138 a. of new closes adjacent to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a twice-yearly view of frankpledge for the Hastings manor, and the Greys' manor in Hardwick, Brighthampton, and Yelford … tenants of the former Grey manor paid suit to Hardwick's courts, 89 which until the 1580s nominated a separate … were reduced on appeal: it was found that Yelford had paid poor-rates to Bampton for at least 50 years, had called …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1086 Walter … in Gloucestershire, notably Southrop. 15 Later Walter's Domesday estate, sometimes described as the honor of … that year he sold it to William Lenthall, Speaker of the Commons, to whom he was related by marriage. 52 A later …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Watling Street. It lies on undulating land between 95 m. and 145 m. above OD and except in the extreme W. of the … 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 Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 miles (S. W.) from Narberth; containing 148 inhabitants. This parish … of the Ogmore, and is a distinct place, supporting its poor and appointing its own officers, but paying church-rates … surrounding country is composed of barren and mountainous commons. Ysgwyddgwyn (Ysgwydd-Wyn) YSGWYDDGWYN (YSGWYDD-WYN), …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from Higham-Ferrers; … lace-making. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 13. 4.; net income, 317; patron and incumbent, … aisle of the cathedral: the king afterwards gave to each poor man a purse containing 39 silver pence, several articles …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… to a piece of shaped wood designed to fit across a person's back and shoulders, with a chain hanging from each end onto which a PAIL could be attached and thus carried with less strain. OED earliest date of use: …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… area (W. of the Ouse), the Central area (between the Ouse and the Foss), and the Walmgate area (E. of the Foss). In the … and then the city defences, following the circuit S.W. of the Ouse from Skeldergate Bridge, to Lendal Bridge, … the tower still held a garrison. An order of the House of Commons made on 26 February 1645/6 stated that this should …