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A History of the County of Somerset
… 16 CHARITIES FOR THE POOR None known. Ekwall, Eng. Place-Names, 187, 517. This article was completed in 1995. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… shown him by parishioners. 92 The church of ST. BARTHOLOMEW comprises chancel, nave, south chapel and aisle, … cleaning in 1913 by F. C. Eden. A further restoration took place in 1971, by D. King. 15 When the south-west windows of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on the Monday following the parish feast day (St. Bartholomew's day, 24 August). 38 Two meadsmen were elected … hay led to the abandonment of lot drawing, which last took place in 1978. 42 The hay was thereafter sold as one lot and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton, formerly Erdington, is said to mean a dwelling place or Earda's farm. 80 The earliest documentary evidence … of holding fairs on the village feast (24 August, St. Bartholomew's day), 53 and much earlier he had put an end to … E. M. Campbell, Dom. Geog. of SE. Eng. 193. Ekwall, Eng. Place Names (1960), 543; P.N. Oxon. (E.P.N.S.), ii. 297. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. This place, which is of considerable antiquity, was originally … of England, and James V. frequently resorted to this place to enjoy the diversion of the chase, the memorial of … the north bank of which river it is built. Though a small place, it is beautifully seated; and in its vicinity are, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… disused chapel, dating from the 12th century, and Dean's Place are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical (1). Chapel … 13th-century. ConditionBad. Secular (3). Dean's Place, house and barns, 1,000 yards N. of the church. The … exposed timber-framing and a thatched roof. (6). Davis's Place, house, 800 yards N.W. of the church, is partly of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… income, 57, with a house. The Society of Friends have a place of worship, with a school attached; and there is a … Lathom held the manor in the same reign. Yealmpton (St. Bartholomew) YEALMPTON ( St. Bartholomew), a parish, in the union of Plympton St. Mary, …
A Dictionary of London
… Wharf, sometimes called the "Abbot of St. Mary of Yorkes place," 1589 (Lond. I. p.m. III. 147). Given by Henry VIII. … east in Rocque and Strype. First mention: Made a general place for lading and discharging goods by Act of Parliament, …