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A History of the County of Oxford
… boundary, and a tributary stream known as Rowel brook in the north and as Kingsbridge brook in the south formed the … beyond Spring Hill. North and west of the village the land is Oxford clay, interspersed with terraces of river … Intro., Other Estates (Fries). O.R.O., Dash. XV/i/6-8, 12-13. B. Stapleton, Three Oxon. Pars. (O.H.S. xxiv), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Manor and other estates Manor and other estates In 1005 Ealdorman Aethelmaer granted 10 hides at YARNTON, … Godwin's, to his newly founded abbey at Eynsham. 63 The land was taken at the Conquest by Remigius, bishop of … Early Charters of Thames Valley, p. 138; Eynsham Cart. i. p. 22. V.C.H. Oxon. i. 403, 405. Reg. Antiquiss. i (L.R.S. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Yarrow - Zetland Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; … is about a mile and a half in circuit, by a narrow neck of land, or sandbank, thrown up by opposite currents of two … English gentleman of that name, who in the reign of David I. had settled in East Lothian, and acquired extensive landed …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… OD. The greater part lies on limestone and marls, except in the extreme W. where the higher ground is covered by … Roman buildings here (E. T. Artis, Durobrivae (1828), pl. I). Moreover, Roman pottery in considerable quantities has … it did not extend across the Yarwell-Wansford road. This land, recently cleared of trees, was formerly part of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Nassington, and served by a curate. Yarwell is not named in Domesday Book but was probably included in Nassington, a … secondary; hence, in 1778 it included the only freehold land in the village. The majority of three-room buildings of … was probably built between 1776 and 1778 (NRO, W(A) BOX.2.I.3B; Enclosure Map). (18) Whitelands, two storeys, parapeted …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1,674 a. (677 ha.), was absorbed by Cherhill parish in 1934. 28 The parish boundary is marked by few prominent … where it leaves the parish at c. 160 m. The highest land is on the parish boundary, 210 m. where there is a ridge … [roads]. W.A.S. Libr., sale cat. vi, no. 4. V.C.H. Wilts. i (1), 556, 165. Bull. Inst. Arch. xxxi. 18990; W.R.O., Ch. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yeading - Yettington Yeading YEADING, a hamlet, in the parish of Hayes, union of Uxbridge, hundred of … worship for Baptists. The rent of about fourteen acres of land, amounting to 14. 14., is chiefly distributed among the … In the year 1300, the Bishop of Sarum obtained from Edward I. a grant for a market and fair, which was confirmed by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… CHURCH. Masonry of the 12th century or earlier re-used in the church porch may be from the chapel in existence at … ½ a. of demesne corn and from 3 a. and another piece of land in Yelford field were payable to Bampton parish in the … (1489-98), later a prominent royal envoy and bishop of Ely. 35 John Latham (d. 1567) seems to have been resident for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the area of the Hastings family's inclosed estate depicted in 1625, 18 together with Yelford field to the east which … until inclosure in 1853. 19 In 1086 Yelford manor had land for 3 ploughs, 20 and there may have been other, … to pasture. Above, plate 39. Above, intro. V.C.H. Oxon. i. 421. Bampton Hund. R. 50-1, 63-4, 69. Cf. P.R.O., E 134/3 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… smallest rural parishes until it was included in 1932 in the civil parish of Hardwick-with-Yelford, 58 lies … only for his inclosed estate, acquired some open-field land with the Walwyn family's Yelford estate in the mid 16th … 42. O.S. Area. Bk. (1877). e.g. P.R.O., E 134/3 Jas. I/Mich. 22; E 134/4 Jas. I/Mich. 7; E 134/8 Jas. I/Trin. 3; E …