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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… with Bedfordshire which forms its S.E. side. It consists of land sloping generally N. between 110 m. and 66 m. above … is entirely on Boulder Clay except where the down-cutting of a number of N.-flowing streams has exposed narrow bands of … existing woodland or in areas formerly wooded or used as common grazing, are a number of ponds of highly irregular and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Yarlington YARLINGTON Yarlington in 1838 The parish of Yarlington, the derivation of whose name is uncertain, 73 … Lodge and later as Yarlington House. It stands on former common on a hill south of the village and is said to have … and fined the miller for excessive toll. 37 A court book survives for 1746- 1856 in which sessions, described as …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was probably a daughter church of the abbey, and it was still occasionally called a chapel … of an earlier generation' 89 in omitting the Lent prayer services begun by Thomas and in holding only six …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic history Economic history The presence in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of lot meadows along … as one lot and the money divided among the proprietors. Common pasture rights on the lot meadows were restricted to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Education Education Hugh Evans, vicar of Yarnton 1579-1618, and John Goad, vicar 1646-60, kept … in existence by 1780, 51 may have been the precursor of a Sunday school established in 1783. 52 The latter was supported in 1797 by a biannual payment of 18 s. from the overseers and by voluntary subscriptions. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction YARNTON lies 4 miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of the river Thames. 41 The … about the same time. 75 Early settlements of the type common on the gravel terraces of the Upper Thames valley have … two or more settlements in Yarnton at the time of Domesday Book, 79 or only a single settlement south and west of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Nonconformity Nonconformity In 1634 the Irish wife of Ellis Perrott, member of a prominent Yarnton family, refused to conform, but her … cottage near the Oxford-Woodstock road was licensed for prayer meetings, and dissenters also met at Southby's Farm, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… (b)XII, N.W.) Yarpole is a parish and village 4 m. N.N.W. of Leominster. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Leonard (Plate 188) stands in the S. part of the … the E. wall. a(15). Cottage, at the S.W. corner of Bircher Common and 550 yards N.W. of (14), has a thatched roof. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Yarrow - Zetland Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; containing, with the village of Ettrick-Bridge and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. … it is very inconsiderable in proportion to the undivided common, which is estimated at about 45,000 acres, producing …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… TL 09 NE) The parish, covering some 760 hectares, lies E. of the R. Nene, between 40 ft. and 230 ft. above OD. The … is covered by Boulder Clay. The intensive occupation of Yarwell during the Roman period is particularly … been made. Medieval and Later (9) Cultivation remains. The common fields were enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1777 …