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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 … 49 The name was preserved in the 17th century in Frize or Frice farm and grounds, 50 and that corner of Yarnton was … west of the junction of Rutten Lane and Cassington Road, College Mead west of the north end of Little Lane, and Mead …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Local government Local government Yarnton, as part of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from … financed in the later 16th century and early 17th by malt or malt money received from the parish's farmers. 20 By 1800 … of cottages, including a block of seven known as the College standing on manorial waste south of Cassington Lane, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 63 The land was taken at the Conquest by Remigius, bishop of Dorchester, later bishop of Lincoln, who eventually … hide, which presumably merged with the larger estate on or before Odo's death in 1097. Yarnton was held thereafter of … the estate, known thereafter as Jackson's farm, to Merton College, Oxford, to provide four scholarships. The farmhouse …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… is associated with reminiscences of deeper interest, or more closely identified with the finest strains of … John Scott, of Dryhope; Sir Gideon Murray, senator of the College of Justice by the title of Lord Elibank; Dr. John … Monday morning for hiring farm servants. A penny-post office has been established; and facility of intercourse is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Yarwell 24 YARWELL (Fig. 218) Yarwell is a parish of 490 hectares on the W. of the R. Nene. It has always been … all the larger and fashionable houses were copyhold or freehold; the only house of more than average status built … W. gable, class 6 with outshut, mid 19th-century. (9) Post Office, one storey and attics, class 4a, probably …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… 6 in. XLVII, N.W.) Yatton is a small parish 4 m. N.E. of Ross. The disused chapel, dating from the 12th century, … the middle of the 12th century. At some date in the 16th or 17th century much of the N. wall fell or was re-built; the … ConditionGood or fairly good, unless noted. (4). Post Office, opposite the church, has some exposed timber-framing …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… V. S.E.) Yaxley is a parish and large village 4 m. S.S.W. of Peterborough. The church is the principal monument. … of the village. The walls generally are of rubble, more or less coursed, except the E. wall of the chancel, most of … having moulded, pointed and trefoiled head, below it, two arms and hands in relief holding a heart; in modern recess …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is stated, that "Mathew de Redeman and Robert de Kemyers, or Cynyers, held the eighth part of a knight's fee in Yeland, … The tithes have been commuted for 403, payable to Trinity College, Cambridge. A chapel of ease was built in 1839, by … the portreeve exercises magisterial authority while in office. A court of record formerly took place every three …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford Church CHURCH. Masonry of the 12th century or earlier re-used in the church porch … W. J. Lenthall's estate (estimated at 315 a.), from Wadham College's Yelford farm (160 a.), and from another 80 a. in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford's medieval open fields probably covered much of the area of the Hastings family's inclosed estate depicted … comprised 2 yardlands 22 and the Edwards (later Wadham College) estate c. 5 yardlands; 23 thus unless the Hastings … 162 estimated acres, implying a yardland of 30 a. or more. 26 The valuation of a ploughland in 1305 as only 60 …