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A History of the County of Oxford
… hay led to the abandonment of lot drawing, which last took place in 1978. 42 The hay was thereafter sold as one lot and … to sell off large parts of the estate. By 1573 several new freeholds had been created, including that bought by … in the 18th century was woad, heavily labour intensive. Of new farms created, the most notable were Hill farm, whose …
A History of the County of Oxford
… clothes for the schoolchildren. 56 From 1817 a room in the new parish clerk's house at the north-west end of Church Lane … materials, and giving each child a full suit of clothes on New Year's Day. The only assistance was £3 from the Fletcher … operated sporadically in the later 19th century. 62 A new school with accommodation for 53 children was built in …
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 … 92 The increase was allegedly the consequence of building new cottages for poor families, who then 'over-filled the new cottages also'. 93 The temporary presence of railway …
A History of the County of Oxford
… remained quit of shire and hundred after 1281, under its new owner Rewley abbey. 18 The last known meeting of the … Lane, south-east of Southby's, later Exeter, Farm. 31 New parish cottages were built in 1795 and 1806. 32 In 1839 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as a service wing at the north-west corner of the new house, which was an imposing structure of coursed rubble limestone and ashlar, some of it re-used. The new house was a rectangular block of double-pile plan, with … century the parlour was extended and remodelled, and a new staircase installed, the base of the old stair turret …
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 … insufficient for the accommodation of the parishioners. A new church was therefore erected in 1837, well adapted for a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… ballast. Enclosure was in 1778 (NRO, plan 57). In 1881 a new cemetery and mortuary chapel for both Yarwell and … 105 but also 84 for the pews and flooring, and 1.11.6 for new gates and the repair of the old one. A plan by Sanderson … with drawings for the proposed alterations and for the new roof (Figs. 14, 220). The work was generally carried out …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… it was turnpiked in 1743; 34 in 17912 it was moved to a new course on lower land c. 200 m. further north. 35 The … two manors, one east and one west of the village, and that new buildings were erected on each. 48 The farmsteads on the … the Street on the east side. 49 Between 1773 and 1828 two new farmsteads were built, one on each side of the Avebury …
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 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… the West Tower was added probably in the same century. The new church of St. Mary was built in 1855, when the old church …