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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 … acres, was inclosed in 1840. The chapel, rebuilt on a new site in 1840, and dedicated to the Trinity, is a neat … entirely from land allotted at the inclosure in 1770: a new glebe-house was erected by the present incumbent in 1833. …
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, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… there. 7 In the 18th century Bampton was the usual burial place, 8 but there were also burials at Shifford, Standlake, and Ducklington, the last becoming the favoured place in the 19th century. 9 An isolated burial at Yelford, … of c. 1870. The lectern was given in the 1950s and a new pulpit in 1965. Until 1965 the church was lit by candles …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a. of land and 160 sheep commons, were awarded 138 a. of new closes adjacent to the farm's existing old inclosures, … land for only £200, but with a fine of £50 an acre for new tillage. Many of Wadham's nominal lessees, such as Mary …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 72 and after inclosure in the mid 19th century the new fields in that area remained tithable to Yelford. 73 … pottery found beneath the hall of Yelford Manor. 96 The place name, of which the early forms included Aieleforde, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Robert of Yelford by Robert at Hall was evidently the Hall Place in Shilton attached to the Walwyns' Yelford manor in …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… is situated on the banks of the Ogmore, and is a distinct place, supporting its poor and appointing its own officers, … oak, none of which is of great age: there are several new plantations, comprising beech, large numbers of larch, … of preservation. The church has been pulled down, and a new one built. The present church, on the same site, was …