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A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Church Church The earliest reference to a church in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 … benefice with Brasenose College and, from 1986, with the duke of Marlborough. 56 The church was served by chaplains … augmentation in 1817 was cancelled 'on account of the present improved value of the living', which then amounted to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… set of fields. The medieval yardland in Yarnton seems to have comprised c. 25 a. exclusive of meadow and pasture, … the river were never ploughed or inclosed, and they present a remarkable survival of immemorial custom into … and regulate the grazing. After the opening in 1789 of Duke's Cut, linking the Thames near Oxey mead to the Oxford …
A History of the County of Oxford
… route followed by 17th-century perambulations seems not to have been recorded, 44 and in 1811 the muniments at … pp. xxiv-xxvi. J. Walter, 'Oxon. Rising of 1596', Past and Present, cvii. 90 sqq. e.g. Woodstock Boro' Mun., 79/1, f. … Eton College to George Spencer- Churchill (d. 1857), later duke of Marlborough; O.R.O., MS., Oxf. Dioc. d. 549, f. 136; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… granted 10 hides at YARNTON, formerly his cousin Godwin's, to his newly founded abbey at Eynsham. 63 The land was taken at the Conquest by Remigius, bishop of Dorchester, later bishop of Lincoln, who eventually … Swete, formerly army paymaster under John Churchill, duke of Marlborough. 78 Swete devised it on his death in 1744 …
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 correction was left to her husband. 35 The Spencers married into Roman Catholic …
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 … was originally designated as the parish of St. Mary; its present name was acquired from the removal of the church to the banks of the river Yarrow, about the middle of the …
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 … regarded as part of Yarwell until it was transferred to Nassington in 1869. By the late 15th century the manor had … by his headstone carved with masonic emblems. In the present century the stone has been dug only for ballast. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Yatesbury YATESBURY Yatesbury village stands 7 km. east of Calne. 27 The parish, 1,674 a. (677 ha.), was absorbed by … in 1377. 32 In 1801 the population was 234. It had fallen to 218 by 1811 and had risen to its peak at 274 by 1831. For … the manor are likely to have attended Calne church. 45 The present Manor Farm is a house built of chalk in the 17th …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Yettington Yeading YEADING, a hamlet, in the parish of Hayes, union of Uxbridge, hundred of Elthorne, county of … is pleasingly diversified. A district church dedicated to St. John was erected in 1843, at an expense of 2000, by … time of Henry VI.: Sir Francis Jodrell, of Henbury, is the present proprietor. Some very productive collieries are …
A Dictionary of London
… Yeldehalle - Yvilane Yeldehalle The chamber of Yeldehalle in Candelwikestrete, 1369, in the parish of St. … 1589 (Lond. I. p.m. III. 147). Given by Henry VIII. to Thomas lord Wriothesley, 35 H. VIII. (Dugdale, III. 540). … says Baynard's Castle was known by this name, Richard Duke of York having lodged there in 1457. Yorkshire Yard In …