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A History of the County of Oxford
… the family chapel, with the residue given to the poor on St. Thomas's day. Usually the whole amount was given to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1965 the then lord, C. K. F. Brown, gave the advowson to St. Catherine's College, Oxford. In 1984 St. Catherine's … house, which stood north of the church fronting Church Lane, 64 was taxed on four hearths in 1662. 65 It was in … 8 Fletcher also gave a 15thcentury font formerly in St. Michael's church, Oxford, 9 and 'many curious pieces of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a single day on successive Mondays following the feast of St. Peter and St. Paul (29 June) in the order Oxey, West mead, Pixey. The … until the building c. 1829 of Parker's Farm north of Sandy Lane. 73 The Blenheim estate bought Robinson's land in 1849 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… new parish clerk's house at the north-west end of Church Lane was used as a schoolroom. 57 The children were taught by … £3 from the Fletcher benefaction and £1 from the bishop of St. Asaph, an absentee landowner. 61 An evening school … accommodation for 53 children was built in 1875 in Church Lane, 63 and from 1877 it received a parliamentary grant. 64 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Close (3 a.), lay north-east of the junction of Sandy Lane with the Woodstock road. The boundaries with Begbroke … area known as the Sands, around Begbroke Hill and Sandy Lane. Much of the village stands on gravel, while the lower … practice of holding fairs on the village feast (24 August, St. Bartholomew's day), 53 and much earlier he had put an end …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government Yarnton, as part of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from suit at the … view of frankpledge at Yarnton attended by tenants from St. Valery manors in Steeple Barton, Cassington, Hampton Gay, … the College standing on manorial waste south of Cassington Lane, south-east of Southby's, later Exeter, Farm. 31 New …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with other d'Ivri lands, had become part of the honor of St. Valery, of which it formed one of the five demesne manors. It was held successively by Reynold of St. Valery (d. c. 1162), his son Bernard (d. 1191), and … of extensive fishponds of unknown date west of Mead Lane south of the railway line. Yarnton Manor was used c. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The cottage may have stood at the east end of Gravel Pits Lane. 42 Contributions to the Wesleyan circuit collections …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Leonard (Plate 188) stands in the S. part of the parish. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… antiquity, was originally designated as the parish of St. Mary; its present name was acquired from the removal of … of Scottish minstrelsy. Among the lakes are the loch of St. Mary and the loch of The Lowes. The former, seven miles … till lately stood the picturesque ruins of the church of St. Mary. There are also several lakes of less importance, …