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Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Yanworth YANWORTH (8 miles N.E. of Cirencester) Disjointed traces of a terrace-way in Streetfold lie along the N. side of copse … are to Arcadius and Honorius. Native rulers: Tasciovanus king of the Catuvellauni, c. 20 B.C. c. A.D. 10. Epaticcu son …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Yapton YAPTON The parish of Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west of Arundel and c. 2 miles (3 km.) from the sea. In 1881 it … 8 a. north of Main Road which was thereafter known as King George's field; in 1980 it was conveyed to the parish …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… the most important in the Dictionary Archive being a unit of linear measure that largely replaced the ELL. This old … 3 FOOT long, though sometimes by custom for some TEXTILEs of 37 inches. The term appears in all sections of the Dictionary Archive, often in abbreviated forms such as …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… c SP 74 SW, d SP 74 SE) The long, narrow parish, once part of Potterspury, stretches from the R. Tove on the E. boundary … to a little beyond Watling Street (A5) which forms most of the W. boundary. An E.-flowing stream flows along most of … history is uncertain (H. M. Colvin, The History of the King's Works, II (1963), 743). In the early 19th century, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Yarlington YARLINGTON Yarlington in 1838 The parish of Yarlington, the derivation of whose name is uncertain, 73 … were fined for their involvement in the 1497 rebellion. 5 King John probably visited Yarlington in 1209, 6 as Edward … Jackson D.D., rector 1782-97, was also a chaplain to the king and a canon of St. Paul's. 87 Communion was celebrated …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was probably a … C. Eden. A further restoration took place in 1971, by D. King. 15 When the south-west windows of the south aisle were … the church', 17 the adornment of the north door with the arms of Fletcher and Spencer (1817), restoration of the …
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 … a small part of the south-east corner of Yarnton west of King's bridge. A house stood c. 1200 on the Yarnton side of … north of the old school and emerging east of the Red Lion. 21 The emparking of land in the 17th century, and the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… (b)XII, N.W.) Yarpole is a parish and village 4 m. N.N.W. of Leominster. The church is the principal monument. … century and of trussed-rafter type with five 15th-century king-post trusses; the king-posts have moulded capitals and bases and four-way …
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 … marked by two stones said to have been placed there by the king and his attendants. The parish is of very irregular … descriptive. These lands were granted by William the Lion to Hugh de Gifford, son of an English gentleman of that …
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 … put up in 1782, consists of four trusses with tie beams, king posts, queen struts and staggered purlins and was … plate to George Arney, 1711, with quarterly shield of arms for Arney and Wiltshire, with crest. Door: screening S. …