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A History of the County of Oxford
… YARNTON lies 4 miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of the river Thames. 41 The river forms the … in the 18th century and early 19th. 43 The route followed by 17th-century perambulations seems not to have been … 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… Local government Local government Yarnton, as part of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from suit at the hundred court of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 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, … with other d'Ivri lands, had become part of the honor of St. Valery, of which it formed one of the five demesne …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Yarpole is a parish and village 4 m. N.N.W. of Leominster. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Leonard (Plate 188) stands in the S. part of the parish. … Church, Plan Architectural DescriptionThe Chancel (26 ft. by 17 ft.) has no ancient features except the early …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Yarrow - Zetland Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; containing, … antiquity, was originally designated as the parish of St. Mary; its present name was acquired from the removal of … and in the reign of Bruce was recovered from the English by Sir James Douglas, upon whom, as a reward for his …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… YARWELL (Fig. 218) Yarwell is a parish of 490 hectares on the W. of the R. Nene. It has always been a chapelry of Nassington, and served by a curate. Yarwell is not named in Domesday Book but was … Mercury, 21 Oct.). Ecclesiastical (1) The Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene (Fig. 219; Plate 32) stands on the S. side …
The Rulers of London 1660-1689
… Cheap, 1688-91 Tory, 1690 (1) Cf William Yate, widower, of St Mary Colechurch, worth £600, 1695 (2) (1) Bodl Lib, … YERBURY, Richard Co Co Bread Street, 1674-80, 1688- 92 St Nicholas Coleabbey, 1661, St Margaret Moses, 1662, 1678, … Tory, 1687, 1690 (6) See Vis Wilts, 1623, pp 220-1, for the family of Yerberie of Trowbridge (1) CRO, MS 40/3, Boyd …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… YATESBURY Yatesbury village stands 7 km. east of Calne. 27 The parish, 1,674 a. (677 ha.), was absorbed by Cherhill parish in 1934. 28 The parish boundary is marked … Yatesbury. 59 An estate in Yatesbury was held from 1412 by St. Mary's priory near Marlborough. In 1539 it passed to the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… is a parish and large village 4 m. S.S.W. of Peterborough. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Peter (Plate 162) stands on the N.W. side of the village. … and the aisles of the nave widened, as is indicated by the partial blocking of a lancet-window in the W. wall of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… monument. Ecclesiastical (1). Old Parish Church of St. John the Baptist stands on the S. side of the parish. The … Plan Architectural DescriptionThe Chancel (formerly 25 ft. by 13 ft.) has been entirely demolished. The Nave (formerly … tower, (1) to James Bayly, jun., 1705, headstone; (2) to Katherine, wife of John Bayly, 1695, headstone. Floor-slab: …