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A History of the County of Oxford
… catechism. 50 A school for 6 or 8 children, in existence by 1780, 51 may have been the precursor of a Sunday school … latter was supported in 1797 by a biannual payment of 18 s. from the overseers and by voluntary subscriptions. The … £3 from the Fletcher benefaction and £1 from the bishop of St. Asaph, an absentee landowner. 61 An evening school …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the 18th century and early 19th. 43 The route followed by 17th-century perambulations seems not to have been … in Yarnton until 1932. 47 That change increased Yarnton's area from 1,644 a. to 1,762 a. (713 ha.). 48 An area known … 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… Local government Yarnton, as part of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from suit at the hundred court of … were, unusually, expected to contribute to the lord's scutage. 15 The 'hundred' of Yarnton, so called in 1279, …
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, … 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 81 YARPOLE (D.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)VII, S.W., (b)XII, N.W.) Yarpole is a parish and … 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
… 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 … is still preserved in the name of a pass called the "Hart's leap," marked by two stones said to have been placed there …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… It has always been a chapelry of Nassington, and served by a curate. Yarwell is not named in Domesday Book but was … of a single straight street with regular plots on the S. side, including the manor site and glebe. The layout on … 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, … Tory, 1687, 1690 (6) See Vis Wilts, 1623, pp 220-1, for the family of Yerberie of Trowbridge (1) CRO, MS 40/3, Boyd … (3) Will PCC 126 Penn pr, 30 Sep 1670 f John Young, s of William Young of-, Som, m Anne Mills, als Saunders, of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of Calne. 27 The parish, 1,674 a. (677 ha.), was absorbed by Cherhill parish in 1934. 28 The parish boundary is marked … Hill. 30 Flat and well drained, nearly all Yatesbury's land is suitable for ploughing. Large areas of open field … 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
… Yaxley 101. YAXLEY (C.b.). (O.S. 6 in. V. S.E.) Yaxley is a parish and large village 4 m. … 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 …