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A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1489 of inclosing 230 a. for pasture and allowing 6 houses and 4 cottages to become derelict, leaving 36 people … while the number of villein yardlands fell to 28. 57 Six houses and yardlands excluded by Eynsham abbey from its claim … was an increase in the number of landless labourers. Of 67 houses recorded in Yarnton in 1853, 39 were said by the vicar …
A History of the County of Oxford
… incumbents' reports of 1738 and 1759 that there were c. 20 houses in the parish. 91 There was the usual population … claimed that Yarnton had once comprised 'a group of houses ranging at short intervals along Church Lane' but had … liable for church rate. 98 In the early 19th century small houses were remembered as having stood east of Church Lane, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and also the sheep-walks in the hilly pastures. The farm-houses are well built; and improvements in the agriculture of … are inconsiderable, comprehending only a few Pictish houses, and the ruins of tenements once occupied by the … in implements of husbandry have been adopted. The farm houses and offices are substantial and commodious, and many …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Coney Garth. The village was never very large, and had 39 houses in 1580 (NRO, W(A) 6.XII), 49 families in 1719 and 58 … In the 19th century all the larger and fashionable houses were copyhold or freehold; the only house of more than …