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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Yardley Gobion 69 YARDLEY GOBION (OS 1:10000 a SP 74 NW, b SP 74 NE, 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 … by 154 acres (64 hectares) and it appears to have gone out of use in the 17th century ( Northants. P. and P., 5 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Yarlington YARLINGTON Yarlington in 1838 The parish of Yarlington, the derivation of whose name is uncertain, 73 … and 3 km. from east to west. The only natural boundary is a feeder of the river Cam in the south-east; parts of the … end of West Street in the 20th century. 89 A park was laid out to the south and east of Yarlington House and several …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Church Church The earliest reference to a church in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was probably a … 19th century. Most vicars employed curates or travelled out from Oxford to conduct services. Philip Potter, 1661-78, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic history Economic history The presence in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of … the Thames, may indicate that the parishes once shared a single set of fields. The medieval yardland in Yarnton … an improbably large number, had allegedly been taken out of use. 21 By the 1520s the inclosed former demesne and …
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 river forms the southern parish boundary, and a tributary stream known as Rowel brook in the north and as … by the rebuilding of Yarnton Manor and by the laying out of its park. Until the late 18th century Church Lane and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Local government Local government Yarnton, as part of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from … Whitehill (in Tackley). 16 That Yarnton was referred to as a hundred suggests its importance as an honorial centre, … farmer should take his 'proper proportion' of labourers out of work, 'being one day for every yardland'; farmers were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 63 The land was taken at the Conquest by Remigius, bishop of Dorchester, later bishop of Lincoln, who eventually … in return for the payment of tithes, from which Rewley, as a Cistercian house, had been exempt. 69 Rewley abbey was … and half to the farm manager, Nigel Evans, who bought out Fanny's share soon after. He sold the farm c. 1960 to …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Yarrow - Zetland Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from … parish have been much promoted by the encouragement held out by the Selkirkshire Pastoral Society, established under …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Yarwell 57 YARWELL (OS 1:10000 a TL 09 NW, b TL 09 NE) The parish, covering some 760 hectares, lies E. of the R. Nene, between 40 ft. and 230 ft. above OD. The … At its N.W. end, the bank decreases in height and fades out. The date and purpose of the bank is unknown. It is …
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 … in need of repair but the necessary work was not carried out. On the 13th and 14th April 1782 there was a heavy fall …