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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… It consists of land sloping generally N. between 110 m. and 66 m. above OD, and is entirely on Boulder Clay except … of Iron Age pottery, associated with an area covered by iron slag, have been found ( BNFAS, 6 (1971), 19, Yardley … village, on Boulder Clay at 104 m. above OD. Discoveries made over a number of years indicate an area of occupation …
A History of the County of Somerset
… shape, measuring 2.5 km. from north to south at its widest and 3 km. from east to west. The only natural boundary is a … parts of the eastern and western boundaries are marked by roads. 74 The boundaries of the manor, which by the 18th … 14 By 1908 the building was poor but improvements were made on condition that Bratton children no longer attended. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… reference to a church in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was … nominee was rejected as unfit and presentation was made by the bishop. 48 After the Dissolution the Crown presented …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were 52 yardlands recorded in the parish in 1279, but by the 17th century there were said to be only 44, 17 … in the order Oxey, West mead, Pixey. The allotment was made by drawing, at the head of each strip, one of the balls; … the word from titter, a weed. Blenheim Mun., box 21, leases of 1597 and 1652; Exeter Coll. Mun., N. III. 5, lease …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Education Hugh Evans, vicar of Yarnton 1579-1618, and John Goad, vicar 1646-60, kept small private schools at … catechism. 50 A school for 6 or 8 children, in existence by 1780, 51 may have been the precursor of a Sunday school … established in 1783. 52 The latter was supported in 1797 by a biannual payment of 18 s. from the overseers and by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Thames. 41 The river forms the southern parish boundary, and a tributary stream known as Rowel brook in the north and … in the 18th century and early 19th. 43 The route followed by 17th-century perambulations seems not to have been … not be drained from the village. 56 Improvements were made in the 20th century by changes at the locks and at the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Manor and other estates Manor and other estates In 1005 Ealdorman … abbey at Eynsham. 63 The land was taken at the Conquest by Remigius, bishop of Dorchester, later bishop of Lincoln, … Odo's death in 1097. Yarnton was held thereafter of the bishops of Lincoln as 2 knights' fees, but it became …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Selkirk; containing, with the village of Ettrick-Bridge and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. This place, which … and in the reign of Bruce was recovered from the English by Sir James Douglas, upon whom, as a reward for his … rateable annual value of the parish, according to returns made under the Income tax, is 6789. Yetholm is in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… some 760 hectares, lies E. of the R. Nene, between 40 ft. and 230 ft. above OD. The greater part lies on limestone and … in the extreme W. where the higher ground is covered by Boulder Clay. The intensive occupation of Yarwell during … medieval period, are stone quarries. No finds have been made. Medieval and Later (9) Cultivation remains. The common …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 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 … side, but later these became windows when an entrance was made in the S. gable wall. In the mid 19th century a block …