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A History of the County of Oxford
… account for the school and for the repair of the clerk's house. In 1971 the charity provided £15 a year distributed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… an endowed vicarage of 5 marks a year, derived from a house formerly the chaplain's and all altar offerings except … for morning prayers ( £2), and rent from the vicarage house ( £2). 60 In 1808 the income was only c. £40, largely … were commuted to a rent charge of £290. 63 The vicarage house, which stood north of the church fronting Church Lane, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… intensive. Of new farms created, the most notable were Hill farm, whose farmhouse is dated 1731, and, probably, Windmill Hill farm. By the later 18th century, however, the number of … there were 5 farms c. 1800: Manor ( c. 235 a.), Windmill Hill ( c. 245 a.), Mead ( c. 175 a.), Hill ( c. 60 a.), and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 56 From 1817 a room in the new parish clerk's house at the north-west end of Church Lane was used as a … given an annuity of £5 for repairs to the parish clerk's house, any surplus to be used for the school; £3 or £4 of … and a hall; the Church Lane school became a private house. In 1983 c. 130 children attended the school. 70 In …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the south-east corner of Yarnton west of King's bridge. A house stood c. 1200 on the Yarnton side of the boundary. 49 … more steeply to over 91 m. in the north-west beyond Spring Hill. North and west of the village the land is Oxford clay, … in the area known as the Sands, around Begbroke Hill and Sandy Lane. Much of the village stands on gravel, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1795 and 1806. 32 In 1839 all 16 parish cottages, said to house 84 people, 'half the labouring poor' in Yarnton, were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the payment of tithes, from which Rewley, as a Cistercian house, had been exempt. 69 Rewley abbey was dissolved in … since c. 1526 and who was presumably resident at the manor house, retained the tenancy under his friend Owen until 1541. … The house was sold in 1965. In 1895 the college bought Hill farm, whose land adjoined Jackson's farm, from Sir …
A History of the County of Oxford
… John Preedy's cottage in Yarnton to be used as a meeting house. 41 The cottage may have stood at the east end of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… drain, 14th-century. ConditionGood. Secular a(2). Manor House and outbuilding, 100 yards S.E. of the church. The House is of two storeys with tiled roofs. The W. part is a … a larger building extending towards the N. The rest of the house is modern. The doorway in the N. wall has a late …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… forest; the chief are some oak-trees on the West Faldshope hill, but they are more remarkable for their great age than … pleasantly situated on the banks of the Tweed; the mansion-house has been enlarged and beautified, and the grounds are … woodland and plantations, sixty undivided common, and 2522 hill pasture. The surface is generally elevated, rising …