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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 … bays, the chancel arch with its triple jamb shafts, the east and north-east windows of the chancel, and, probably, the extension …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Sands in the northeast, and the Marshes in the south-east. 24 In 1596 Sir William Spencer was one of the local … Thames and Wolvercote mill stream. 29 Some 50 a. in the east part of Pixey mead, extraparochial until joined to … 44 The pasture of 80 a. recorded in 1086 45 perhaps lay east of the village, in the area known as the Marshes. …
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
… large detached part of Begbroke parish (118 a.) lay in the east of Yarnton in the area known as the Marshes, and a small detached close, Oxford Close (3 a.), lay north-east of the junction of Sandy Lane with the Woodstock road. … the south-east corner of Yarnton west of King's bridge. A house stood c. 1200 on the Yarnton side of the boundary. 49 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… standing on manorial waste south of Cassington Lane, south-east of Southby's, later Exeter, Farm. 31 New parish cottages … 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 … the direction of Thomas Garner. 88 The balance of the east elevation was restored by building a library across the full depth of the house, with a slightly projecting east bay. The symmetry of the east front was further enhanced …
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 Gravel Pits Lane. 42 Contributions to the … Visit. 170. Herbert's cottage survived in 1983 towards the east end of Cassington Road. O.R.O., MS. Oxf. Dioc. c 332, f. …
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
… pleasantly situated on the banks of the Tweed; the mansion-house has been enlarged and beautified, and the grounds are … Russell, distinguished for his military exploits in India, and more particularly at Manilla. Sir Walter Scott … the most northern of the Shetland group, lies to the north-east of Northmavine on the Mainland, to the south-west of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… of Westmorland, all of whom lived at Apethorpe. The manor house seems to have disappeared by the end of the 16th … and fashionable houses were copyhold or freehold; the only house of more than average status built on Westmorland land was the mill house (27). The village has always been mainly agricultural …