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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the county boundary with Bedfordshire which forms its S.E. side. It consists of land sloping generally N. between … Prehistoric and Roman A polished stone axe was found in the parish in the 19th century ( JBAA, 29 (1873), 304; … 19, Yardley Hastings (13)). Medieval and Later A complete St. Neots ware jug is said to have been found in a pit in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Yarkhill 96 YARKHILL (C.c.) (O.S. 6 in. XXXIV, N.E.) Yarkhill is a parish 7 m. E.N.E. of … Parish of Woolhope. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. John the Baptist stands in the S. part of the parish. The …
A History of the County of Somerset
… cuts a steep-sided valley from east to west between God's Hill (107 m. (352 ft.)) and Yarlington Sleights (127 m. … in 1209, 6 as Edward III probably did in 1333. 7 George III is said to have passed through on his way to … 1782-97, was also a chaplain to the king and a canon of St. Paul's. 87 Communion was celebrated four times a year in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the family chapel, with the residue given to the poor on St. Thomas's day. Usually the whole amount was given to the poor, and … used to support the school and clothe schoolchildren. 72 In 1914, however, the vicar and churchwardens claimed that …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the vicarage until the Dissolution. 47 In 1466 the abbey's nominee was rejected as unfit and presentation was made by … the right to every fourth presentation, to his friend George Clarke (d. 1736), fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. … 1965 the then lord, C. K. F. Brown, gave the advowson to St. Catherine's College, Oxford. In 1984 St. Catherine's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Economic history Economic history The presence in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the … because of a threatened uprising. 25 The Privy Council's concern may have slowed the process, but it could not … a single day on successive Mondays following the feast of St. Peter and St. Paul (29 June) in the order Oxey, West …
A History of the County of Oxford
… before the later 18th century, and the vicar reported in 1768 that the parish children were so backward that he had … latter was supported in 1797 by a biannual payment of 18 s. from the overseers and by voluntary subscriptions. The … £3 from the Fletcher benefaction and £1 from the bishop of St. Asaph, an absentee landowner. 61 An evening school …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton until 1932. 47 That change increased Yarnton's area from 1,644 a. to 1,762 a. (713 ha.). 48 An area known … were disinclined to invest in Yarnton after 1839, when Sir George Dashwood, 'to prevent strangers coming in', spent … practice of holding fairs on the village feast (24 August, St. Bartholomew's day), 53 and much earlier he had put an end …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government Yarnton, as part of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from suit at the … were, unusually, expected to contribute to the lord's scutage. 15 The 'hundred' of Yarnton, so called in 1279, … 'half the labouring poor' in Yarnton, were sold to Sir George Dashwood. 33 Casual relief was given in money and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… granted 10 hides at YARNTON, formerly his cousin Godwin's, to his newly founded abbey at Eynsham. 63 The land was … with other d'Ivri lands, had become part of the honor of St. Valery, of which it formed one of the five demesne … dissolved in 1536, and in 1538 Henry VIII sold Yarnton to George Owen (d. 1558), his physician. 70 Richard Andrews, who …