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A History of the County of Oxford
… to 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 from c. 1815 it was used to support the school and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1965 the then lord, C. K. F. Brown, gave the advowson to St. Catherine's College, Oxford. In 1984 St. Catherine's … the 20th century, was sold in 1987. Although Yarnton was a poor living, several medieval vicars were long-serving, … aspect of church affairs'. 88 Thomas's successor was Peter Maurice, 1858-78, chaplain of All Souls College and a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a single day on successive Mondays following the feast of St. Peter and St. Paul (29 June) in the order Oxey, West mead, … 39 were said by the vicar to be occupied by the 'labouring poor'. 79 From the late 19th century the major changes in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Spencer chapel or, if not needed there, for Yarnton's poor, 55 was usually spent on clothes for the schoolchildren. … £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
… was allegedly the consequence of building new cottages for poor families, who then 'over-filled the new cottages also'. … houses, 2 public houses, and 39 cottages of the 'labouring poor'. 7 Cottages were said in 1868 to be 'badly constructed, … 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… Local government Yarnton, as part of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from suit at the … view of frankpledge at Yarnton attended by tenants from St. Valery manors in Steeple Barton, Cassington, Hampton Gay, … anachronism that persisted into the 19th century; church, poor, surveyors', and constables' rates were all so assessed. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with other d'Ivri lands, had become part of the honor of St. Valery, of which it formed one of the five demesne manors. It was held successively by Reynold of St. Valery (d. c. 1162), his son Bernard (d. 1191), and … abbey of Rewley. 67 Yarnton remained part of the honor of St. Valery, though by the early 16th century the manor was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Leonard (Plate 188) stands in the S. part of the parish. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… antiquity, was originally designated as the parish of St. Mary; its present name was acquired from the removal of … of Scottish minstrelsy. Among the lakes are the loch of St. Mary and the loch of The Lowes. The former, seven miles … has tended to diminish the number of applications to the poor's fund. There are in various places remains of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Mercury, 21 Oct.). Ecclesiastical (1) The Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene (Fig. 219; Plate 32) stands on the S. side …