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A History of the County of Sussex
… south-west of Arundel and c. 2 miles (3 km.) from the sea. In 1881 it had 1,740 a. and was irregular in shape. 94 … end of the village are apparently 17th-century. Apart from houses in the village associated with three manors, 19 other … the mid 19th century wealthy families lived in the larger houses of the village. 21 Park Lodge, Yapton Lodge, Yew Tree …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… eard] A term with several meanings, the most important in the Dictionary Archive being a unit of linear measure that … had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard or VIRGA (the … by custom for some TEXTILEs of 37 inches. The term appears in all sections of the Dictionary Archive, often in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… exposed on the steep slopes N.E. of the main village, and in the valley of the stream where the medieval settlement of … formerly part of Yardley Gobion. lie behind the existing houses on the N. side of High Street, on limestone at 90 m. … 128), formerly part of Moor End, lie between the existing houses of the hamlet, on Boulder Clay between 90 m. and 98 m. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Prehistoric and Roman A polished stone axe was found in the parish in the 19th century ( JBAA, 29 (1873), 304; lost), and a flint axe in 1966 (at SP 875581). A Roman coin was found before 1900 …
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 … The church is the principal monument. Capler Camp in the Parish of Woolhope. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. John the Baptist stands in the S. part of the parish. The walls are of local …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Yarlington YARLINGTON Yarlington in 1838 The parish of Yarlington, the derivation of whose … south of the medieval manor house and church. 86 Most houses date from the 18th and 19th centuries and are of stone … of Lower Woolston but the latter has shrunk to a few houses in North Cadbury. The shape of the boundary here may …
A History of the County of Oxford
… used to support the school and clothe schoolchildren. 72 In 1914, however, the vicar and churchwardens claimed that … the parish, of which £10 was to be distributed to the poor in meat and bread on Christmas Day and on the anniversary of his death, £4 in bread and cakes to poor adults, and £1 in cakes to their …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Church Church The earliest reference to a church in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of … the abbey, and it was still occasionally called a chapel in the 14th century, 44 but no reference has been found to … owed to Eynsham. 45 The benefice was united with Begbroke in 1984, and the joint benefice was in 1986 united with …
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 … in 1489 of inclosing 230 a. for pasture and allowing 6 houses and 4 cottages to become derelict, leaving 36 people … while the number of villein yardlands fell to 28. 57 Six houses and yardlands excluded by Eynsham abbey from its claim …
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 … them the 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 …