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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 … 8 (1973), 23; NM). d(1) Settlement Remains (SP 766448), formerly part of Yardley Gobion. lie behind the existing houses on the N. side of High Street, on limestone at 90 m. above OD. A group of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 19, Yardley Hastings (13)). Medieval and Later A complete St. Neots ware jug is said to have been found in a pit in … large embankment, 190 m. long, 25 m. wide and up to 3.5 m. high, broken towards the N. end to allow the existing stream … of the parish, within the existing woodland or in areas formerly wooded or used as common grazing, are a number of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Parish of Woolhope. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. John the Baptist stands in the S. part of the parish. The … E. wall, (2) tapering slab with defaced head in high relief at top, 13th-century; near S. porch, (3) to James … extended in the 18th century. The Moat, S.E. of the house, formerly enclosed a roughly rectangular island, but is now …
A History of the County of Somerset
… prehistoric and Roman activity in the parish but what was formerly believed to be a British camp on God's Hill is part … In 1634 he was in dispute with his patron in the Court of High Commission and was at law with the parish clerk. … 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 … 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 …
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 … endowed vicarage of 5 marks a year, derived from a house formerly the chaplain's and all altar offerings except … Thomas was initially a supporter of the Oxford Movement, 'high and dry' according to bishop Wilberforce; 85 he …
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 … a yard of meadow (¼ of a lot), but it was said that it had formerly been double; 1 horse was reckoned equivalent to 2 … was the tenant-at-will of Fretes croft, who paid the high rent of 1 mark but no services; the croft may well have …
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 … £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
… to the river meadows, sometimes caused inconvenience as high as the village. When the Thames Navigation Commission … south and west of the later village. The name Yarnton, formerly Erdington, is said to mean a dwelling place or … 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 … the lord's scutage. 15 The 'hundred' of Yarnton, so called in 1279, seems to have been the name given to an annual view … increased its dinner allowance from 20 s. to the unusually high figure of 30 s., and set an upper limit as high as £3 10 …