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A History of the County of Oxford
… day. Usually the whole amount was given to the poor, and from c. 1815 it was used to support the school and clothe … during the past year had been 'wicked' should be dropped from the list. 74 By Charity Commission Schemes of 1907 and … was living in the old schoolhouse and receiving £8 a year from the charity. 75 West's charity was established by will …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to the united benefice with Brasenose College and, from 1986, with the duke of Marlborough. 56 The church was … became an endowed vicarage of 5 marks a year, derived from a house formerly the chaplain's and all altar offerings … rural deanery, worth in 1707 only £36 a year, derived from small tithes ( £32), payments for morning prayers ( £2), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… lots descended with particular farms and can be traced from the 17th century, while others were separated from ownership of land in the parish. In the 19th century the … worked c. 1280 by 24 oxen and 2 horses. There were also 2 bulls and 51 cows, 112 bullocks, heifers, and calves, a pig …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was supported in 1797 by a biannual payment of 18 s. from the overseers and by voluntary subscriptions. The … 55 was usually spent on clothes for the schoolchildren. 56 From 1817 a room in the new parish clerk's house at the … Sundays and 42 on weekdays. Pupils, who stayed at school from the ages of 4 to 10, paid ½ d. a week, the vicar and the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the stream bed. 42 Field boundaries separate Yarnton from Cassington on the west and from Begbroke on the north. A large detached part of Begbroke … until 1932. 47 That change increased Yarnton's area from 1,644 a. to 1,762 a. (713 ha.). 48 An area known as …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from suit at the hundred court of Wootton by Richard, earl of … annual view of frankpledge at Yarnton attended by tenants from St. Valery manors in Steeple Barton, Cassington, Hampton … 16th century and early 17th by malt or malt money received from the parish's farmers. 20 By 1800 and probably earlier a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… difficult for the bishops to obtain their dues from the manor, and in the 14th century their claims to … the manor was said to be held of the honor of Wallingford, from which the honor of St. Valery was by then scarcely … renounced its claim in return for the payment of tithes, from which Rewley, as a Cistercian house, had been exempt. 69 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was reported. 40 In 1828 John Fordred, a Wesleyan minister from Oxford, applied for a licence for John Preedy's cottage … to the Wesleyan circuit collections were received from Yarnton in 1829, but no later mention has been found. 43 … Yarnton people were reckoned to attend, large crowds came from neighbouring villages. 44 From the mid 19th century …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… are covered with tiles. The detached South Tower may date from the 13th century but has no distinctive features. The … the S. side of the E. wing, on curved brackets springing from attached shafts with moulded capitals. Re-set in the E. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; containing, with the village of Ettrick-Bridge … as the parish of St. Mary; its present name was acquired from the removal of the church to the banks of the river … forest of Ettrick, and in the reign of Bruce was recovered from the English by Sir James Douglas, upon whom, as a reward …