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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… c SP 74 SW, d SP 74 SE) The long, narrow parish, once part of Potterspury, stretches from the R. Tove on the E. boundary … to a little beyond Watling Street (A5) which forms most of the W. boundary. An E.-flowing stream flows along most of … above OD. The origins of the site are obscure but in 1327 Thomas de Ferrers was granted a licence to crenellate his …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… with Bedfordshire which forms its S.E. side. It consists of land sloping generally N. between 110 m. and 66 m. above … is entirely on Boulder Clay except where the down-cutting of a number of N.-flowing streams has exposed narrow bands of … 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
… (O.S. 6 in. XXXIV, N.E.) Yarkhill is a parish 7 m. E.N.E. of Hereford. The church is the principal monument. Capler … Parish of Woolhope. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. John the Baptist stands in the S. part of the parish. The … in wall and carved with a Crucifixion with the Virgin and St. John under a trefoiled and gabled head, 14th-century. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Yarlington YARLINGTON Yarlington in 1838 The parish of Yarlington, the derivation of whose name is uncertain, 73 … of Northampton, who in the same year sold it to (Sir) Thomas Smith. 15 The Queen died in 1548 and in 1556 Sir … 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
… Yarnton Charities Charities Sir Thomas Spencer by will dated 1684 left a rent charge of £7 a year on Windmill field for repairs to the family chapel, with the residue given to the poor on St. Thomas's day. Usually the whole amount was given to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was probably a … 1965 the then lord, C. K. F. Brown, gave the advowson to St. Catherine's College, Oxford. In 1984 St. Catherine's … the vicar was not receiving most of his tithes. 61 Vaughan Thomas, vicar 1803-58, so vigorously pursued his rights that …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic history Economic history The presence in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of … a single day on successive Mondays following the feast of St. Peter and St. Paul (29 June) in the order Oxey, West … and 60 a. 68 The gradation was apparent in 1662, when Sir Thomas Spencer was assessed on 22 hearths, three men on 5 or …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Education Education Hugh Evans, vicar of Yarnton 1579-1618, and John Goad, vicar 1646-60, kept … rent charge on Windmill field of £7 a year, devised by Sir Thomas Spencer (d. 1685) for the maintenance of the monuments … £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
… Introduction YARNTON lies 4 miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of the river Thames. 41 The … walled around. 95 In the 19th century the vicar, Vaughan Thomas, claimed that Yarnton had once comprised 'a group of … 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
… Yarnton Local government Local government Yarnton, as part of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from suit at the … been confident of the support of Yarnton's vicar, Vaughan Thomas, an influential figure on the local bench. 41 In 1834 …