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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 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 … It is not certain whether these are part of the castle or of the settlement remains (4). d(4) Settlement Remains (SP …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… at 107 m. above OD. Cropmarks of unknown form are said to exist here (NM Records). d(2) Enclosure (SP 850551), 700 … on limestone at 80 m. above OD. Roman material is recorded from this site ( BNFAS, 1 (1966), 8, listed under Grendon; 6 … In the S. part of the parish, within the existing woodland or in areas formerly wooded or used as common grazing, are a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… are covered with tiles and stone slates. There appears to have been a church here of c. 1200 as evidenced by some … and continuous and the outer chamfered and springing from modern attached shafts with old foliated capitals and … wood fragment carved with interlaced circles and foliage or fruit, 15th-century. In towerstone bowl with gadrooned …
A History of the County of Somerset
… It is roughly triangular in shape, measuring 2.5 km. from north to south at its widest and 3 km. from east to west. The only … which eventually prevailed and the three daughters or their heirs were declared coheirs. The manor was then held …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a rent charge of £7 a year on Windmill field for repairs to the family chapel, with the residue given to the poor on … day. Usually the whole amount was given to the poor, and from c. 1815 it was used to support the school and clothe … gifts and recipients, and those not regular churchgoers or whose conduct during the past year had been 'wicked' …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Church Church The earliest reference to a church in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 … to the united benefice with Brasenose College and, from 1986, with the duke of Marlborough. 56 The church was … College. 72 George Blunt, 1544-7, and William Milton, or Gibbon, 1547-64, were former monks. 73 Hugh Evans, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… set of fields. The medieval yardland in Yarnton seems to have comprised c. 25 a. exclusive of meadow and pasture, … 28 Lot meadows flanking the river were never ploughed or inclosed, and they present a remarkable survival of … lots descended with particular farms and can be traced from the 17th century, while others were separated from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… difficulty teaching them the catechism. 50 A school for 6 or 8 children, in existence by 1780, 51 may have been the … was supported in 1797 by a biannual payment of 18 s. from the overseers and by voluntary subscriptions. The … weekdays. Pupils, who stayed at school from the ages of 4 to 10, paid ½ d. a week, the vicar and the parish each paid …
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 … route followed by 17th-century perambulations seems not to have been recorded, 44 and in 1811 the muniments at … 49 The name was preserved in the 17th century in Frize or Frice farm and grounds, 50 and that corner of Yarnton was …
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 … Villeins as well as free tenants were, unusually, expected to contribute to the lord's scutage. 15 The 'hundred' of … financed in the later 16th century and early 17th by malt or malt money received from the parish's farmers. 20 By 1800 …