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A History of the County of Oxford
… because of a threatened uprising. 25 The Privy Council's concern may have slowed the process, but it could not … lots descended with particular farms and can be traced from the 17th century, while others were separated from … amount of cottage land. The 31 villein yardlanders paid rent of 4 s. each and provided services at the lord's will; 7 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… latter was supported in 1797 by a biannual payment of 18 s. from the overseers and by voluntary subscriptions. The … Sunday school had at that time 13 boys and 14 girls. 54 A rent charge on Windmill field of £7 a year, devised by Sir …
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 … in Yarnton until 1932. 47 That change increased Yarnton's area from 1,644 a. to 1,762 a. (713 ha.). 48 An area known … as high as the village. When the Thames Navigation Commission built a pen at King's weir in 1789 and a pound …
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… of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from suit at the hundred court of Wootton by Richard, earl of … Edmund held courts for his villeins at Yarnton, but free tenants owed suit at the honorial court at North Osney. … were, unusually, expected to contribute to the lord's scutage. 15 The 'hundred' of Yarnton, so called in 1279, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… granted 10 hides at YARNTON, formerly his cousin Godwin's, to his newly founded abbey at Eynsham. 63 The land was … difficult for the bishops to obtain their dues from the manor, and in the 14th century their claims to … College farm. 12 The tithes were commuted in 1845 for a rent of £250. 13 M. Gelling, Early Charters of Thames Valley, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 37 The only self-confessed Catholic was Sir William's grandson William (d. 1683). 38 John Goad, vicar 1646-60, … 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 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Yarpole 81 YARPOLE (D.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)VII, S.W., (b)XII, N.W.) Yarpole is a parish and … 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 … is still preserved in the name of a pass called the "Hart's leap," marked by two stones said to have been placed there … the two villages are occupied by the inhabitants at rack-rent, in portions varying from two to fifty acres each. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… and Roman b(1) Double ring ditch (?) (TL 07229721), in the S.E. of the parish, 150 m. W. of Yarwell Mill, on limestone … during excavation, however, exist (copies in NMR), and from these it is clear that a building of considerable size, … (Plate 24) were discovered. No other details are known. From the field immediately to the W. a complete Roman pot and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 15th century the manor had passed to Sir Guy Wolston, and from him it passed to the Earls of Westmorland, all of whom … of a single straight street with regular plots on the S. side, including the manor site and glebe. The layout on … is narrower than the nave suggest that the church may date from the 12th century. Architectural Description The Chancel …