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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… almost 2400, the Minchmoor of about 2300, the Hangingshaw Law of 2000, feet above the level of the sea. The chief … has tended to diminish the number of applications to the poor's fund. There are in various places remains of the … by double fosses and ramparts. Upon the summit of Yetholm Law are the remains of a Roman camp of quadrilateral form, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… W P. 1695; (3), of J E, 1681. In N. chapel (4), of George Law, 1766, black marble; (5), of Margaret Arney, I703(?); …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… relict Maud who held it as dower, 79 to his sister-in-law Isabel Waleran (d. 1284). 80 In 1289 it was held by Queen … under leet jurisdiction. 21 In 17756 41 was spent on poor relief, in the three years to Easter 1785 c. 37 a year. … 1834 an average of 318. Yatesbury joined Calne poor-law union in 1835 25 and became part of North Wiltshire district …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yeading YEADING, a hamlet, in the parish of Hayes, union of Uxbridge, hundred of Elthorne, county of Middlesex; … amounting to 14. 14., is chiefly distributed among the poor. Yelvertoft (All Saints) YELVERTOFT ( All Saints), a … women, each of whom receives a small allowance. The poor-law union of Yeovil comprises 35 parishes or places, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… resident for some forty years, and his bequests to the poor of many neighbouring parishes suggest that he had been …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The 11 yardlands on which the parish was rated for poor-relief in 1708 presumably excluded much of the … fields. 65 Within the main fields there had been much union of strips; pieces of 5 a. or more were commonplace, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and a section south-east of Yelford was still called Abingdon Lane in 1839, although by then reduced to a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were reduced on appeal: it was found that Yelford had paid poor-rates to Bampton for at least 50 years, had called … been placed on the Lenthalls. 96 The Yelford for which poor-relief expenditure was recorded in the early 19th … were recorded. 97 From 1834 Yelford belonged to Witney union, from 1894 to Witney rural district, and from 1974 to …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… - Y Vaenor Isav Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South … of the Ogmore, and is a distinct place, supporting its poor and appointing its own officers, but paying church-rates … two townships of Ystrad-Dyvodog and Rhigos, in the poor-law union of Merthyr-Tydvil, hundred of Miskin, county of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from … aisle of the cathedral: the king afterwards gave to each poor man a purse containing 39 silver pence, several articles … hospital, formerly a house for the reception of poor pilgrims, has been converted into an almshouse. St. …