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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… in the name of a pass called the "Hart's leap," marked by two stones said to have been placed there by the king and his … is associated with reminiscences of deeper interest, or more closely identified with the finest strains of Scottish …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… probably included in Nassington, a village attributed with two mills, one of which may have been at Yarwell. In the … all the larger and fashionable houses were copyhold or freehold; the only house of more than average status built on Westmorland land was the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… found only 20 cm. below the ground surface. No tessellated or tiled floors were uncovered but pottery of the 2nd and 3rd … village and in the surrounding fields (local information). Two keys, one iron and the other bronze, have been found S.E. … shows twelve iron-working sites within the wood and two more to the N. (E. T. Artis, Durobrivae (1828), pl. I). The …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in the south corner of the parish. There are also two barrows in that corner and others in, south-east of, and … not Alwi, as was otherwise stated, had held Yatesbury in 1066. 68 Nigel's claim was at least partially successful: it … 98 John's estate was held in 1632 by Robert Drew 99 (fl. 1640) and it passed in the direct line to Robert 1 (fl. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… side of the village. The walls generally are of rubble, more or less coursed, except the E. wall of the chancel, most of … for the still existing paintings over the arcade; the two piscinae in the S. chapel, together with the two windows …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is stated, that "Mathew de Redeman and Robert de Kemyers, or Cynyers, held the eighth part of a knight's fee in Yeland, … in the early and partly in the later English style, with two stone stalls enriched with trefoil arches. Near it are … Bell, a lofty conical mountain rising to the height of more than 2000 feet from the vale. Its summit, which is …
A Dictionary of London
… Yeldehalle - Yvilane Yeldehalle The chamber of Yeldehalle in Candelwikestrete, 1369, in the parish of St. … in his description of Dowgate Ward (Memorials, xv.), But this is impossible, as no portion of the parish of St. … House Wheatley says Baynard's Castle was known by this name, Richard Duke of York having lodged there in 1457. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford Church CHURCH. Masonry of the 12th century or earlier re-used in the church porch may be from the chapel … for clerical residence. 29 In 1818 it was a cottage with two ground-floor rooms, and the glebe comprised its garden … 19th century, by which time curates were paid 30 gns. or more. 44 In 1834 there were two Sunday services, but later in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 162 estimated acres, implying a yardland of 30 a. or more. 26 The valuation of a ploughland in 1305 as only 60 a. … manor, were assessed on goods worth a total of £15, and two members of the Moseley family, tenants of the Walwyn …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford Introduction YELFORD YELFORD, one of Oxfordshire's smallest rural parishes until it was … parish boundaries, including assertions that there were two Yelfords, West and East, the former belonging in some way … follows a watercourse which once bordered an ancient road or 'way', mentioned as Shifford's boundary in 1005; 77 the …