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A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford Introduction YELFORD YELFORD, one of Oxfordshire's smallest rural parishes until it was included in 1932 in the civil parish of Hardwick-with-Yelford, 58 lies 3 miles (4.75 km.) south of … the Saxon personal name Aegel, 97 also associated with Elm Bank ditch on Ducklington's western boundary, which in 958 …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 miles (S. W.) … containing 123 inhabitants. It is situated on the right bank of the river Romney, near its source, and forms the … Richmond, afterwards Henry VII., intrusted the standard of England, at the decisive battle of Bosworth Field, after Sir …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from … the pope's legate, negotiated a peace between the Kings of England and Scotland, who met here for that purpose; and in … repaired. The City is pleasantly situated on the bank of the river Ouse, near its confluence with the Foss, …
Survey of London
… was once used generically for all the premises on the site of York House, was assigned to George Street circa 1852. Only four houses there, Nos. 6, 7, 9 and 10, all of which are on the west side of the street, contain features … cited by several writers, that Napoleon Bonaparte visited England and lodged for a short time in York Buildings, but …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… York Castle THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY OF YORK AN INVENTORY Note. The walled city is … the neighbourhood of Tadcaster and set on an earlier earth bank, encloses an area of 263 acres on both sides of the … of the wings are an unusual motif, paralleled earlier in England though in more conventional form at Robert Hooke's …
Survey of London Monograph
… thought that York herald was originally the officer of Edmund of Langley, created Duke of York in 1385, but the first … Also published A Catalogue... of the Kings, Princes... of England (1619), revised 1622. Left valuable MS. collections, …
Survey of London
… Embankment Gardens is now almost the sole surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance … formed the river approach, was originally the town house of the Bishops of Norwich and, like its easterly neighbour, … the money due to him from the King so that "he could leave England, and be gone into his own country," and she could …
Survey of London
… York Place CHAPTER 1: YORK PLACE Towards the end of the twelth century Richard of Ely (also known as Richard FitzNigel or FitzNeale), Bishop … and 1221 4 William, "formerly treasurer of the Kings of England," 5 granted "all his houses and the court, together …
Survey of London
… Bridge Act contained a clause for the continuation of Stamford Street across Waterloo Road to Westminster Bridge … ultimately became York Road, was made across demesne land of the Arch bishop's manor of Lambeth. Except for a fringe of … Leake as its first physician. 97 Dr. Leake had trained in England as a surgeon but had early become interested in …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… that the fine should be searched for in the bundle of feet of fines known as "Cities and Towns." ** Where there are two … Norton, chaplain, and Robert Wright, chaplain Robert Bank of Hertford, near Gillyng, and Johanna his wife, and …