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A History of the County of Oxford
… may indicate that the parishes once shared a single set of fields. The medieval yardland in Yarnton seems to have … 18 By the later 13th century land perhaps lay in two fields; in 1272 and 1304 there were said to be 160 a. of … had doubled. 48 The stint for common grazing in Yarnton fields in the early 17th century was apparently 10 beasts and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1960s has restored something of the contrast between open fields to the north and thickly hedged closes to the south … for Dorothea Dashwood, widow of Robert. Though Yarnton's fields were inclosed early, 12 each farm's closes tended to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… all over the E. side of the village and in the surrounding fields (local information). Two keys, one iron and the other … Medieval and Later (9) Cultivation remains. The common fields were enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1777 (map of … arrangements before that date. Ridge-and-furrow of these fields can be traced on air photographs only in the area S. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of the parish, and perhaps west of the village where fields were called sleights in the earlier 19th century and … of two of the manors in the parish had its own set of open fields and the third probably had. 67 The arable of Yatesbury manor remained in open fields until the mid 19th century. 68 In 1795 Bourne field, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford farm (160 a.), and from another 80 a. in the open fields of Hardwick. 23 In 1708 part of Combe hill in Lew was … £50 rent charge for the tithes of c. 213 a. in Hardwick's fields. 25 A house and yardland held from the lord by the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Yelford's medieval open fields probably covered much of the area of the Hastings … Yelford field to the east which formed part of Hardwick's fields until inclosure in 1853. 19 In 1086 Yelford manor had … widespread abandonment of arable. 44 The retention of open fields east of the stream which bisected the parish, and …