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A History of the County of Sussex
… south-west of Arundel and c. 2 miles (3 km.) from the sea. In 1881 it had 1,740 a. and was irregular in shape. 94 … earliest known secular building in the village is Coachman's cottage in Church Lane, a probably 16th-century … distinct. 49 At the ordination of the vicarage in 1255 the bishop reserved the right of collation. 50 The Crown and the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the R. Tove on the E. boundary to a little beyond Watling Street (A5) which forms most of the W. boundary. An … exposed on the steep slopes N.E. of the main village, and in the valley of the stream where the medieval settlement of … in NMR) d(2) Moat (?) (SP 761448), lay immediately S. of Moor End Road, on Boulder Clay at 102 m. above OD. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Yarkhill 96 YARKHILL (C.c.) (O.S. 6 in. XXXIV, N.E.) Yarkhill is a parish 7 m. E.N.E. of … S. wall is a similar window with a moulded label and three head-stops; in the W. wall is a window of two trefoiled …
A History of the County of Somerset
… cuts a steep-sided valley from east to west between God's Hill (107 m. (352 ft.)) and Yarlington Sleights (127 m. … 95 Thereafter there was no licensed house until the Stag's Head opened in the 1850s in a cottage on the village green. … who held it in 1939. By 1951 patronage was held by the Bishop. 53 In 1291 the living was valued at £7 10 s. 54 In …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Church Church The earliest reference to a church in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of … the vicarage until the Dissolution. 47 In 1466 the abbey's nominee was rejected as unfit and presentation was made by the bishop. 48 After the Dissolution the Crown presented in 1544 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Economic history Economic history The presence in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the … because of a threatened uprising. 25 The Privy Council's concern may have slowed the process, but it could not … mead, Pixey. The allotment was made by drawing, at the head of each strip, one of the balls; when a whole shot had …
A History of the County of Oxford
… before the later 18th century, and the vicar reported in 1768 that the parish children were so backward that he had … latter was supported in 1797 by a biannual payment of 18 s. from the overseers and by voluntary subscriptions. The … was £3 from the Fletcher benefaction and £1 from the bishop of St. Asaph, an absentee landowner. 61 An evening …
A History of the County of Oxford
… boundary, and a tributary stream known as Rowel brook in the north and as Kingsbridge brook in the south formed the … 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 … road to Cassington and Eynsham forms the main village street. 61 It has been suggested that an earlier road from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were, unusually, expected to contribute to the lord's scutage. 15 The 'hundred' of Yarnton, so called in 1279, seems to have been the name given to an annual view … again towards the end of the French wars. Expenditure per head of population was higher in Yarnton than elsewhere, even …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Manor and other estates Manor and other estates In 1005 Ealdorman Aethelmaer granted 10 hides at YARNTON, formerly his cousin Godwin's, to his newly founded abbey at Eynsham. 63 The land was taken at the Conquest by Remigius, bishop of Dorchester, later bishop of Lincoln, who eventually …