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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… (formerly 39 fit. by 20 ft.) has been demolished except for the 15th-century S. arcade (Plate 14) of three bays with … similar date and construction. ConditionFairly good. N.B.For Offa's Dyke, see p. xxx. The Church, Plan …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Incorporated Society, a like sum from the Commissioners for Building Churches, and 400 from the Ripon Diocesan … till her death. In 1449, an accidental fire consumed 117 houses in the town, of which 45 belonged to different … consists of numerous streets, many of them spacious; the houses, of which several are of stone, are in general well …
A Dictionary of London
… in Rocque and Strype. First mention: Made a general place for lading and discharging goods by Act of Parliament, 1559 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… evidently surrendered certain parochial rights in return for a pension 3 but was still claiming Yelford as a dependent … That residual dependency probably concerned burial rights, for, although Yelford was not named when the mother church … in 1291 at £2, and in 1341 at only 24 s. after allowance for the exempt glebe and hay tithe. 16 In 1535 the net value …
A History of the County of Oxford
… until inclosure in 1853. 19 In 1086 Yelford manor had land for 3 ploughs, 20 and there may have been other, unrecorded, … in Yelford. The 11 yardlands on which the parish was rated for poor-relief in 1708 presumably excluded much of the … bordars) had ½ plough; undercultivation may have accounted for a fall in value from 60 s. to 50 s. since the Conquest. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney and 3 miles east of Bampton, 59 The village, noted for its seclusion, 60 is accessible by a single narrow lane. … stone farmhouse (College Farm), 1 and a few modern houses. In the 1920s Yelford was noted for its setting 'in … 7 and in the 18th century there were only the three houses mentioned above and perhaps, as later, a cottage …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as the honor of Hastings, was held by the Hastings family for 5 knights' fees, of which the Oxfordshire portion … quite separate) are unpersuasive, although both houses were depicted in 1830 with at least a 3-sided moat. 76 … house and 3 yardlands in Yelford, together with two other houses and a total of 2 yardlands formerly occupied by John …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… by Christopher Graye, 1666. Bell-frame of oak, with cages for four bells. Bracket: In N. aislein N.E. angle, chamfered … probably later. Locker: In S. aisle, rectangular, rebated for door. Monument: In S. aislein S. wall, tomb-recess with …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… here in 1976 (NM; Northants. Archaeol., 12 (1977), 223). For Roman Road 1f, Watling Street, see Appendix. Medieval and … to the N.E. at either end of the main street. Some of the houses on the S.W. side of the main street still retain … been ploughed but it is probably a moated manor house site for the area is known as Hall Close (local inf.). Immediately …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Culm is found in some parts of it, but it is worked only for home consumption and the supply of the immediate … some extensive prospects, contains only about a dozen houses. The principal part of the population, consisting of … with fineries for making the refined metal used by the tin-manufacturers. The furnaces are blown by a large …