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A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction YARNTON lies 4 miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of the river Thames. 41 The river forms the southern parish … about the same time. 75 Early settlements of the type common on the gravel terraces of the Upper Thames valley have …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… (b)XII, N.W.) Yarpole is a parish and village 4 m. N.N.W. of Leominster. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Leonard (Plate 188) stands in the S. part of the … the E. wall. a(15). Cottage, at the S.W. corner of Bircher Common and 550 yards N.W. of (14), has a thatched roof. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Yarrow - Zetland Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; containing, with the … Law of 2000, feet above the level of the sea. The chief rivers are, the Yarrow, the Ettrick, and the Tweed, … of Dryhope; Sir Gideon Murray, senator of the College of Justice by the title of Lord Elibank; Dr. John Rutherford, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… TL 09 NE) The parish, covering some 760 hectares, lies E. of the R. Nene, between 40 ft. and 230 ft. above OD. The … is covered by Boulder Clay. The intensive occupation of Yarwell during the Roman period is particularly … been made. Medieval and Later (9) Cultivation remains. The common fields were enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1777 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Yatesbury YATESBURY Yatesbury village stands 7 km. east of Calne. 27 The parish, 1,674 a. (677 ha.), was absorbed by … north, south, and east of the village. There was common downland pasture for sheep in the north and south … his demesne at Yatesbury, 75 in 12423 he held the manor in chief, 76 and at his death in 1245 he was succeeded by his …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Yettington Yeading YEADING, a hamlet, in the parish of Hayes, union of Uxbridge, hundred of Elthorne, county of … of the fee of William de Lancaster, the king's tenant in chief;" hence the origin of the additions to the name. The … are arable, 2085 meadow and pasture, and 184 woodland and common. The tithes have been commuted for 403, payable to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford's medieval open fields probably covered much of the area of the Hastings family's inclosed estate depicted … acre in 1305 when the manor included 10 a., together with common pasture worth 3 s. 29 At that time the inhabitants of … Hastings estate in the mid 16th century: the site of its chief house seems to have been on the west, 47 while there …
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 … in the village. Census, 1931; M.O.H. Order 76241. The chief maps used were Berks. R.O., D/EL1 P2: map of Yelford, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1086 Walter son of Ponz held of the king 3 hides in YELFORD, together with … Benet of Blakenham, 20 and in 1279 Benet held Yelford in chief as knight's fee. 21 By 1285 he had been succeeded by a … Crown since part of the estate was thought to be held in chief; wardship was granted to Elizabeth's mother, Elizabeth, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… covering just over 900 hectares, occupies a narrow strip of land which widens at the E. end. Its W. boundary is formed … 95 m. and 145 m. above OD and except in the extreme W. of the parish where Lower Lias Clay is exposed most of the … resited some distance away on top of the earlier common fields. The remains fall into two distinct parts. The …