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A History of the County of Oxford
… as one lot and the money divided among the proprietors. Common pasture rights on the lot meadows were restricted to … a yard of meadow (¼ of a lot), but it was said that it had formerly been double; 1 horse was reckoned equivalent to 2 … as Seed Lake, mentioned in the early 17th century as a cow common for cottagers. 46 Separate demesne pasture was said in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… road. A dispute between the narrowgauge O.W.W.R. and the broad-gauge G.W.R. gave Yarnton prominence in 1854 when a … about the same time. 75 Early settlements of the type common on the gravel terraces of the Upper Thames valley have … south and west of the later village. The name Yarnton, formerly Erdington, is said to mean a dwelling place or …
A History of the County of Oxford
… In 1005 Ealdorman Aethelmaer granted 10 hides at YARNTON, formerly his cousin Godwin's, to his newly founded abbey at … of the bishop by Roger d'Ivri. The estate included 1 hide formerly held freely by Maino. Odo, bishop of Bayeux, was … of Cholmley Turner, who sold it in 1718 to Benjamin Swete, formerly army paymaster under John Churchill, duke of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Field, 1,130 yards S.W. of the church. The upper storey formerly projected on the E. side. ConditionPoor. b(13). … 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. … thatched roof. a(17). Cottage, on the S.E. side of Bircher Common, 1,400 yards N.N.W. of the church, has a modern wing …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… it is very inconsiderable in proportion to the undivided common, which is estimated at about 45,000 acres, producing … and on the south by that of Lunnafrith, about four miles broad. There are 37,000 acres, of which 4000 are enclosed, … are sold yearly, and they fetch a much higher price than formerly in consequence of the introduction of steam-vessels. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… until 1892. The building is mostly 13th-century. It formerly had N. and S. aisles which were removed in 1782. The … probably originally of two storeys with gables. Windows, formerly with mullions, accentuate an almost symmetrical … yard to the E., a third granary now used by Manor Farm was formerly associated with a now demolished farm house. Fig. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… been made. Medieval and Later (9) Cultivation remains. The common fields were enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1777 … road. This land, recently cleared of trees, was formerly part of the wood; in the middle of the wood the bank …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… north, south, and east of the village. There was common downland pasture for sheep in the north and south … The village could be reached from the north by a road from Broad Hinton called Corten Lane in 1728 and later, Yatesbury … 751 a. 10 In 1894, then 910 a. including land which formerly belonged to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… windows, the easternmost of late 13th-century origin and formerly of two lights, but now of one light with a re-set …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… is two-centred and of four moulded orders, the innermost formerly trefoiled but with the cusps now broken away; the …