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A History of the County of Oxford
… YARNTON lies 4 miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of the river Thames. 41 The river forms the … Close (3 a.), lay north-east of the junction of Sandy Lane with the Woodstock road. The boundaries with Begbroke and its … in the late 19th century. 51 The terrain of the parish is mostly fairly flat, rising gently to 61 m. at the village …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government Local government Yarnton, as part of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from suit at the hundred court of Wootton by Richard, earl of Cornwall. … for his villeins at Yarnton, but free tenants owed suit at the honorial court at North Osney. Villeins as well as free …
A History of the County of Oxford
… cousin Godwin's, to his newly founded abbey at Eynsham. 63 The land was taken at the Conquest by Remigius, bishop of … hide; it, too, was held by Roger d'Ivri. 64 Nothing more is known of the half hide, which presumably merged with the larger estate on or before Odo's death in 1097. …
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 village of Ettrick-Bridge and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. This place, which is of considerable antiquity, was originally designated as …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… YATESBURY Yatesbury village stands 7 km. east of Calne. 27 The parish, 1,674 a. (677 ha.), was absorbed by Cherhill parish in 1934. 28 The parish boundary is marked by few prominent natural features, although on the … each side of the Avebury road south-east of its junction with the Street. 50 At the north-eastern farmstead Yatesbury …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yeading - Yettington Yeading YEADING, a hamlet, in the parish of Hayes, union of Uxbridge, hundred of Elthorne, … high moorland affording tolerable pasture; the surface is watered by copious springs, and the substratum abounds with good building-stone. The population is mostly employed …
A Dictionary of London
… Yeldehalle - Yvilane Yeldehalle The chamber of Yeldehalle in Candelwikestrete, 1369, in the … Not identified. Riley suggests that it may be identical with the "Aula Dacorum," the Guildhalla Teutonicorum, called … his description of Dowgate Ward (Memorials, xv.), But this is impossible, as no portion of the parish of St. Clement is …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford Church CHURCH. Masonry of the 12th century or earlier re-used in the church porch may … living remained a rectory until 1976, when it was absorbed with Northmoor, Standlake, and Stanton Harcourt in the united … cottage was sold by the Church Commissioners. The building is mostly 18th-century with earlier features, including a …
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 in 1625, 18 together with Yelford field to the east which formed part of … unchanged. 49 That the Edwardses were substantial yeomen is indicated by the will of Richard Edwards (d. 1609) which …
A History of the County of Oxford
… In 1279 there was a twice-yearly view of frankpledge for the Hastings manor, and the Greys' manor in Hardwick, … felons' goods in Yelford: there may have been confusion with the hundred court. 88 Sixteenth-century tenants of the … arrangements, tenants of the open-field land being taxed with Hardwick and in the care of its officers 94 while the …