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A History of the County of Oxford
… because of a threatened uprising. 25 The Privy Council's concern may have slowed the process, but it could not … in the later 19th century, are included in Yarnton's lot meadows; the west part was also lot meadow in the 18th … intensive. Of new farms created, the most notable were Hill farm, whose farmhouse is dated 1731, and, probably, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 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 … part of the south-east corner of Yarnton west of King's bridge. A house stood c. 1200 on the Yarnton side of the … more steeply to over 91 m. in the north-west beyond Spring Hill. North and west of the village the land is Oxford clay, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… granted 10 hides at YARNTON, formerly his cousin Godwin's, to his newly founded abbey at Eynsham. 63 The land was … later bishop of Lincoln, who eventually returned the abbey's other estates but not, apparently, Yarnton. In 1086 … The house was sold in 1965. In 1895 the college bought Hill farm, whose land adjoined Jackson's farm, from Sir …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… is still preserved in the name of a pass called the "Hart's leap," marked by two stones said to have been placed there … forest; the chief are some oak-trees on the West Faldshope hill, but they are more remarkable for their great age than … and Teviotdale, and patronage of the Crown the minister's stipend is 233. 8. 1., with a manse, and the glebe is …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… corner takes in the lower, western, slopes of Windmill Hill. 30 Flat and well drained, nearly all Yatesbury's land is suitable for ploughing. Large areas of open field … via the Avenue and a northsouth road along the parish's western boundary or via either of the Avebury roads. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Yatton 97 YATTON (C.e.) (O.S. 6 in. XLVII, N.W.) Yatton is a small parish 4 m. N.E. of … The disused chapel, dating from the 12th century, and Dean's Place are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical (1). … (11). Cottage, on the E. side of the road at Perrystone Hill, 1,000 yards S. of the church, has exposed …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… south of the Sands, N. division of Lancashire, 2 miles (W. S. W.) from Burton-in-Kendal; containing 322 inhabitants. … de Kemyers, or Cynyers, held the eighth part of a knight's fee in Yeland, of the fee of William de Lancaster, the … eight yards in breadth, built on the very edge of the hill, with an entrance on the south; within this is another …
A Dictionary of London
… Ch. Bundle 68, file 12, No.333) (quoted in N. and Q. 11th S. 3, p.243). Not further identified. Yeuan (St.) See Audoen … York Abbot of London residence in parish of St. Peter Paul's Wharf, sometimes called the "Abbot of St. Mary of Yorkes … and P.H. VIII. XIX. (t), p.86). On the east side of Peter Hill (S. 369). York House Wheatley says Baynard's Castle was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… at Yelford by 1221. 99 In the later 13th century Yelford's incumbents were called rectors 1 and the living remained a … was sold in 1984. 14 In 1254 the living was valued at 20 s. (corrected to 26 s. 8 d.), 15 in 1291 at £2, and in 1341 … in the open fields of Hardwick. 23 In 1708 part of Combe hill in Lew was said to be tithable to Yelford, but no later …
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 … to severe depopulation in the later Middle Ages, Yelford's west part became an inclosed estate in single ownership, … the higher ground in the north of the parish at Rickless Hill (87 m.) and near Home wood ( c. 90 m.), and Oxford clay …