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A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was probably a daughter church of the abbey, and it was still occasionally called a chapel … 1544 and 1547, 49 and in 1565 the advowson was sold to two London speculators, Richard Bernard and Robert Taylor. 50 It …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic history Economic history The presence in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of lot meadows along … and they present a remarkable survival of immemorial custom into modern times. Oxey, or Oxhurst, mead (66 a.) and …
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 … L.N.W.R., thereby providing the O.W.W.R. with access to London independent of the G.W.R. Yarnton Junction station was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 63 The land was taken at the Conquest by Remigius, bishop of Dorchester, later bishop of Lincoln, who eventually returned the abbey's other estates … to Henry Jackson, a minor canon of St. Paul's cathedral, London. By will proved 1727 Jackson devised the estate, known …
The Rulers of London 1660-1689
… Co Cheap, 1688-91 Tory, 1690 (1) Cf William Yate, widower, of St Mary Colechurch, worth £600, 1695 (2) (1) Bodl Lib, … PCC 154 Herne pr, 5 Sep 1702 mar (A) 1662, Alice Flower ? of Salisbury, Wilts, (B) 1663, Elizabeth, da of William FARR, … stock, 1671) Shipping, slave trade interest (6) City and London property (7) (1) Johnson, DR, IV, p 160, LVP, 1664, p …
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 … by Cherhill in 1934, 33 and probably c. 140 in 1995. The London-Bristol road via Calne followed the ridge across the … were appointed, matters presented included breaches of custom in the use of common pastures, encroachment on the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Yettington Yeading YEADING, a hamlet, in the parish of Hayes, union of Uxbridge, hundred of Elthorne, county of Middlesex; … 9 miles (S. S. E.) from Somerton, and 122 (W. S. W.) from London; containing 7043 inhabitants. This place, from the …
A Dictionary of London
… Yeldehalle - Yvilane Yeldehalle The chamber of Yeldehalle in Candelwikestrete, 1369, in the parish of St. … identified. Yeuan (St.) See Audoen (St.). York Abbot of London residence in parish of St. Peter Paul's Wharf, … P. Chas. I. Dom. S. XIV. p.54). Site now occupied by the Custom House. Ypres Inn See Ipres Inn. Ysmongereslane See …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 miles (S. W.) … machine erected in 1828, from designs by Mr. Brunton, of London, and worked by a water-wheel of large diameter. The … the auspices of the ancient family of Hensol, and the custom was kept up till the year 1721, when the male line of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from … of which it is the capital, 193 miles (N. N. W.) from London; containing 28,842 inhabitants. The origin of this … part of artificial plantation. In this riding it is the custom to sell the falls of wood to professed wood-buyers, …