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A History of the County of Somerset
… cuts a steep-sided valley from east to west between God's Hill (107 m. (352 ft.)) and Yarlington Sleights (127 m. … but in the east there are thin north-south bands of Fuller's Earth and Fuller's Earth rock. 78 There were said to be … 16 CHARITIES FOR THE POOR None known. Ekwall, Eng. Place-Names, 187, 517. This article was completed in 1995. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… chapel, with the residue given to the poor on St. Thomas's day. Usually the whole amount was given to the poor, and … protests the Charity Commissioners ruled that the chapel's repair should be the first charge on the bequest. 73 … distributions. The new scheme typically reflected Thomas's ability to combine energetic and efficient administration …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the vicarage until the Dissolution. 47 In 1466 the abbey's nominee was rejected as unfit and presentation was made by … benefice with Brasenose College and, from 1986, with the duke of Marlborough. 56 The church was served by chaplains … cleaning in 1913 by F. C. Eden. A further restoration took place in 1971, by D. King. 15 When the south-west windows of …
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 … and regulate the grazing. After the opening in 1789 of Duke's Cut, linking the Thames near Oxey mead to the Oxford … hay led to the abandonment of lot drawing, which last took place in 1978. 42 The hay was thereafter sold as one lot and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… latter was supported in 1797 by a biannual payment of 18 s. from the overseers and by voluntary subscriptions. The … in the Spencer chapel or, if not needed there, for Yarnton's poor, 55 was usually spent on clothes for the … 56 From 1817 a room in the new parish clerk's house at the north-west end of Church Lane was used as a …
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 … Yarnton, formerly Erdington, is said to mean a dwelling place or Earda's farm. 80 The earliest documentary evidence … Eton College to George Spencer- Churchill (d. 1857), later duke of Marlborough; O.R.O., MS., Oxf. Dioc. d. 549, f. 136; …
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 … Swete, formerly army paymaster under John Churchill, duke of Marlborough. 78 Swete devised it on his death in 1744 …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. This place, which is of considerable antiquity, was originally … is still preserved in the name of a pass called the "Hart's leap," marked by two stones said to have been placed there … and Teviotdale, and patronage of the Crown the minister's stipend is 233. 8. 1., with a manse, and the glebe is …
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). Chapel …
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 … income, 57, with a house. The Society of Friends have a place of worship, with a school attached; and there is a …