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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 … Burravoe, synod of Shetland, and in the patronage of the Earl of Zetland. The minister's stipend is 158., of which … Monday morning for hiring farm servants. A penny-post office has been established; and facility of intercourse is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… of a single straight street with regular plots on the S. side, including the manor site and glebe. The layout on … W. gable, class 6 with outshut, mid 19th-century. (9) Post Office, one storey and attics, class 4a, probably … John Dimbleby, mason, and Edward Orper, carpenter, for the Earl of Westmorland; accounts exist for ironwork provided by …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Hill. 30 Flat and well drained, nearly all Yatesbury's land is suitable for ploughing. Large areas of open field … was dissolved, and in 1553 was granted to William Herbert, earl of Pembroke (d. 1570). 60 In 1567 the estate consisted … or part of the estate passed with the earldom to Philip, earl of Pembroke and of Montgomery (d. 1683), who held part …
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). … ConditionGood or fairly good, unless noted. (4). Post Office, opposite the church, has some exposed timber-framing …
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. … and S. divisions of Devon, 3 miles (S. E. by S.) from Earl's-Plympton; containing 1317 inhabitants. It comprises by … the portreeve exercises magisterial authority while in office. A court of record formerly took place every three …
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, … latter to Hardwick. 62 Evidently the tenants of Yelford's residual open fields, for taxation and other purposes, had …
A History of the County of Oxford
… tenants of the former Grey manor paid suit to Hardwick's courts, 89 which until the 1580s nominated a separate … until inclosure in 1853, tenants of Wadham College's Yelford estate, descended from the Grey manor, were still attending Hardwick's courts. 92 Mid 16th- century courts held nominally for …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 miles (S. W.) from Narberth; containing 148 inhabitants. This parish … of them representing Rhŷs Vawr ab Meredydd, to whom Henry, Earl of Richmond, afterwards Henry VII., intrusted the … themselves. In 1158 it was besieged and taken by Roger, Earl of Clare, but in 1189 was retaken by Maelgwyn ab Rhŷs, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… lace-making. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 13. 4.; net income, 317; patron and incumbent, … that an army should be sent, under the command of the Earl of Surrey, to relieve Roxburgh, which the Scots were at … the Archbishop of Canterbury, who took the usual oaths of office in the presence of the council, and on the same day …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… and then the city defences, following the circuit S.W. of the Ouse from Skeldergate Bridge, to Lendal Bridge, … 47 In 1642 the castle was garrisoned for the king by the Earl of Cumberland and put into a state of defence, and the … Tower are based upon drawings prepared in the former Office of Works and the first-floor plan and section upon …