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A History of the County of Oxford
… to have comprised much of the land south and west of the village. 23 Land inclosed later lay in areas of the parish … for meadowland, was inclosed. 26 Much land between the village and the river was meadowland. Some meadows were … 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
… is mostly fairly flat, rising gently to 61 m. at the village and more steeply to over 91 m. in the north-west … Yarnton, formerly Erdington, is said to mean a dwelling place or Earda's farm. 80 The earliest documentary evidence … E. M. Campbell, Dom. Geog. of SE. Eng. 193. Ekwall, Eng. Place Names (1960), 543; P.N. Oxon. (E.P.N.S.), ii. 297. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… called Exeter Farm, stands at the eastern edge of the old village, north of the Cassington road. The estate was sold by …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… 6 in. (a)VII, S.W., (b)XII, N.W.) Yarpole is a parish and village 4 m. N.N.W. of Leominster. The church is the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… 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 … of England, and James V. frequently resorted to this place to enjoy the diversion of the chase, the memorial of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Domesday Book but was probably included in Nassington, a village attributed with two mills, one of which may have been at Yarwell. In the Middle Ages the village was in Rockingham Forest. The extra-parochial forest … by the field names Dovecote Close and Coney Garth. The village was never very large, and had 39 houses in 1580 (NRO, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… building (TL 06699790; Fig. 121), immediately W. of the village, on limestone at 100 ft. above OD. Air photographs … settlement (?) (TL 07229768) may lie immediately E. of the village, on limestone at 60 ft. above OD, close to the R. … quantities has been found all over the E. side of the village and in the surrounding fields (local information). …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Yatesbury YATESBURY Yatesbury village stands 7 km. east of Calne. 27 The parish, 1,674 a. … of open field lay apparently north, south, and east of the village. There was common downland pasture for sheep in the … and south corners of the parish, and perhaps west of the village where fields were called sleights in the earlier 19th …