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A History of the County of Oxford
… relying increasingly on resident curates. In his late years, concerned at the growing strength of nonconformity in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1936 it was said that the charge had been dropped 'some years ago'. 39 Oxey mead, traversed in the 1930s by the … meads, because the right to graze belonged in alternate years to Wytham; 43 in 1936 the stint in Yarnton meads was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Dioc. c 433, f. 234. The vicar claimed variously in later years to have started the day school in 1803 and 1805: ibid. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… opened to Witney and Fairford. 72 During the Second World War marshalling yards were built for the storage and transfer of war supplies. The station and the Fairford line were closed … a secondary road ... very little altered during recent years'. 35 In the 1920s, however, 37 houses had been built; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from suit at the hundred court of Wootton by Richard, earl of Cornwall. Earl … expected to contribute to the lord's scutage. 15 The 'hundred' of Yarnton, so called in 1279, seems to have been … (in Tackley). 16 That Yarnton was referred to as a hundred suggests its importance as an honorial centre, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Howse, and sold by him shortly after the First World War to Edward Harris, whose son Edward was the owner in 1986. … that 'a great part' of the house was 'pulled down about 16 years ago' is misread as an entry for 1678 in the diary. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… was a large cairn, of which the stones were removed some years since to furnish dykes for inclosures. Connected with … at Manilla. Sir Walter Scott resided at Ashiesteel for ten years after the demise of Colonel Russell. Soon after he had … great extent, though to less advantage now than in former years, and in which, during the respective seasons, nearly …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… century. Yatesbury airfield, in use in the First World War and from 1936, lay south-west of Yatesbury village and … 21 In 17756 41 was spent on poor relief, in the three years to Easter 1785 c. 37 a year. Expenditure had risen to … given for the numbers receiving occasional relief in those years, 439 and 342 respectively, may refer to the number of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… and perhaps the ends of the Transepts remain. About the years 12901300 the church was largely reconstructed, the … painted hunting-scene is said to have been uncovered some years ago, but is not now visible. (11). Cottage, 40 yards E. …