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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the county boundary with Bedfordshire which forms its S.E. side. It consists of land sloping generally N. between … here (NM Records). d(2) Enclosure (SP 850551), 700 m. W.S.W. of (1) in a similar situation. Air photographs (in NMR) show very indistinctly what appear to be the S. halves of two concentric enclosures about 110 m. and 40 m. …
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. … 100 a., extending as far as the parish boundary where the lord claimed a deer leap in the 18th century. 78 It was known … in a lease of an adjoining cottage in 1714, the lord reserved the right to stand outside the park pale to …
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 … but by 1579 the advowson had been bought by John Durant, lord of the manor, 51 and it descended with the manor … In 1644 Richard Brainthwaite, grandfather of the then lord, Sir William Spencer, presented. Oxford University …
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 … in the later 19th century, are included in Yarnton's lot meadows; the west part was also lot meadow in the 18th … paid rent of 4 s. each and provided services at the lord's will; 7 half-yardlanders paid 2 s. 6 d. each with …
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 … part of the south-east corner of Yarnton west of King's bridge. A house stood c. 1200 on the Yarnton side of the … during a period of skirmishing north of Oxford, Ralph, Lord Hopton, a royalist commander, had quarters in Yarnton. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… tenants were, unusually, expected to contribute to the lord's scutage. 15 The 'hundred' of Yarnton, so called in 1279, … early 17th by malt or malt money received from the parish's farmers. 20 By 1800 and probably earlier a rate was raised …
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 … formerly held freely by Maino. Odo, bishop of Bayeux, was lord of the other half hide; it, too, was held by Roger …
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 … Society, established under the patronage of the late Lord Napier, and which holds a triennial meeting in this … Murray, senator of the College of Justice by the title of Lord Elibank; Dr. John Rutherford, pupil of the celebrated …
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 … of St. Mary Magdalene (Fig. 219; Plate 32) stands on the S. side of the village street. It comprises a Chancel, North … building is mostly 13th-century. It formerly had N. and S. aisles which were removed in 1782. The W. tower has been …
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 … held 2 knight's fees at Yatesbury, including 1 of a mesne lord, Walter son of Bernard. 31 By 1249 the manor had passed … (d. by 1654) on her marriage to Charles Seymour (from 1664 Lord Seymour, d. 1665), and it descended to Mary's daughter …