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A History of the County of Oxford
… used to support the school and clothe schoolchildren. 72 In 1914, however, the vicar and churchwardens claimed that … the parish, of which £10 was to be distributed to the poor in meat and bread on Christmas Day and on the anniversary of … by will dated c. 1840, giving £210 stock to assist the lying-in of poor and deserving parishioners. £5 5 s. a year …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Economic history Economic history The presence in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the … once shared a single set of fields. The medieval yardland in Yarnton seems to have comprised c. 25 a. exclusive of meadow and pasture, 15 and in 1617 a 2-yardland estate contained 44 a. of arable. 16 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… boundary, and a tributary stream known as Rowel brook in the north and as Kingsbridge brook in the south formed the … 1,644 a. to 1,762 a. (713 ha.). 48 An area known as Fries, lying mainly in Water Eaton, included a small part of the … the river level was kept permanently high, so that low-lying ground was almost always flooded and water could not be …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the lord's scutage. 15 The 'hundred' of Yarnton, so called in 1279, seems to have been the name given to an annual view … at Yarnton attended by tenants from St. Valery manors in Steeple Barton, Cassington, Hampton Gay, Rousham, and … in Oxford. Smallpox sufferers were taken to isolation hospitals at Hensington and Wolvercote, and in 1794 and 1815 …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Yarrow - Zetland Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; … taking a direction from east to west, the cultivated land lying chiefly along the shore. The soil exhibits various … from one to two feet in thickness, have been discovered lying under masses of peat-moss, and incumbent on the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… OD. The greater part lies on limestone and marls, except in the extreme W. where the higher ground is covered by … and Roman b(1) Double ring ditch (?) (TL 07229721), in the S.E. of the parish, 150 m. W. of Yarwell Mill, on … but its outer ditch can be seen as a crop-mark, 30 m. in diam. with an inner ditch 25 m. in diam. (air photographs …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1,674 a. (677 ha.), was absorbed by Cherhill parish in 1934. 28 The parish boundary is marked by few prominent … link or approach several summits. There is a barrow on it in the south and, also in the south, it was marked by many stones and mounds which …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yeading - Yettington Yeading YEADING, a hamlet, in the parish of Hayes, union of Uxbridge, hundred of … containing 222 inhabitants. Yeadon YEADON, a township, in the parish of Guiseley, Upper division of the wapentake of … good building-stone. The population is mostly employed in the manufacture of woollencloth, in three large mills. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… smallest rural parishes until it was included in 1932 in the civil parish of Hardwick-with-Yelford, 58 lies 3 miles … its seclusion, 60 is accessible by a single narrow lane. In 1876 the parish contained 336 a., 61 but its medieval …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… land between 95 m. and 145 m. above OD and except in the extreme W. of the parish where Lower Lias Clay is … the village. Roman b(1) Roman settlement (?) (SP 595745), in the S. of the parish, on Boulder Clay at 125 m. above OD. … of Yelvertoft itself. The long narrow W. projection, lying against Watling Street, is similar in appearance to …