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… This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard … a yard, was the equivalent of the rod, perch or pole and consisted of 16½ FOOT. OED earliest date of use: 1377 for … of measure was the nautical term for a comparatively long and slender WOODEN - SPAR hung at its centre in front of a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… shape, measuring 2.5 km. from north to south at its widest and 3 km. from east to west. The only natural boundary is a … and later a dairy were attached and a room opened for a men's club. 97 The Stag's Head remained in business in 1995. … sheep and cows 96 but there was 397 a. of arable in 1838 compared with 633 a. of grass. A further 40 a. was under …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of lot meadows along the Thames, may indicate … chapman, and clerk. 62 The subsidy of 1524, for which 26 men were assessed on goods and wages, seems to have omitted … presumably for Woodstock masters, provided work for a few women, and in 1851 there were 6 gloveresses. 6 The 'extreme …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Education Hugh Evans, vicar of Yarnton 1579-1618, and John Goad, vicar 1646-60, kept small private schools at … 49 No other school is known before the later 18th century, and the vicar reported in 1768 that the parish children were … MS. Oxf. Dioc. c 332, f. 484; Rep. Com. Children and Women in Agric. [4202-I], p. 337, H.C. (1868-9), xiii. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Thames. 41 The river forms the southern parish boundary, and a tributary stream known as Rowel brook in the north and as Kingsbridge brook in the south formed the eastern … Survey'. Rep. Com. Agric. Employment Children and Women [4202-1], pp. 336, 345-6, H.C. (1868-9), xiii. O.R.O., …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Steeple Barton, Cassington, Hampton Gay, Rousham, and Whitehill (in Tackley). 16 That Yarnton was referred to … farmers. In 1828, 1831, and 1835 both overseers were women. 24 The parish paid for dinners after the Michaelmas … of total poor relief expenditure. In 1802-3 there were 13 men and 11 women so employed, and the cost had risen to c. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… several summits. There is a barrow on it in the south and, also in the south, it was marked by many stones and … in the north and south corners of the parish. In 1309 the men of Yatesbury manor shared with the men of the manor which came to be called Yatesbury House farm …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 3379 inhabitants. This township, which includes Upper and Lower Yeadon, and Henshaw, comprises about 1730 acres, … by the Earl of Westmoreland, with an English force of 440 men, over Sir Robert Umfraville at the head of a Scottish … situated in a retired part of the parish. Many of the women and children are employed in the straw-plat …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1853. 19 In 1086 Yelford manor had land for 3 ploughs, 20 and there may have been other, unrecorded, land in the … estates there comprised a ploughland, 10½ yardlands, and some odd acres, a total of perhaps 15 yardlands. 21 In … from 60 s. to 50 s. since the Conquest. 33 By 1279 Yelford men were tenants of three manors. The Hastings manor, its …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 58 lies 3 miles (4.75 km.) south of Witney and 3 miles east of Bampton, 59 The village, noted for its … including assertions that there were two Yelfords, West and East, the former belonging in some way to Bampton, the … century may reflect extensive dereliction. In 1542 five men were mustered and six (in three families) were assessed …