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A History of the County of Oxford
… remained on their holdings for several generations. The Miles family was tenant of Jackson's farm from the 1730s until c. 1853; although in 1843 Abraham Miles was reported to Merton College as a 'slovenly' farmer …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Introduction Introduction YARNTON lies 4 miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; containing, with the village of … The parish is of very irregular form, about eighteen miles in extreme length and nearly sixteen miles in breadth; and comprises 71,410 acres, of which 2740 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… division of the wapentake of Skyrack, W. riding of York, 6 miles (N. W.) from Leeds; containing 3379 inhabitants. This … Lonsdale south of the Sands, N. division of Lancashire, 2 miles (W. S. W.) from Burton-in-Kendal; containing 322 … of the Sands, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 3 miles (S. W.) from Burton-in-Kendal; containing 228 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the civil parish of Hardwick-with-Yelford, 58 lies 3 miles (4.75 km.) south of Witney and 3 miles east of Bampton, 59 The village, noted for its … espec. 1535, 3978, 8209, 8677-9, 12526; D. Benson and D. Miles, Upper Thames Valley, 42-3; V.C.H. Oxon. i. 363-4. Inf. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of a junior branch of the family: certainly his successor Miles, probably his son, held Yelford as an undertenant of … by William of Hastings (d. c. 1278) and Joan of Blakenham. Miles, a supporter of Simon de Montfort, suffered temporary … it to his son Thomas, retaining a life interest. 30 On Miles's death c. 1305 it therefore passed not to his heir, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 miles (S. W.) from Narberth; containing 148 inhabitants. This … hundred of Ogmore, county of Glamorgan, South Wales, 9 miles (N.) from Bridgend; containing 117 inhabitants. This … in the union of Ruthin, county of Denbigh, North Wales, 4 miles (N. W. by W.) from Ruthin: the population is included …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from Higham-Ferrers; containing 320 inhabitants. … union of Atcham, hundred of Ford, S. division of Salop, 6 miles (W. by S.) from Shrewsbury. The tithes have been … in the E. riding of York, of which it is the capital, 193 miles (N. N. W.) from London; containing 28,842 inhabitants. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… Foss, with a perimeter, omitting stretches of water, of 2 miles. There were four main gates, or bars, all with …