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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 … of the sales were used to endow scholarships and prizes at Oxford and Cambridge universities under the power of … poor-law union and in 1894 formed part of Wincanton rural district which was absorbed into Yeovil, later South …
A History of the County of Oxford
… day. Usually the whole amount was given to the poor, and from c. 1815 it was used to support the school and clothe schoolchildren. 72 In 1914, however, the vicar and … traced. One of the boxes is preserved in the Museum of Oxford. O.R.C.C., Kimber files: MS. rep. on Review of Oxon. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a church in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was … of the then lord, Sir William Spencer, presented. Oxford University presented in 1646 on the grounds that Sir … George Clarke (d. 1736), fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Clarke devised it to the college, which failed to …
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 … of Duke's Cut, linking the Thames near Oxey mead to the Oxford canal, 1 s. was collected from every barge for the use … and new employment was brought to Yarnton by the the district headquarters of the Southern Electricity Board, a …
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 … money raised by subscription to form a children's clothing fund. 60 In 1854 the vicar claimed that he bore almost the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction YARNTON lies 4 miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of the river Thames. 41 The river forms the southern parish boundary, and a tributary stream known as Rowel brook in the north and … of Cassington Road with Woodstock Road, of a large district headquarters for the Southern Electricity Board. A …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Steeple Barton, Cassington, Hampton Gay, Rousham, and Whitehill (in Tackley). 16 That Yarnton was referred to … it was always among the highest. 27 Yarnton's proximity to Oxford on the Woodstock road presumably accounts for the very … poor law union. In 1932 it was transferred to Witney rural district, and in 1974 to Cherwell district. 42 Rot. Hund. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Manor and other estates Manor and other estates In 1005 Ealdorman … it in 1936 to George Kolkhorst, Reader in Spanish at Oxford University. On his death in 1959 it was bought by the … in the south-east of the parish, immediately west of the Oxford-Woodstock road, was, like Paternoster farm, part of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 35 The Spencers married into Roman Catholic families, 36 and in 1646 Sir William Spencer (d. 1657) was allegedly … 40 In 1828 John Fordred, a Wesleyan minister from Oxford, applied for a licence for John Preedy's cottage in … mention has been found. 43 In the 1830s Henry Bulteel of Oxford preached at Baptist meetings in Yarnton. Although only …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… 6 in. (a)VII, S.W., (b)XII, N.W.) Yarpole is a parish and village 4 m. N.N.W. of Leominster. The church is the … seems to have been re-built, the North Aisle was added, and the S. porch largely re-built. The tower was restored in … and internal ceiling-beams. ConditionGood or fairly good, unless noted. a(3). House, on the S. side of the road, …