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A History of the County of Oxford
… 162 estimated acres, implying a yardland of 30 a. or more. 26 The valuation of a ploughland in 1305 as only 60 … was payable by 16 persons, of whom 8 were assessed at 2 s. or below, while 3, including John de Grey, were assessed at 5 … the farm formed part of a larger unit worked from Barley Park farm in Ducklington. In 1949, when the Weekses bought …
A History of the County of Oxford
… follows a watercourse which once bordered an ancient road or 'way', mentioned as Shifford's boundary in 1005; 77 the … of the village there was an unfailing spring, Taberwell or Taperwell, reputedly both holy and medicinal, which from … pottery found beneath the hall of Yelford Manor. 96 The place name, of which the early forms included Aieleforde, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with estates in Westwell and Alwoldsbury (in Alvescot or Clanfield) and a piece of land belonging to the royal … 1949, Manor farm being purchased by F. E. Parker of Barley Park, Ducklington, who sold the manor house to B. Babington … Robert of Yelford by Robert at Hall was evidently the Hall Place in Shilton attached to the Walwyns' Yelford manor in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… storeys, timber-framed and plastered. The roofs are tiled or thatched. Some of the buildings have exposed ceiling-beams and original chimney-stacks. ConditionGood or fairly good, unless noted. (3). Top Farm, on S. side of … 30 yards N. of (7), was built probably in the 16th or early in the 17th century on an L-shaped plan with the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Deserted settlement (?) (unlocated but possibly SP 570749 or 575752; Fig. 152), possibly lay somewhere in the W. part … embanked edges but the soil revealed by cattle treading, or in molehills, is notably darker than that in the … of the main street still retain markedly curved gardens or paddocks, the alignment of which is continued further S.W. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… the parish of Llangyvelach, form the ecclesiastical parish or district of Clydach, formed under the act 6th and 7th … is situated on the banks of the Ogmore, and is a distinct place, supporting its poor and appointing its own officers, … conjointly with the parish of St. Bride's Minor, to which place it is contiguous, being only separated by the river. It …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… moulded bases and capitals; the latter have carved paterae or foliage on the N. arcade and small grotesque beasts on the … church, (5) to Ann (Daw), wife of Joseph Barber, late 17th or early 18th-century, table-tomb; (6) to Henery Kaines, … 2 ft. 6 in. tall, top part rectangular to round or oval, remaining sides each with nimbed bust under arch and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yielding - Yoxhall Yielding, or Yelden (St. Mary) YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a … interesting monument, but without inscription. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. The moated site of an old … them with his army, and, inclosing them in Stanhope Park, in the county of Durham, had nearly made them …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… of water, of 2 miles. There were four main gates, or bars, all with projecting barbicans, six postern gates, … contained ravens and the royal menagerie. Executions took place here from 1802 to 1896 and intermittently before then … of Huby; Wakefield was employed to build Duncombe Park by Thomas Duncombe, High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1727, …