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A History of the County of Oxford
… difficult for the bishops to obtain their dues from the manor, and in the 14th century their claims to … English lands were seized in 1226 by Henry III, who gave them in 1227 to his brother Richard, earl of Cornwall (d. … the manor was said to be held of the honor of Wallingford, from which the honor of St. Valery was by then scarcely …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was reported. 40 In 1828 John Fordred, a Wesleyan minister from Oxford, applied for a licence for John Preedy's cottage … to the Wesleyan circuit collections were received from Yarnton in 1829, but no later mention has been found. 43 … Yarnton people were reckoned to attend, large crowds came from neighbouring villages. 44 From the mid 19th century …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… are covered with tiles. The detached South Tower may date from the 13th century but has no distinctive features. The … the S. side of the E. wing, on curved brackets springing from attached shafts with moulded capitals. Re-set in the E. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; containing, with the village of Ettrick-Bridge … as the parish of St. Mary; its present name was acquired from the removal of the church to the banks of the river … 1455, the lands became forfeited to the crown, and part of them were granted to Sir Walter Scott, ancestor of the dukes …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… during excavation, however, exist (copies in NMR), and from these it is clear that a building of considerable size, … (Plate 24) were discovered. No other details are known. From the field immediately to the W. a complete Roman pot and … village at TL 07309730 and much Roman pottery is recorded from along the edge of the river at TL 07719716 (OS Record …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 15th century the manor had passed to Sir Guy Wolston, and from him it passed to the Earls of Westmorland, all of whom … is narrower than the nave suggest that the church may date from the 12th century. Architectural Description The Chancel …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… period 18311901 it was in decline, the sharpest fall being from 211 in 1881 to 148 in 1891. Yatesbury had only 129 … c. 1670 37 was probably that which in 1773 led north-west from Avebury and ran close to the southern edge of Yatesbury … and eight customary tenants held 35 a. of arable between them. The largest customary holding was of only 21 a., and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… small parish 4 m. N.E. of Ross. The disused chapel, dating from the 12th century, and Dean's Place are the principal … and set in a late 17th-century carved frame. Screen: from the old chapelof three bays with moulded and panelled …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… half-column and the W. respond has a moulded corbel from which springs the inner order of the arch. In the S. … the inner order of the arches springs on the E. and W. from moulded corbels with diminishing shafts terminating in … and of two chamfered orders, the inner springing from semi-octagonal moulded corbels with diminishing shafts …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… to remove the W. arch of the transept which now springs from a pier in the middle bay of the arcade; the West Tower …