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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yaddlethorpe - Yazor Y Yaddlethorpe YADDLETHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of Bottesford, union of Glandford-Brigg, E. … It is situated on an acclivity above Bottesford beck, and comprises 733 a. 3 r. 6 p. The common lands were inclosed … a septennial fine of 100, are derived from an estate in Ireland, now worth 6000 per annum, but of which a lease for …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west of Arundel and c. 2 miles (3 km.) from the sea. In 1881 it had 1,740 a. and was irregular in shape. 94 … 317 (1957 edn.); 332 (1975 edn.). P.R.O., C 135/94, no. 2; cf. A.C.M., M 32, rot. 6. W.S.R.O., WDC/SU 19/1/1. Ibid. LD …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… eard] A term with several meanings, the most important in the Dictionary Archive being a unit of linear measure that … This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard … and Prussia (defined as SPRUCE), and WOOLLEN yarns from Ireland. Kerridge notes that the chief stimulus in this …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Yarlington YARLINGTON Yarlington in 1838 The parish of Yarlington, the derivation of whose … 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 … S.R.O., D/D/Va 1870. Ibid. D/P/yar 9/1/1. Ibid. D/D/Cf 1877/12. The tower may be on the site of a 12th-century …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Church Church The earliest reference to a church in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was … in 1009 has not been verified. Eynsham Cart. i, p. 376. Cf. above, Cassington, Cogges, Churches. O.R.O., MS. Oxf. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Economic history Economic history The presence in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of lot meadows along the Thames, may indicate … Hund. (Rec. Com.), ii. 855, 857; P.R.O., E 179/161/8-10. Cf. Econ. Jnl. xxii. 58-9, where additional possibilities are …
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 … is known before the later 18th century, and the vicar reported in 1768 that the parish children were so backward that he had …
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 … for hearth tax, 89 and in 1676 only 70 adults were reported, 90 indicating that the parish's population remained …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the lord's scutage. 15 The 'hundred' of Yarnton, so called in 1279, seems to have been the name given to an annual view … in Steeple Barton, Cassington, Hampton Gay, Rousham, and Whitehill (in Tackley). 16 That Yarnton was referred to … as a demesne manor. 17 Yarnton remained quit of shire and hundred after 1281, under its new owner Rewley abbey. 18 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Nonconformity Nonconformity In 1634 the Irish wife of Ellis Perrott, member of a … 35 The Spencers married into Roman Catholic families, 36 and in 1646 Sir William Spencer (d. 1657) was allegedly … Roman Catholic, possibly a servant of the Spencers, was reported. 40 In 1828 John Fordred, a Wesleyan minister from …