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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… The site has been much altered, particularly in recent years, and now consists of a sub-rectangular island, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Clay at 104 m. above OD. Discoveries made over a number of years indicate an area of occupation covering six hectares. … found when the area was ploughed during the Second World War (NM Records). Fig. 164 Yardley Hastings (23) Dam Fig. 165 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 1556 Henry and his wife Dorothy granted the manor for 31 years to Richard FitzJames who was living at Woolston in the … 1648 Sir Henry Berkeley let the profits of the fair for 21 years at 50 s. but a new lease in 1670 brought in only 40 s. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… relying increasingly on resident curates. In his late years, concerned at the growing strength of nonconformity in … pieces of ancient sculpture'. 10 The latter included seven alabaster panels of the 15th century which were formed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1936 it was said that the charge had been dropped 'some years ago'. 39 Oxey mead, traversed in the 1930s by the … meads, because the right to graze belonged in alternate years to Wytham; 43 in 1936 the stint in Yarnton meads was … century, the tenants c. 1530 including one of 4 yardlands, seven of 2 yardlands, one of 1 ½ yardland, and 9 cottagers; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1971 of the William Fletcher County Primary School, with seven classrooms and a hall; the Church Lane school became a … Dioc. c 433, f. 234. The vicar claimed variously in later years to have started the day school in 1803 and 1805: ibid. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… opened to Witney and Fairford. 72 During the Second World War marshalling yards were built for the storage and transfer of war supplies. The station and the Fairford line were closed … a secondary road ... very little altered during recent years'. 35 In the 1920s, however, 37 houses had been built; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… owned an unusual number of cottages, including a block of seven known as the College standing on manorial waste south …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Howse, and sold by him shortly after the First World War to Edward Harris, whose son Edward was the owner in 1986. … that 'a great part' of the house was 'pulled down about 16 years ago' is misread as an entry for 1678 in the diary. …