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A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton until 1932. 47 That change increased Yarnton's area from 1,644 a. to 1,762 a. (713 ha.). 48 An area known … 49 The name was preserved in the 17th century in Frize or Frice farm and grounds, 50 and that corner of Yarnton was … road, was also recorded from the 1750s. It comprises a row of rubble and brick buildings with jetties at the first …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… is still preserved in the name of a pass called the "Hart's leap," marked by two stones said to have been placed there … is associated with reminiscences of deeper interest, or more closely identified with the finest strains of … Sheriff's Knowe. James Hogg, better known as the "Ettrick Shepherd," was also long resident in the parish. Yarrowford …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… and Roman b(1) Double ring ditch (?) (TL 07229721), in the S.E. of the parish, 150 m. W. of Yarwell Mill, on limestone … found only 20 cm. below the ground surface. No tessellated or tiled floors were uncovered but pottery of the 2nd and 3rd … of Roman buildings here (E. T. Artis, Durobrivae (1828), pl. I). Moreover, Roman pottery in considerable quantities …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… of a single straight street with regular plots on the S. side, including the manor site and glebe. The layout on … all the larger and fashionable houses were copyhold or freehold; the only house of more than average status built … Within the fireplace in the E. room is a stone bench. (24) Row of three two-storey dwellings each class 4c, early …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Hill. 30 Flat and well drained, nearly all Yatesbury's land is suitable for ploughing. Large areas of open field … in the north corner; a common flock was overseen by a shepherd acting for both manors. 70 Probably in the early … V.C.H. Wilts. iv. 307. Ibid. 361. J. Ogilby, Brit. (1675), pl. 11; L.J. xxvi. 207, 213. W.R.O., G 18/990/1, ff. 613, 70. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Yelford's medieval open fields probably covered much of the area of … 162 estimated acres, implying a yardland of 30 a. or more. 26 The valuation of a ploughland in 1305 as only 60 … and the Pinnocks for much of the 19th. The residence of a shepherd in Yelford's small farming community in 1584 75 …
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 … in Gloucestershire, notably Southrop. 15 Later Walter's Domesday estate, sometimes described as the honor of … 20 and in 1279 Benet held Yelford in chief as knight's fee. 21 By 1285 he had been succeeded by a minor son, 22 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yielding - Yoxhall Yielding, or Yelden (St. Mary) YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a … lace-making. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 13. 4.; net income, 317; patron and incumbent, … increasing in size. In the adjacent township of Fulford, a row of very superior buildings, called New Walk Terrace, has …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… and then the city defences, following the circuit S.W. of the Ouse from Skeldergate Bridge, to Lendal Bridge, … by a rectangular forebuilding restored in 1642 and later (Pl. 8). Of the stepped buttresses the eastern is 13th-century … Prince, preferred to those of Richard Raisin and William Shepherd, was approved on 4 May. The work was to cost 1540. …
Survey of London
… providing the Bishop of Norwich with a house in Cannon Row, Westminster, granted 190 Norwich Place to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, in exchange for the Duke's house in Southwark. This grant preserved the rights of … at a reasonable rent, as the late Lord Keeper had it, or otherwise by promis from your Lordship to enjoy it for …