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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the county boundary with Bedfordshire which forms its S.E. side. It consists of land sloping generally N. between … here (NM Records). d(2) Enclosure (SP 850551), 700 m. W.S.W. of (1) in a similar situation. Air photographs (in NMR) … of the parish, within the existing woodland or in areas formerly wooded or used as common grazing, are a number of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Yarkhill 96 YARKHILL (C.c.) (O.S. 6 in. XXXIV, N.E.) Yarkhill is a parish 7 m. E.N.E. of … (1). Parish Church of St. John the Baptist stands in the S. part of the parish. The walls are of local sandstone … extended in the 18th century. The Moat, S.E. of the house, formerly enclosed a roughly rectangular island, but is now …
A History of the County of Somerset
… cuts a steep-sided valley from east to west between God's Hill (107 m. (352 ft.)) and Yarlington Sleights (127 m. … prehistoric and Roman activity in the parish but what was formerly believed to be a British camp on God's Hill is part … there were several cottages along West Street and Stoke Lane in the far west of the parish. Houses have been built at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the vicarage until the Dissolution. 47 In 1466 the abbey's nominee was rejected as unfit and presentation was made by … endowed vicarage of 5 marks a year, derived from a house formerly the chaplain's and all altar offerings except … house, which stood north of the church fronting Church Lane, 64 was taxed on four hearths in 1662. 65 It was in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… because of a threatened uprising. 25 The Privy Council's concern may have slowed the process, but it could not … a yard of meadow (¼ of a lot), but it was said that it had formerly been double; 1 horse was reckoned equivalent to 2 … until the building c. 1829 of Parker's Farm north of Sandy Lane. 73 The Blenheim estate bought Robinson's land in 1849 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… latter was supported in 1797 by a biannual payment of 18 s. from the overseers and by voluntary subscriptions. The … in the Spencer chapel or, if not needed there, for Yarnton's poor, 55 was usually spent on clothes for the … new parish clerk's house at the north-west end of Church Lane was used as a schoolroom. 57 The children were taught by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Close (3 a.), lay north-east of the junction of Sandy Lane with the Woodstock road. The boundaries with Begbroke … 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 … south and west of the later village. The name Yarnton, formerly Erdington, is said to mean a dwelling place or …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were, unusually, expected to contribute to the lord's scutage. 15 The 'hundred' of Yarnton, so called in 1279, … early 17th by malt or malt money received from the parish's farmers. 20 By 1800 and probably earlier a rate was raised … the College standing on manorial waste south of Cassington Lane, south-east of Southby's, later Exeter, Farm. 31 New …
A History of the County of Oxford
… In 1005 Ealdorman Aethelmaer granted 10 hides at YARNTON, formerly his cousin Godwin's, to his newly founded abbey at Eynsham. 63 The land was … of extensive fishponds of unknown date west of Mead Lane south of the railway line. Yarnton Manor was used c. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 37 The only self-confessed Catholic was Sir William's grandson William (d. 1683). 38 John Goad, vicar 1646-60, … from Oxford, applied for a licence for John Preedy's cottage in Yarnton to be used as a meeting house. 41 The cottage may have stood at the east end of Gravel Pits Lane. 42 Contributions to the Wesleyan circuit collections …