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A History of the County of Oxford
… the family chapel, with the residue given to the poor on St. Thomas's day. Usually the whole amount was given to the poor, and … protests the Charity Commissioners ruled that the chapel's repair should be the first charge on the bequest. 73 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was probably a daughter church of the … the vicarage until the Dissolution. 47 In 1466 the abbey's nominee was rejected as unfit and presentation was made by … 1965 the then lord, C. K. F. Brown, gave the advowson to St. Catherine's College, Oxford. In 1984 St. Catherine's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 20 The inclosure commissioners of 1517 accused Rewley abbey in 1489 of inclosing 230 a. for pasture and allowing 6 … because of a threatened uprising. 25 The Privy Council's concern may have slowed the process, but it could not … a single day on successive Mondays following the feast of St. Peter and St. Paul (29 June) in the order Oxey, West …
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 … £3 from the Fletcher benefaction and £1 from the bishop of St. Asaph, an absentee landowner. 61 An evening school …
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 … 86 An accusation of the late 15th century that Rewley abbey had partly depopulated the parish by inclosing 87 is … practice of holding fairs on the village feast (24 August, St. Bartholomew's day), 53 and much earlier he had put an end …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government Yarnton, as part of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from suit at the … were, unusually, expected to contribute to the lord's scutage. 15 The 'hundred' of Yarnton, so called in 1279, … shire and hundred after 1281, under its new owner Rewley abbey. 18 The last known meeting of the manorial court was in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… granted 10 hides at YARNTON, formerly his cousin Godwin's, to his newly founded abbey at Eynsham. 63 The land was taken at the Conquest by … with other d'Ivri lands, had become part of the honor of St. Valery, of which it formed one of the five demesne …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Yarpole 81 YARPOLE (D.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)VII, S.W., (b)XII, N.W.) Yarpole is a parish and village 4 m. … principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Leonard (Plate 188) stands in the S. part of the parish. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… antiquity, was originally designated as the parish of St. Mary; its present name was acquired from the removal of … is still preserved in the name of a pass called the "Hart's leap," marked by two stones said to have been placed there … of Scottish minstrelsy. Among the lakes are the loch of St. Mary and the loch of The Lowes. The former, seven miles …
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 … Mercury, 21 Oct.). Ecclesiastical (1) The Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene (Fig. 219; Plate 32) stands on the S. side of the village street. It comprises a Chancel, North …