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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 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1965 the then lord, C. K. F. Brown, gave the advowson to St. Catherine's College, Oxford. In 1984 St. Catherine's transferred the advowson to the Charles … Goad, 1646-60, was similarly deprived of his fellowship at St. John's College, retiring to Yarnton where, 'a suffering …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was inclosed. 26 Much land between the village and the river was meadowland. Some meadows were evidently arable in … a single day on successive Mondays following the feast of St. Peter and St. Paul (29 June) in the order Oxey, West mead, Pixey. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… £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
… (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of the river Thames. 41 The river forms the southern parish boundary, and a tributary … 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… Local government Yarnton, as part of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from suit at the … view of frankpledge at Yarnton attended by tenants from St. Valery manors in Steeple Barton, Cassington, Hampton Gay, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with other d'Ivri lands, had become part of the honor of St. Valery, of which it formed one of the five demesne manors. It was held successively by Reynold of St. Valery (d. c. 1162), his son Bernard (d. 1191), and … abbey of Rewley. 67 Yarnton remained part of the honor of St. Valery, though by the early 16th century the manor was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… 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 the church to the banks of the river Yarrow, about the middle of the 17th century, since … 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
… Mercury, 21 Oct.). Ecclesiastical (1) The Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene (Fig. 219; Plate 32) stands on the S. side …