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A History of the County of Oxford
… schoolhouse and receiving £8 a year from the charity. 75 West's charity was established by will dated c. 1840, giving …
A History of the County of Oxford
… house and stable adjoining. 67 Such a house was built, west of the site of the old one, but apparently not until the … nave, south chapel and aisle, south porch, and south-west tower. 93 From the 12th-century church there survive a … George SpencerChurchill, duke of Marlborough. Some of the wood survived and was used in 1921 to make stalls for the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… seem to have comprised much of the land south and west of the village. 23 Land inclosed later lay in areas of … into modern times. Oxey, or Oxhurst, mead (66 a.) and West mead (75 a.) lie along the north bank of the river with … farming, with increasing emphasis on pasture. Anthony Wood commented on the richness of pasture in the parish, 82 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1817 a room in the new parish clerk's house at the north-west end of Church Lane was used as a schoolroom. 57 The … house, attended by 11 children from the ages of 5 to 9. 71 Wood, Athenae Oxon. i. 636; Wood's Life, i (O.H.S. xix), 151; above, Church. O.R.O., MS. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction YARNTON lies 4 miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of the river Thames. 41 The … Field boundaries separate Yarnton from Cassington on the west and from Begbroke on the north. A large detached part of … village in 1587. 23 The Six Bells inn, visited by Anthony Wood in 1670, 24 reputedly acquired its name c. 1620 when the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to have been incorporated as a service wing at the north-west corner of the new house, which was an imposing structure … There are remains of extensive fishponds of unknown date west of Mead Lane south of the railway line. Yarnton Manor … no. 127; Harl. Soc. v. 127-8. Cal. Pat. 1572-5, p. 339; Wood's Life, i (O.H.S. xix), 217-18; Stapleton, Three Oxon. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 185-7. O.R.O., Cal. Oxf. Presentation Deeds II, f. 104. Wood's Life, iii (O.H.S. xxvi), 73. Wood, Athenae Oxon. (3rd edn. 1820), iv. 268; Stapleton, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of the ancient forest; the chief are some oak-trees on the West Faldshope hill, but they are more remarkable for their … Castle, the seat of the Scott family, are entire. To the west of the church is a spot regarded as the scene of a … the Gifford water flows, between banks richly crowned with wood and thriving plantations, and comprehending much …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… It comprises a Chancel, North and South Chapels, Nave and West Tower. The walls are of limestone rubble with freestone …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Durobrivae shows twelve iron-working sites within the wood and two more to the N. (E. T. Artis, Durobrivae (1828), pl. I). The N. part of the wood where eight of the sites are shown, has been cleared and quarried. The remainder of the wood is dotted with many pits and hollows; some are recent …