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A History of the County of Sussex
… Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west of Arundel and c. 2 miles (3 km.) from the sea. In 1881 it had 1,740 a. and was irregular in shape. 94 Between 1882 and 1891 it was enlarged by the addition of two … parish including Flansham in 1951, and 3,742 in 1981. Rates of increase in the three decades 1951-81 were 33, 25, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard … Inventories (mid-period), Inventories (late), Newspapers, Rates, Tradecards. Yarn [yorne; yearne; yearn; yarne; yare'] … In connection with cattle it refers to an animal coming between the CALF and the HEIFER and/or TWINTER. OED earliest …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the R. Tove, below 76 m. above OD, is on Upper Lias Clay and riverine deposits. Bands of limestones are exposed on the … of Moor End (3) and (4) is situated. The higher ground between 95 m. and 108 m. above OD is covered by Boulder Clay. … have been the site of the manor house of Yardley Gobion (G. Baker, Hist. of Northants., II (1836 41), 227). d(3) Moat …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… its S.E. side. It consists of land sloping generally N. between 110 m. and 66 m. above OD, and is entirely on Boulder Clay except … all round the village. Around The Pastures (SP 872553), between the fields and the forest, was an area of pasture and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… of the same material; the roofs are covered with tiles and stone slates. There appears to have been a church here of … by some capitals at the vicarage, the re-set S. doorway and probably the tower-arch. The Chancel was re-built at some … in the W. wall is a window of two trefoiled lights. Between this stage and the bell-chamber, except on the S., is …
A History of the County of Somerset
… shape, measuring 2.5 km. from north to south at its widest and 3 km. from east to west. The only natural boundary is a … lies on the western side of hills forming the watershed between the streams feeding the Cale and those feeding the … 297; Cal. S.P. Dom. 1633-4, 581. Walker Revised, ed. A. G. Matthews, 309. S.R.O., DD/S/ST 19/4; ibid. T/PH/vch 87; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… reference to a church in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was … and Today', Yarnton Quarterly Paper, xi: copy in Bodl. G.A. Oxon. c 317/15. O.R.O., MS. Oxf. Dioc. c 2085/1, 2. Rot. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of lot meadows along the Thames, may indicate … parish except for meadowland, was inclosed. 26 Much land between the village and the river was meadowland. Some … 142/191, no. 67; C 142/223, no. 75; C 142/264, no. 127. e.g. Jackson's farm, Southby's farm, College farm: above, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Thames. 41 The river forms the southern parish boundary, and a tributary stream known as Rowel brook in the north and … since the 1960s has restored something of the contrast between open fields to the north and thickly hedged closes to … between the narrowgauge O.W.W.R. and the broad-gauge G.W.R. gave Yarnton prominence in 1854 when a branch line, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Steeple Barton, Cassington, Hampton Gay, Rousham, and Whitehill (in Tackley). 16 That Yarnton was referred to … 19th century; church, poor, surveyors', and constables' rates were all so assessed. 22 Vestry meetings were held in … spent £32 on poor relief, rising to an average of £76 between 1783 and 1785. 26 From the mid 1790s there was a …