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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… present name was acquired from the removal of the church to the banks of the river Yarrow, about the middle of the … of the Douglas family in 1455, the lands became forfeited to the crown, and part of them were granted to Sir Walter Scott, ancestor of the dukes of Buccleuch, in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… regarded as part of Yarwell until it was transferred to Nassington in 1869. By the late 15th century the manor had passed to Sir Guy Wolston, and from him it passed to the Earls of Westmorland, all of whom lived at Apethorpe. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in 1377. 32 In 1801 the population was 234. It had fallen to 218 by 1811 and had risen to its peak at 274 by 1831. For most of the period 18311901 … was in decline, the sharpest fall being from 211 in 1881 to 148 in 1891. Yatesbury had only 129 inhabitants in 1901, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… and S. chapels altered in pitch, that on the N. probably to provide space for the still existing paintings over the … the E. bay indicate that this chapel was extended one bay to the E. at about the same period, the piscina of the … building there is some exposed timber-framing. In the N.E. tenement are remains of a 'black-letter' inscription on a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is pleasingly diversified. A district church dedicated to St. John was erected in 1843, at an expense of 2000, by … Anciently, Yealand-Conyers and Yealand-Redmayne appear to have formed one district. In the Testa de Neville it is … king's tenant in chief;" hence the origin of the additions to the name. The Conyers and Redmayne families were long …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the united benefice of Lower Windrush. 2 Bampton, to whose large pre-Conquest parochia Yelford belonged, … the Hastings manor from 1651 until 1949, when it was sold to F. E. Parker. 13 In 1952 Parker sold it with the manor house to B. Babington Smith, whose family retained it when the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… estate depicted in 1625, 18 together with Yelford field to the east which formed part of Hardwick's fields until … 24 In 1305 a yardland on the Hastings manor was said to contain only 24 a., 25 but Wadham College's estate in 1649 … suggests that half the land then lay fallow. 27 Change to a three-field rotation of crops before the mid 17th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (in Alvescot or Clanfield) and a piece of land belonging to the royal manor of Bampton, probably the 40 a. given before 1279 to Robert Pogeys by the lord of Yelford. 14 Walter also held … possibly a dovecot, survived in 1825. 69 Later structural repairs included bracing the central truss of the hall, which …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… c. 118090, and was, with the North Aisle, probably added to a nave of earlier date. Late in the 13th century the S. … head. In the S. wall are two two-light windows, similar to those in the N. wall, but with moulded labels; the splays of the easternmost are carried down below the sill to form a stepped seat. The chancel-arch is of c. 1300 and is …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… parish is situated near the turnpike-road from Pembroke to Narberth, and comprises a small extent of land, all … and the glebe comprises 50 acres. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is not distinguished by any architectural … shop; and Griffith Morgan, of this parish, charged the tenement of Tr-Gorov-Nedd with the annual payment of 3 to the …