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A History of the County of Somerset
… parts of the eastern and western boundaries are marked by roads. 74 The boundaries of the manor, which by the 18th … to agricultural use, stood on the north-west corner of the churchyard until the 1950s but has since been demolished. 87 … visited Redlynch House in 1782. 1 Horse races were held in 1795. 2 In 1641 168 persons were taxed. 3 The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 46 Eynsham appropriated the church, probably in 1235, and held the advowson of the vicarage until the Dissolution. 47 … nominee was rejected as unfit and presentation was made by the bishop. 48 After the Dissolution the Crown presented … cross had been displaced from its base by 1810. 33 The churchyard, extended in 1883, 34 contains tombstones from the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were 52 yardlands recorded in the parish in 1279, but by the 17th century there were said to be only 44, 17 … to the dukes of Marlborough. 31 The lot meadows were held in 13 lots, represented by 13 cherrywood balls each … of services exacted from 20 villeins and 3 bordars who held the other 7 teams recorded. The estate's value had …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the 18th century and early 19th. 43 The route followed by 17th-century perambulations seems not to have been … century it was used to house labourers 13 and was usually held with Hall Farm, Begbroke. 14 Extensive farm buildings … hospital. Forty royalist soldiers were buried in the churchyard between May 1643 and January 1645. 43 King …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton, as part of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from suit at the hundred court of Wootton by Richard, earl of Cornwall. Earl Edmund held courts for his villeins at Yarnton, but free tenants … rates were all so assessed. 22 Vestry meetings were held in the Spencer aisle of the church and were usually …
A History of the County of Oxford
… abbey at Eynsham. 63 The land was taken at the Conquest by Remigius, bishop of Dorchester, later bishop of Lincoln, … not, apparently, Yarnton. In 1086 Eynsham's estates were held of the bishop by Abbot Columban, but 9 1/2 hides at Yarnton, though said to be Eynsham's, were held of the bishop by Roger d'Ivri. The estate included 1 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… In the 1840s Primitive Methodists met in a stable. 45 By 1854 John Herbert's cottage near the Oxford-Woodstock road … and dissenters also met at Southby's Farm, then occupied by Thomas Johnson. There were said in 1854 to be 20 … before 6 o'clock in the evening. 46 Prayer meetings held in two cottages during 1866 were reputedly attended by …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and in the reign of Bruce was recovered from the English by Sir James Douglas, upon whom, as a reward for his … of the parish have been much promoted by the encouragement held out by the Selkirkshire Pastoral Society, established … Kers, of Loch Tower, a branch of the Roxburghe family. The churchyard of the parish contains the remains of many of the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of Calne. 27 The parish, 1,674 a. (677 ha.), was absorbed by Cherhill parish in 1934. 28 The parish boundary is marked … was possibly part of the large estate called Calne held by the king from the 9th or 10th century. Agricultural land at Calne held by Calne church in 1086 was almost certainly granted to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… and the aisles of the nave widened, as is indicated by the partial blocking of a lancet-window in the W. wall of … feature. Architectural DescriptionThe Chancel (40 ft. by 16 ft.) has an E. wall faced with rough ashlar and … fragment of coped slab with scrolled cross; W. side of churchyard; (11) fragment of coped slab, all probably …