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A History of the County of Sussex
… Yapton YAPTON The parish of Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west … in shape. 94 Between 1882 and 1891 it was enlarged by the addition of two detached parts of Walberton in the … within Yapton, one of which had also once partly belonged to an estate centred in Barnham, were added to Yapton, while …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… yeard; y'd; yd; yarde; eard] A term with several meanings, the most important in the Dictionary Archive being a unit of … equivalent) was 36 INCH or 3 FOOT long, though sometimes by custom for some TEXTILEs of 37 inches. The term appears in … practice in retail linen-drapers' shops of calling certain articles 'yard wide', when the real width is, perhaps, only …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Yarlington YARLINGTON Yarlington in 1838 The parish of Yarlington, the derivation of whose name is … roughly triangular in shape, measuring 2.5 km. from north to south at its widest and 3 km. from east to west. The only … parts of the eastern and western boundaries are marked by roads. 74 The boundaries of the manor, which by the 18th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Church Church The earliest reference to a church in Yarnton is a … nominee was rejected as unfit and presentation was made by the bishop. 48 After the Dissolution the Crown presented … vicar 1803-58, so vigorously pursued his rights that a proposed augmentation in 1817 was cancelled 'on account of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Economic history Economic history The presence in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, … set of fields. The medieval yardland in Yarnton seems to have comprised c. 25 a. exclusive of meadow and pasture, … were 52 yardlands recorded in the parish in 1279, but by the 17th century there were said to be only 44, 17 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… YARNTON lies 4 miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of the river Thames. 41 The river forms the … in the 18th century and early 19th. 43 The route followed by 17th-century perambulations seems not to have been recorded, 44 and in 1811 the muniments at …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Yarrow - Zetland Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; containing, … and in the reign of Bruce was recovered from the English by Sir James Douglas, upon whom, as a reward for his … Roxburgh; containing 1295 inhabitants, of whom 326 are in Kirk-Yetholm and 618 in TownYetholm, 8 miles (S. E. by E.) …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… YARWELL (Fig. 218) Yarwell is a parish of 490 hectares on the W. of the R. Nene. It has always been a chapelry of Nassington, and served by a curate. Yarwell is not named in Domesday Book but was … the faculty papers together with drawings for the proposed alterations and for the new roof (Figs. 14, 220). …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… YATESBURY Yatesbury village stands 7 km. east of Calne. 27 The parish, 1,674 a. (677 ha.), was absorbed by Cherhill parish in 1934. 28 The parish boundary is marked … 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 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yeading - Yettington Yeading YEADING, a hamlet, in the parish of Hayes, union of Uxbridge, hundred of Elthorne, … affording tolerable pasture; the surface is watered by copious springs, and the substratum abounds with good … quantities; and in the purchase and sale of the two last articles upwards of 1000 are frequently returned in one day. …