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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… in NMR) d(2) Moat (?) (SP 761448), lay immediately S. of Moor End Road, on Boulder Clay at 102 m. above OD. The … of a rectangular area 60 m. by 40 m., orientated N.E.S.W. and bounded on the N.W., S.W. and part of the N.E. and … Ferrers was granted a licence to crenellate his dwelling place of Le Morende. In 1363 the manor passed to the Crown …
A History of the County of Somerset
… cuts a steep-sided valley from east to west between God's Hill (107 m. (352 ft.)) and Yarlington Sleights (127 m. … but in the east there are thin north-south bands of Fuller's Earth and Fuller's Earth rock. 78 There were said to be … 16 CHARITIES FOR THE POOR None known. Ekwall, Eng. Place-Names, 187, 517. This article was completed in 1995. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… chapel, with the residue given to the poor on St. Thomas's day. Usually the whole amount was given to the poor, and … protests the Charity Commissioners ruled that the chapel's repair should be the first charge on the bequest. 73 … distributions. The new scheme typically reflected Thomas's ability to combine energetic and efficient administration …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the vicarage until the Dissolution. 47 In 1466 the abbey's nominee was rejected as unfit and presentation was made by … lord, C. K. F. Brown, gave the advowson to St. Catherine's College, Oxford. In 1984 St. Catherine's transferred the … cleaning in 1913 by F. C. Eden. A further restoration took place in 1971, by D. King. 15 When the south-west windows of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… because of a threatened uprising. 25 The Privy Council's concern may have slowed the process, but it could not … in the later 19th century, are included in Yarnton's lot meadows; the west part was also lot meadow in the 18th … hay led to the abandonment of lot drawing, which last took place in 1978. 42 The hay was thereafter sold as one lot and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… latter was supported in 1797 by a biannual payment of 18 s. from the overseers and by voluntary subscriptions. The … in the Spencer chapel or, if not needed there, for Yarnton's poor, 55 was usually spent on clothes for the … 56 From 1817 a room in the new parish clerk's house at the north-west end of Church Lane was used as a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton until 1932. 47 That change increased Yarnton's area from 1,644 a. to 1,762 a. (713 ha.). 48 An area known … part of the south-east corner of Yarnton west of King's bridge. A house stood c. 1200 on the Yarnton side of the … Yarnton, formerly Erdington, is said to mean a dwelling place or Earda's farm. 80 The earliest documentary evidence …
A History of the County of Oxford
… granted 10 hides at YARNTON, formerly his cousin Godwin's, to his newly founded abbey at Eynsham. 63 The land was … later bishop of Lincoln, who eventually returned the abbey's other estates but not, apparently, Yarnton. In 1086 Eynsham's estates were held of the bishop by Abbot Columban, but 9 …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. This place, which is of considerable antiquity, was originally … is still preserved in the name of a pass called the "Hart's leap," marked by two stones said to have been placed there … and Teviotdale, and patronage of the Crown the minister's stipend is 233. 8. 1., with a manse, and the glebe is …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Hill. 30 Flat and well drained, nearly all Yatesbury's land is suitable for ploughing. Large areas of open field … by Reynold of Calne; 30 in 12423 he or a namesake held 2 knight's fees at Yatesbury, including 1 of a mesne lord, … farm, Cherhill. 55 In 12423 Henry of Hartham held 1/10 knight's fee in Yatesbury, Roger of Somerford knight's fee, …