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A History of the County of Oxford
… difficulty teaching them the catechism. 50 A school for 6 or 8 children, in existence by 1780, 51 may have been the … for the maintenance of the monuments in the Spencer chapel or, if not needed there, for Yarnton's poor, 55 was usually … 56 From 1817 a room in the new parish clerk's house at the north-west end of Church Lane was used as a schoolroom. 57 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction Introduction YARNTON lies 4 miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of the river Thames. … of King's bridge. A house stood c. 1200 on the Yarnton side of the boundary. 49 The name was preserved in the 17th century in Frize or Frice farm and grounds, 50 and that corner of Yarnton was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but free tenants owed suit at the honorial court at North Osney. Villeins as well as free tenants were, … financed in the later 16th century and early 17th by malt or malt money received from the parish's farmers. 20 By 1800 … relieved in 1803 were likely to have been travelling to or from the city. 28 In the later 18th century and early 19th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… hide, which presumably merged with the larger estate on or before Odo's death in 1097. Yarnton was held thereafter of … 1611 by Sir Thomas Spencer. The house stood 'near to the old one by the church' 83 and part of an older house seems to have been incorporated as a service wing at the north-west corner of the new house, which was an imposing …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… in 1864, when the Chancel seems to have been re-built, the North Aisle was added, and the S. porch largely re-built. The … W. wall is a 14th-century window of three lights, the two side ones pointed and having the mullions carried up to the … the main roof are mostly modern, but those of the lantern or bell-chamber are partly old; three sides of the lantern …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and precipitous ranges, which traverse the parish in a north-eastern direction, and of which the Blackhouse Heights … is associated with reminiscences of deeper interest, or more closely identified with the finest strains of … on the 27th of June, for Cheviot sheep one year old, and cattle, and on the 24th of October, for ewes and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… found only 20 cm. below the ground surface. No tessellated or tiled floors were uncovered but pottery of the 2nd and 3rd … in considerable quantities has been found all over the E. side of the village and in the surrounding fields (local … (?) (centred TL 065986) are recorded from in and N. of Old Sulehay Forest, in the N. of the parish, on limestone …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Forest. The extra-parochial forest area of Sulchay Walk was always regarded as part of Yarwell until it was … all the larger and fashionable houses were copyhold or freehold; the only house of more than average status built … the S. side of the village street. It comprises a Chancel, North and South Chapels, Nave and West Tower. The walls are …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… although on the east its roughly straight lines link or approach several summits. There is a barrow on it in the … where there is a ridge in the south corner, 185 m. at the north corner, and 170 m. where the east corner takes in the … houses of 17th-century origin survived on the west side of the Street, and an 18thcentury cottage much extended …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… set in a late 17th-century carved frame. Screen: from the old chapelof three bays with moulded and panelled posts and … the middle of the 12th century. At some date in the 16th or 17th century much of the N. wall fell or was re-built; the … and chamfered imposts with a beast's head on the E. side; two jamb-stones, on the E. side, have spiral ornament, …