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A History of the County of Oxford
… 50 A school for 6 or 8 children, in existence by 1780, 51 may have been the precursor of a Sunday school established in … 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 …
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 … name was preserved in the 17th century in Frize or Frice farm and grounds, 50 and that corner of Yarnton was called … It has been suggested that an earlier road from Cassington may be represented by a footpath running eastwards from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were, unusually, expected to contribute to the lord's scutage. 15 The 'hundred' of Yarnton, so called in 1279, … of Cassington Lane, south-east of Southby's, later Exeter, Farm. 31 New parish cottages were built in 1795 and 1806. 32 … perhaps to avoid the odium of refusal. 40 The vestry may also have been confident of the support of Yarnton's …
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 … the Postgraduate Centre for Hebrew Studies. 90 Paternoster farm formed part of the estate purchased in 1718 by Benjamin …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 37 The only self-confessed Catholic was Sir William's grandson William (d. 1683). 38 John Goad, vicar 1646-60, … in Yarnton to be used as a meeting house. 41 The cottage may have stood at the east end of Gravel Pits Lane. 42 … for prayer meetings, and dissenters also met at Southby's Farm, then occupied by Thomas Johnson. There were said in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Yarpole 81 YARPOLE (D.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)VII, S.W., (b)XII, N.W.) Yarpole is a parish and … the roofs are covered with tiles. The detached South Tower may date from the 13th century but has no distinctive … diagonal pilaster-strips. ConditionPoor. a(8). Vicarage Farm, house, 50 yards W. of the church, is of L-shaped plan …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… 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 also the sheep-walks in the hilly pastures. The farm-houses are well built; and improvements in the … cod. The profits of these three sorts, though variable, may be averaged at 500 per annum; those of herrings at 600, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… and Roman b(1) Double ring ditch (?) (TL 07229721), in the S.E. of the parish, 150 m. W. of Yarwell Mill, on limestone … and crop-marks b(4) Roman settlement (?) (TL 07229768) may lie immediately E. of the village, on limestone at 60 ft. … earlier than the 'ride' which is probably 19th-century. It may be associated with stone-quarrying. Titchmarsh (28) Duck …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… a village attributed with two mills, one of which may have been at Yarwell. In the Middle Ages the village was … of a single straight street with regular plots on the S. side, including the manor site and glebe. The layout on … a reset mullioned window of the 17th century. (13) Manor Farm (Fig. 223), two storeys, class Ib, early 17th-century, …
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 … cathedral, the demesne farmstead and that now called Manor Farm, were built a short distance north of the site, and … it in the year of his death. 62 Before 1682, however, what may have been a large part was apparently acquired by Robert …