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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Incorporated Society, a like sum from the Commissioners for Building Churches, and 400 from the Ripon Diocesan Society; it is in … acres, was inclosed in 1840. The chapel, rebuilt on a new site in 1840, and dedicated to the Trinity, is a neat …
A Dictionary of London
… in Rocque and Strype. First mention: Made a general place for lading and discharging goods by Act of Parliament, 1559 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… evidently surrendered certain parochial rights in return for a pension 3 but was still claiming Yelford as a dependent … remoteness, lack of population, and proximity to other churches. 43 From the 1760s the principal farming family in … of c. 1870. The lectern was given in the 1950s and a new pulpit in 1965. Until 1965 the church was lit by candles …
A History of the County of Oxford
… until inclosure in 1853. 19 In 1086 Yelford manor had land for 3 ploughs, 20 and there may have been other, unrecorded, … in Yelford. The 11 yardlands on which the parish was rated for poor-relief in 1708 presumably excluded much of the … a. of land and 160 sheep commons, were awarded 138 a. of new closes adjacent to the farm's existing old inclosures, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney and 3 miles east of Bampton, 59 The village, noted for its seclusion, 60 is accessible by a single narrow lane. … part being lost to Hardwick (then in Ducklington parish) for reasons discussed below. This article treats the history … 72 and after inclosure in the mid 19th century the new fields in that area remained tithable to Yelford. 73 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as the honor of Hastings, was held by the Hastings family for 5 knights' fees, of which the Oxfordshire portion … may have been dead by 1306 when Reynold (probably an error for Roland) of Hastings was listed as the principal taxpayer … of 161819 parts of Yelford were granted as portions for the use of Simon's younger sons and daughters, 49 an …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… by Christopher Graye, 1666. Bell-frame of oak, with cages for four bells. Bracket: In N. aislein N.E. angle, chamfered … probably later. Locker: In S. aisle, rectangular, rebated for door. Monument: In S. aislein S. wall, tomb-recess with …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… here in 1976 (NM; Northants. Archaeol., 12 (1977), 223). For Roman Road 1f, Watling Street, see Appendix. Medieval and … been ploughed but it is probably a moated manor house site for the area is known as Hall Close (local inf.). Immediately … the S.E. ditch of the moat. The channel is probably a leat for a water mill which perhaps stood in the disturbed area. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Culm is found in some parts of it, but it is worked only for home consumption and the supply of the immediate … oak, none of which is of great age: there are several new plantations, comprising beech, large numbers of larch, … that Sir Leoline Jenkins, Knt., presented to each of the churches of Ystrad-Owen and Llanblethian a tenor bell; and …