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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 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government Local government Yarnton, as part of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from suit at the hundred court of … 20 By 1800 and probably earlier a rate was raised instead on the yardland, 21 an anachronism that persisted into the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… cousin Godwin's, to his newly founded abbey at Eynsham. 63 The land was taken at the Conquest by Remigius, bishop of Dorchester, later bishop of Lincoln, … half hide, which presumably merged with the larger estate on or before Odo's death in 1097. Yarnton was held thereafter …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Nonconformity Nonconformity In 1634 the Irish wife of Ellis Perrott, member of a prominent … John Preedy's cottage in Yarnton to be used as a meeting house. 41 The cottage may have stood at the east end of … In the 1840s Primitive Methodists met in a stable. 45 By 1854 John Herbert's cottage near the Oxford-Woodstock road …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Yarpole is a parish and village 4 m. N.N.W. of Leominster. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1). … Church, Plan Architectural DescriptionThe Chancel (26 ft. by 17 ft.) has no ancient features except the early … ranges of pierced quatrefoils in old oak; the quatrefoils on the E. side are of later date. The Roof of the nave (Plate …
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 … which at the same time he erected into a free royalty. On the attainder of the Douglas family in 1455, the lands …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 24 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 …
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 by few prominent natural features, although on the east its roughly straight lines link or approach …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… XLVII, N.W.) Yatton is a small parish 4 m. N.E. of Ross. The disused chapel, dating from the 12th century, and Dean's … Architectural DescriptionThe Chancel and Nave (41 ft. by 15 ft.) have an ashlar-faced E. wall of 1704 containing a … have grooved and chamfered imposts with a beast's head on the E. side; two jamb-stones, on the E. side, have spiral …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… is a parish and large village 4 m. S.S.W. of Peterborough. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Peter (Plate 162) stands on the N.W. side of the village. The walls generally are of … and the aisles of the nave widened, as is indicated by the partial blocking of a lancet-window in the W. wall of …