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A History of the County of Oxford
… 63 The land was taken at the Conquest by Remigius, bishop of Dorchester, later bishop of Lincoln, who eventually … successively by Reynold of St. Valery (d. c. 1162), his son Bernard (d. 1191), and Bernard's son Thomas (d. 1219). … of Dreux, but their English lands were seized in 1226 by Henry III, who gave them in 1227 to his brother Richard, earl …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Nonconformity Nonconformity In 1634 the Irish wife of Ellis Perrott, member of a prominent Yarnton family, refused to conform, but her … 1829, but no later mention has been found. 43 In the 1830s Henry Bulteel of Oxford preached at Baptist meetings in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… (b)XII, N.W.) Yarpole is a parish and village 4 m. N.N.W. of Leominster. The church is the principal monument. … the main roof are mostly modern, but those of the lantern or bell-chamber are partly old; three sides of the lantern … road, 150 yards W. of the church, has been heightened. a(10). Upper House and outbuilding, 50 yards W. of (9). The …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Yarrow - Zetland Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; containing, with the … is associated with reminiscences of deeper interest, or more closely identified with the finest strains of … lands were granted by William the Lion to Hugh de Gifford, son of an English gentleman of that name, who in the reign of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… TL 09 NE) The parish, covering some 760 hectares, lies E. of the R. Nene, between 40 ft. and 230 ft. above OD. The … found only 20 cm. below the ground surface. No tessellated or tiled floors were uncovered but pottery of the 2nd and 3rd … (RAF VAP CPE/UK 1891, 10401, 41316; 1925, 41104) Undated b(10) Bank (TL 0678986606499877), within and S.E. of Old …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Yarwell 24 YARWELL (Fig. 218) Yarwell is a parish of 490 hectares on the W. of the R. Nene. It has always been … all the larger and fashionable houses were copyhold or freehold; the only house of more than average status built … chapels are flat-pitched; in 1804 James French was paid 6. 10.0 for thatching the chancel (church wardens' accounts in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Yatesbury YATESBURY Yatesbury village stands 7 km. east of Calne. 27 The parish, 1,674 a. (677 ha.), was absorbed by … (d. 1231) held the manor c. 1217 and it passed to his son Herbert FitzMatthew. 74 In 1239 Herbert was granted free … moiety, thereafter sometimes called Yatesbury manor, to Henry Wilington and his wife Margaret. 83 Henry forfeited it …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… 6 in. XLVII, N.W.) Yatton is a small parish 4 m. N.E. of Ross. The disused chapel, dating from the 12th century, … 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 … or early 17th-century date, with exposed timber-framing. (10). Chapel Farm, house and barns, 1,000 yards W. of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… V. S.E.) Yaxley is a parish and large village 4 m. S.S.W. of Peterborough. The church is the principal monument. … of the village. The walls generally are of rubble, more or less coursed, except the E. wall of the chancel, most of … edge and raised foliated cross on stepped calvary; (10) fragment of coped slab with scrolled cross; W. side of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Yettington Yeading YEADING, a hamlet, in the parish of Hayes, union of Uxbridge, hundred of Elthorne, county of … is stated, that "Mathew de Redeman and Robert de Kemyers, or Cynyers, held the eighth part of a knight's fee in Yeland, … the township, seems to have been possessed in the reign of Henry VIII. by the family of Lawrence, who held the manor of …