[1] In 1086 the Domesday Book records that Walter of Ponz held the manor of Yelford.

[2] Excavations under the hall floor in 1952 revealed pottery and bones that were dated to the 11th and 12th centuries.

The joint in the wall plate between the oriel and the wall of the hall was investigated with the help of the late Dr John Fletcher and declared to be late 13th century in type; much more complex than later joints and totally wind - and waterproof.

[3] In the latter part of the 15th century the Hastings family re-built the manor house as a timber-framed building with a moat.

A mid-Acheulian hand axe was discovered around 1963 by Hugh Babington Smith beside the north wall of the church cottage.

The Black Death decimated the village in 1348–1349 and this has been evidenced by subsequent archaeological exploration.

The Oxfordshire Museum has a large archive of pottery and other artifacts with the great bulk of it is early medieval up to 1350.

One of these is relevant: a court case in which Hastings was sued for cutting down oaks in Boys Wood “for mending his manor house” in the third quarter of the 15th century.