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A History of the County of Oxford
… ordered the payment of the contribution to the repairs, and awarded costs of 42 gold florins against Wolvercote. 7 … were made regularly until 1869, were revived in 1923 and continued until the closure of St. Peter's in 1965. 8 … money to St. Peter-in-the-East as the 'mother church', and as late as 1636 a woman left 2 d. to the parish church of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… abbey consolidated much of its demesne land in Wolvercote and St. Giles's parish into a single block of land straddling … the process: in return for land at Ailmerswell, Horestone, and Hawsland ditch in the north end of St. Giles's, Godstow … gave to St. Frideswide's its land in St. Clement's parish and at Twisdelowe (40 a. in 1545) in the north-east corner of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the city centre, contained two settlements, Upper and Lower Wolvercote; the adjoining extra-parochial areas of … probably by its owner John or James Dale, a builder and farmer. 10 The oldest surviving house in Lower Wolvercote is …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Godstow was returned as a recusant in the 1590s, 64 and his influence may have encouraged the eight other … the early 17th century. 65 Matthew Cheriton, a freeholder, and his uncle Edmund Reynolds of Gloucester Hall, Oxford, who … recusants, as were the Nappers of Holywell, freeholders and farmers of the great tithes of Wolvercote. Cheriton …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Brictric's estate at that time. 8 In 1297 50 a. of arable and small acreages of pasture and meadow were recorded on the manorial demesne, 9 which was … tenants on Brictric's estate in 1086 included 16 villani and 12 bordars working 16 ploughs, and a burgage at …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the road forming the parish boundary between Woodditton and Exning (Suff.). 9 Until the 19th century Woodditton's … Newmarket was separated from its parent parishes of Exning and Woodditton by stages: All Saints was created as a … Marquis of Granby, closed after 1955. 10 A Saxon Street farmer took the lead in abolishing the traditional form of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the centre of the parish, between heath in the north-west and closes and woods in the south-east. The three principal manors had … conformed to the East Anglian pattern of inconstant names and irregular and perhaps variable sizes. 97 Among the more …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… The ancient parish of Woodford lies between Salisbury and Amesbury, on the western side of the River Avon. The … is bounded on the east by the winding course of the river and on the west by the old turnpike road from Salisbury to … comprised some 700 acres, of which 665 were let to a farmer on a yearly tenancy. 62 The manor was acquired by …
A History of the County of Essex
… the economic life of the village, providing timber and some pasture, while restricting the amount of arable … was densely wooded. 1 Monkhams was originally all wood, and there also pannage was important. 2 Some clearances had … In 1066 there was arable for 2 ploughs on the demesne and for the relatively large number of 13 on the rest of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… at the northern end of Becontree hundred. Its western and northern boundaries ran through Epping Forest, part of … was amalgamated with that of Wanstead, to the south, and in 1937 the borough of Wanstead and Woodford was formed. In 1965 Wanstead and Woodford, …