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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… 6 in. XIX N.W.). Woodhurst is a parish and village 3 m. N. of St. Ives. The Chapel of St. John the Baptist and the Manor Farm are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical (1). Chapel of St. John the Baptist stands in the village. The walls are …
A History of the County of Oxford
… survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the … their arrangement was partly topographical, as was that of the late 18th-century land tax assessments and the census returns of 1841-81. 51 The descent of many sites may therefore be …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Church Church. The church, of which the south doorway is of the 12th century, was presumably established when the … within Bladon parish and its church remained a chapel of ease, although rarely called a chapel after the 17th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Development of the town Development of the town New Woodstock developed at a gate into the royal … town's curving west boundary perhaps represents the line of the 12th-century park wall but the straight south boundary …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its original market, 66 but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the … other names were derived from the building crafts of mason, carpenter, thatcher, and slater, the metal crafts of smith, ironmonger, and plumber, the textile crafts of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the … supported in part by other evidence, but Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his … foundation was presumably a response to the gravitation of trade to the vicinity of the court, and Henry's motives …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely one of several 'members' of the royal manor of Woodstock, whose bailiff was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Overview WOODSTOCK lies 8 miles (12 km.) north-west of Oxford on the river Glyme close to the east side of Blenheim Park. 1 The borough and market town, called … parish, it retained town status and the privilege of appointing a mayor and other officers. 2 The name …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… 6 in. XVII N.W.) Woolley is a parish about 6 m. W.N.W. of Huntingdon. The Church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical Woolley, Parish Church of St Mary (1). Parish Church of St. Mary stands near the middle of the parish. The walls …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… WOOTTON RIVERS Wootton Rivers village lies 6 km. south of Marlborough. 91 Besides the village, the parish contains East Wick Farm, which possibly stands on the site of what was a small village in the Middle Ages. 92 The suffix … of the parish. The canal was restored in the 1970s and the locks were reopened in 1973. 7 The Berks. & Hants Extension …