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A History of the County of Oxford
… and Curbridge were added in 1932, bringing the town's area to 1,306 a., and intakes from Curbridge (47 a.) and … the river and surrounded by low-lying alluvium. The river's surviving eastern branch formed the town's and parish's … and devpt). Nos. 92 and 94, bought with Joan Green's charity: ORO, Witney TC III/ii/1; ibid. VII/3; ibid. Witney …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality stone building … been built parallel to the street. A house on High Street's east side, described in 1704, had a parlour, hall, entry, … Bodl. MS Top. Oxon. b 275, p. 232 (referring to Holloway's charity cottages). ORO, Cal. QS, ii, p. 258; ibid. MS Wills …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the right to deliver and return royal writs, the king's officers being forbidden entry into the bishop's manors except in connection with Crown pleas. 1 In 1284 the … they became increasingly involved in poor relief and charity administration, and continued as joint or sole …
A History of the County of Oxford
… probably with a group centred on the Greenwood family's manor house at Brize Norton: a priest from there tried to … including a shopkeeper, mantua-maker, publican, and tailor's wife. 6 Two or three Catholic families remained in 1802, … to Our Lady and St Hugh. 13 The Convent of the Sisters of Charity opened in Curbridge Road in 1959, those resident …
A History of the County of Essex
… at Wivenhoe heath was bought and the yearly rent of £2 10 s. was used to buy material for gowns. In the early 19th … for £41,000 for residential development; in 1974 Feedham's Charity Trust, formed to administer the funds, built seven …
A History of the County of Essex
… In 1588 an 'unlawful' school- teacher was recorded. 94 A charity school, started in 1718 for 10 boys and 5 girls, … by c. 200 children; weekly fees ranged from 1 d. to 1 s. 97 Private schools were also recorded in 1844 and 1845. 98 … It was supported by voluntary contri- butions, children's pence, and the proceeds of the sale of girls' handwork. Two …
A History of the County of Essex
… a post office by 1853, probably the one which was in Queen's Road in 1887, and a sub post office at Wivenhoe Cross by … settlement. 23 The place name, Wivenhoe, meaning Wifa's ridge or spur of land, 24 suggests early Anglo-Saxon … 41 and director of the East India Co. Apart from Martin's mansion and another, Wivenhoe Park, built in the north west …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Alvington and Lancaut consolidated, valued in the king's books at 13. 11. 5., and in the gift of the Duke of … N. division of the county of Northampton, 3 miles (S. S. E.) from Wellingborough; containing 1120 inhabitants. … archdeacon of Northumberland, a trustee of Lord Crewe's charity, being the principal contributors), upon a piece of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… £200, the income, after payments of £1 for a sermon and 10 s. to the clerk, to be given to the poor. 93 In 1706 the … 9 a. of meadow in Wolvercote, thereafter known as the Poor's Plot. 94 In 1815 the trustees revised the principles on which the charity was to be distributed, laying down that special …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Economic history Economic history St. Frideswide's estate at Cutteslowe was administered independently of … much of its demesne land in Wolvercote and St. Giles's parish into a single block of land straddling the parish … sold to Dr. Robert South in 1708 for the endowment of his charity at Islip, 46 but otherwise the pattern of landholding …