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A History of the County of Essex
… with that of Wanstead, to the south, and in 1937 the borough of Wanstead and Woodford was formed. In 1965 Wanstead … and Woodford, together with Ilford, became the London borough of Redbridge. That year has been taken as the … portion of the village towards the river. The rector's glebe was also at this end of Woodford. The church and …
A History of the County of Essex
… court. He claimed that, because of the annual payment of 4 s. to the exchequer, and references in the great roll of 1287 … combined urban district was incorporated as a municipal borough. 22 In 1965 Wanstead and Woodford was amalgamated … Ilford and parts of Chigwell and Dagenham as the London borough of Redbridge. 23 Pipe R. 1199 (P.R.S. N.S. x), 91. …
A History of the County of Essex
… by which Edward the Confessor confirmed Harold's grant of lands to the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 The … entrance gateway and a ruin in the park. 62 The custom of Borough English prevailed in this manor. 63 Several examples … club and sports ground. 155 In 1958 it was sold to the borough council and became a public park. 156 The name of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown: the … in the parish of St. John, union, and liberties of the borough, of Beverley, E. riding of York, 2 miles (S. E. by … 1810 from the High Carricks ground. Woodstock WOODSTOCK, a borough and market-town, having separate jurisdiction, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They were … attached close on the east was in Hensington field and the borough boundary ran though no. 12 until modern times. 58 In … house near Hollow Way c. 1600, paying 5 s. rent to the borough. Like most other chantry property it had evidently …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for the Poor Municipal Charities. The corporation's first almshouses were successors to those founded in the … in the 1590s the house was taken over for the town clerk's use. 78 The corporation provided an alternative house with … a Scheme of 1968 the almshouses were transferred to the borough council and reopened as Caroline Court in 1970, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the 12th century, was presumably established when the borough was founded by Henry II. The borough was created within Bladon parish and its church … and burial ground were reconsecrated in 1336 the bishop's licence was granted not to the rector but to the vill. 36 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… developed at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west boundary perhaps represents the line of the … (61 ½ a.) included meadows on the north not granted to the borough until the 15th century. 93 The original town was … foundation, quitrents were paid for c. 140 houses in the borough, of which 76 were described as tenements or parts …
A History of the County of Oxford
… owed over a third of the total rental. 70 The hospital's estate had been granted in the mid 13th century by … the Whittons, were dominant in the 16th-century borough and their landholdings outside the town were … trade and supervised apprenticeship arrangements in the borough; the mayor as clerk of the market had wide powers. 10 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in part by other evidence, but Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his association with … farmed. 9 By 1230, when it was referred to expressly as a borough, its rental yielded c. 36 s. 10 The site of New … 19th century and probably from the later Middle Ages the borough comprised 61 � a. 14 Its boundary with the park on …