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A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton and Weald Churches CHURCHES. Bampton was the site of a late … Black Bourton, Ducklington, Cokethorpe, Standlake, and Yelford. The churches of all those places were claimed as … and rescheduled weekly prayers to accommodate his field sports. 43 The organ prompted further controversy in 1850, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton and Weald Introduction BAMPTON AND WEALD THE townships of Bampton and Weald, together c. 4,034 a., 30 adjoined the parish …
A History of the County of Oxford
… area: the parish boundary crossed the county boundary, and was probably established before it. 1 The first certain … Bishop of Lincoln had granted Banbury church to the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln 3 and it became a prebendal church. … others of Banbury were trying to abolish most customary pastimes on religious grounds. There were disorders in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury Introduction BANBURY Origins and Growth of the Town, p. 18. Buildings, p. 29. Castle, p. … facilities for both wrestling and boxing as well as other sports. 206 Bowls may have been played in Banbury in the 16th … described, and the Banbury Town Originals. 214 Other sports clubs included a football club formed in 1875, a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… comprising 31 a. were added to Yapton between 1882 and 1891, so that in 1971 Barnham had 340 ha. (841 a.). 2 The … voluntary help, which was open twice a week. 57 A Barnham sports club flourished in 1935, 58 but no sports were played in the parish in 1992. 59 Mains water was …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… FAIR The fair or market held on the eve, the day, and the morrow of the feast of St. Bartholomew (August 24th), was an important possession and source of income of the monastery of St. Bartholomew. In … let not wrestling take place, nor dances nor other showy sports be held: nor in them let animals be fed.' 18 If these …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… occupied the low-lying land bounded by the river Brue and Cunlease Rhyne, but had access to arable land, small … of Street. It was described as low, fruitful, well-wooded and sufficiently watered in the late 18th century. 1 The … a July carnival, and raft races in the Brue. There are sports teams and scouts. About 30 men from Barton were said …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… is a KETTLE. However, in the sixteenth century bashrons and kettles were rated separately, and the rate for the former was less than two thirds than of … was possibly an English corruption of the French 'basane' and basils have been noted in this form; for example, …
A History of the County of Essex
… EAST HAM The Origin of North Woolwich, p. 8. Manors and Other Estates, p. 8. Economic History, p. 14. Marshes and Sea Defences, p. 17. Forest, p. 18. Local Government, p. … a dormitory suburb of small houses built between 1890 and 1910, with little industry except in the south, where are …
Benson (Including Fifield, Preston, Crownmarsh, Roke)
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… Fifield, Preston, Crownmarsh, Roke) BENSON The large and thriving village of Benson - by far the most populous … 4 By 1977 over 30 local organizations included youth and sports clubs, an over-6os club, and the Bensington Society, … in 1982, a new village hall at Sunnyside in 1988, and a sports pavilion in 1996. 6 Social facilities in the hamlets …