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A History of the County of Oxford
… marking out of a site, probably confined on the north and east by the road, later Oxford Street, to the Old … called Hensgrove, acquired by the king from the Templars and taken into the park, perhaps when the town was founded. … have been laid out only when New Woodstock was planned, and on its south side is the church, where a 12th-century …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the park and household is denoted by 13th-century surnames 67 such as Parker, Porter, Franklin, Despenser, and Marshall; other names were derived from the building …
A History of the County of Oxford
… land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a market to the new residents. 5 The story is … the 1790s; 50 separate Woodstock and Blenheim Park cricket clubs were formed in the 19th century. 51 Boxing matches were … a library in the corporation's care in 1746, 63 and book societies were mentioned in 1787 and the 1820s. 64 The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the burgesses from the outset, in addition to their … 57 Selfhelp was also promoted and the town's four friendly societies had 294 members in 1803 and 260 or more in 181315. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Whateley preached at Woodstock in the late 1660s, 55 and in 1672 Edward Miles and William Metcalfe applied for meeting-house licences. … was presented in 1675 for holding meetings on Sundays, and although only one nonconformist was reported in 1676 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (W.) from Wells; containing, with the tything of Yarley, and part of Wookey-Hole, 1187 inhabitants. The living is a … 12. 15. 10.: the great tithes have been commuted for 212, and the vicarial for 299. 5.; the glebe comprises 5 acres. At … to Christ. In the side of the Mendip hills, about a mile and a half from the village, is the curious cavern termed …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… acres on both sides of the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. above O.D. The S. part slopes from Chalk in the S.W., through areas on Reading Beds and London Clay, well-wooded to the E. around Woodstreet, to … only a farm. The parish church, the ruins of Bindon Abbey and the adjacent house are the principal monuments. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… in 1616 for schooling four poor children of Woolaston, 98 and a master was paid out of the charity funds in 1683. 99 In … resolved to appoint a mistress to teach nine poor boys, 1 and the Clayton charity of 40 s. a year was paid regularly to … from subscriptions but also received the Clayton charity 3 and in 1846 a grant of £30 from the National Society. 4 In …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the … the parish, comprising 3,303 a. excluding river foreshore and tidal water. 1 The area included Madgett, a detached … functions, and in the same year clothing and blanket clubs were established and a coal club was in existence. 99 A …
A History of the County of Somerset
… rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from east to west. Its northern and eastern boundaries were marked by watercourses including … part of the parish lies in the alluvial Brue valley and averages 5 m. (16 ft.) above sea level. It is the site …