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A History of the County of Oxford
… parish boundary. An exchange of land with St. Frideswide's priory in 1358 may have been part of the process: in return …
A History of the County of Oxford
… abbey exchanged 17 a. at Cutteslowe with St. Frideswide's priory for a total of 13 a. in Water Eaton. 47 In 1341 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… held courts until 1651 or later. 96 St. Frideswide's priory had view of frankpledge at Cutteslowe. 97 In the later …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the canons. 72 The land passed to the Augustinian priory of St. Frideswide and, on the suppression of that …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of worship. Near the church are some slight remains of a priory of Black canons, founded in the reign of Henry I. by … god Woden. Towards the termination of the 12th century, a priory of Augustine canons was founded here by Ernaldus Rufus …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Churches CHURCHES. During the Middle Ages St. Leonard's priory presumably served the area that became Wombridge … sermons and commentaries. 74 The Lady chapel of the former priory church remained standing until 1756. There was no … of Wombridge and Shifnal. That part of Wombridge south of Priory Farm was put in the new parish, largely depriving …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a way leading north from Watling Street to Wombridge priory, perhaps on the line of the later Hadley Road. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… mill at Wombridge at the Dissolution, probably near the priory on the stream draining north-westwards through the … ironstone. In 1535-6 there were two mines on the Wombridge priory demesne, worth £5 a year. 22 It is likely that both … were raised. James Leveson acquired the mines with the priory demesnes 23 and reserved them when he sold the lands …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… OF SETTLEMENT. The original endowment of St. Leonard's priory seems to have consisted of the central part of what … may have been indicated by Henry II's confirmation to the priory of 80 a. of assarts beyond the stream then bounding … 92 In 1318 the Crown confirmed 30 a. of assarts to the priory. 93 By the earlier 16th century the priory was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… parish developed out of the demesnes of the Augustinian priory of St. Leonard, founded c. 1135 in a clearing in … also a monastic site - it was extraparochial. 54 The priory stood less than 1 km. north of Watling Street, which … of the manor and parish of Shifnal), where Wombridge priory built up an estate in the early Middle Ages. 63 …