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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… ins. aSY 78 NE, bSY 79 SE) The roughly rectangular parish of Woodsford, covering some 1,700 acres, lies on the S. side … Remains, West Woodsford To the S.W. of the closes a bank about 30 ft. across stands up to 4 ft. high above a … 8 ft. wide. Whatever may be the date of this rig, the bank probably represents the boundary between the open fields …
A History of the County of Oxford
… survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the … so until acquired c. 1802 by Joseph Brooks, who opened a bank there in 1805. On his death in 1807 the lease was bought … house as a girls' boarding school and probably closed the bank in the early 1840s. 65 The house was the grammer school …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to those founded in the chantry house on the north side of the church by Thomas Croft (d. 1488). 77 In 1551 the … in 1724. 79 In 1614 it housed old men and women; a list of doles to the almshouse poor c. 1630 evidently included … to the withdrawal of charity funds from Woodstock Savings Bank and investment in consols, and at the same time the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Development of the town Development of the town New Woodstock developed … Place, the Bull on the site of the National Westminster bank (no. 16) and probably several plots to the east, the … Three Cups, later no 18 Market Place. The later Barclay's Bank site was probably occupied by a 9-hearth house, and No. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its original market, 66 but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the … a founding partner in 1790 of Oxford's University and City bank; in 1805 he opened a bank in Woodstock at no. 12 Oxford Street, combining with it …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely … or marsh called le Pool, comprising c. 17 a. on the south bank of the river Glyme; the fee farm rent of 2 13 s. 4 d. … Bradshawe's ford to drain water from his land on the north bank into the meadow drains; the lease of land for the meadow …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Overview WOODSTOCK lies 8 miles (12 km.) north-west of Oxford on the river Glyme close to the east side of … forest in the Anglo-Saxon period. The site, on the north bank of the Glyme opposite Blenheim Palace, was occupied … applied to a small hamlet outside the park on the north bank of the Glyme; the hamlet, later Old Woodstock, lay in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 86 all seem to have been residents and two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The borough charter of 1453 freed Woodstock from the burden of representation 88 … or the Radical 'Pinks'. 92 In 1820 the duke asked Lord Liverpool to recommend 'any eminent commercial person', 93 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Matthew) WOOKEY ( St. Matthew), a parish, in the union of Wells, hundred of Wells-Forum, E. division of Somerset, 1 … goats were kept. Here is a branch of the North of England bank; a public subscription library is supported, and a … Tuesday in May a general fair takes place on Weetwood Bank, a mile and a half distant from the town. The powers of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish of Wool, 5 m. W. of Wareham, covers some 3,000 acres on both … E. of the Abbey is a rectangle of 2 acres bounded by a bank and a broad ditch crossed by a causeway on the W. In the … see Monument 7). In the meadow 250 yds. W. of the Abbey a bank, some 27 ft. across and 1 ft. above a ditch on the W., …