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A History of the County of Berkshire
… for 5 hides, now for 4 hides, and the castle of Windsor is on the (other) half hide.' 1 The castle was thus a new work, … which rises almost abruptly from the south bank of the Thames opposite Eton to a height of 100 ft. The site is … Both King William and Queen Mary seem to have preferred Hampton Court to Windsor, and expended their energies upon …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… castle formed part of Clewer and was probably forest. On the eve of the Norman Conquest Edward the Confessor had … attack, the Protector suddenly moved the young king from Hampton Court to Windsor on the night of Sunday, 6 October … and the Duke of Buckingham swam every evening in the Thames near Eton, but 'so attended with choice company and a …
A Dictionary of London
… Wingoose Alley - Wolkaye Wingoose Alley South out of Thames Street, north of the Steel Yard (Rocque, 1746). Other … in Bread Street Ward (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799). Date on rain-water pipes 1726, probably date of erection. The site … Wharf South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 41, on the east side of Broken Wharf (Lockie, 1810 and 1816). Not …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… improved by cutting Moreton's Leam. Bishop West spent £200 on a new sluice, which was broken by a sea flood in or before … a 5-foot fall, but the Corporation opposed the scheme on the ground that it would make navigation difficult, filed … some sea-going barges, laden with corn, sailed from the Thames to Peterborough. 50 In 1850, 1851 and 1887 the river …
A History of the County of Oxford
… improved navigability of the river Windrush as far as the Thames, and for more 'settled government' to exclude … at Witney, Caswell, Cogges, and Lew: in 1524 he was taxed on goods worth over 860, a sum unrivalled within the county … assessment. 23 From the later 16th century wool merchants on this scale largely disappeared from Witney, to be replaced …
A History of the County of Oxford
… developed rapidly, with some leading clothiers operating on a national or international scale. More general resurgence … 5 New fairs in 1202 and 1231, and regular expenditure on market stalls and selds, suggest active involvement by the … probably exceeded a thousand, 7 many inhabitants, on surname evidence, apparently incomers from surrounding …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town stands at an early crossing of the river Windrush, on a limestone cornbrash island formerly lying between two … suggests that a late Anglo-Saxon estate-centre existed on or near the same site. 7 The precise location and … some agricultural produce was transported down the river Thames by barge from wharfs at Radcot and elsewhere. Delay in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century. No. 49 Market Square is a timber-framed house on a prominent island site, formerly jettied on the principal faades; the structure is hidden beneath … 99114, 12022; the weaver was brother of Barth. Steer of Hampton Gay, the rising's chief instigator. For inclosure, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… or small portmoot met usually around 612 times a year on a Wednesday or Friday, and the two tourns, lawdays, or great portmoots for the borough on a Monday near Hockday and Michaelmas. 24 The pattern was … stocks and in 1897 prompted threats of litigation from the Thames Conservancy. 252 By then the UDC was considering more …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the lease to Robert Dudley (d. 1588), earl of Leicester; 7 on his death he was succeeded as lessee by Stephen Brice (d. … was lord certainly by 1652, and in 1654 settled the manor on his son John, 12 though Brice may have remained lessee of … the previous year. 56 M. Gelling, Early Charters of Thames Valley (1979), pp. 46, 131, 133; Blair, A-S Oxon. 133 …