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A History of the County of Oxford
… New Woodstock was founded by Henry II to provide lodgings for his retinue when he was at Woodstock Park, which he … of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a … representative of the inhabitants and lacked the funds or the will to meet the growing demands of local government. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 55 and in 1672 Edward Miles and William Metcalfe applied for meeting-house licences. Edward Wilsden was presented in … earlier site; it was known as the United Free Methodist or the Olivet chapel. 81 In 1881 a resident minister was … ibid. RG 10/1449; RG Circular Letter of Oxon. Baptist Assoc. (1887), 20-1; New Rd. Chapel Monthly Visitor, pp. 15, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wookey (St. Matthew) WOOKEY ( St. Matthew), a parish, in the union of Wells, hundred of Wells-Forum, E. division of … books at 12. 15. 10.: the great tithes have been commuted for 212, and the vicarial for 299. 5.; the glebe comprises 5 … side of the Mendip hills, about a mile and a half from the village, is the curious cavern termed Wookey-Hole, the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… three early settlements in the S. part of the parish: Wool village itself is one of these. The second settlement, half a … North Porch and the South Aisle and arcade were added or rebuilt. Drawings dated 1864 of the N. and S. sides of the … mason's rejected stone fragment with incised liningout for cusped window(?) head and spandrel. Loose in N. aisle, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Charities CHARITIES. A distribution to the poor of corn from Woolaston Grange was said to have been … of Tintern, gave the church house with a small piece of village green at the east end of the churchyard as an … down c. 1818 and replaced by a range of five dwellings for five poor widows, 20 which became disused in the later …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1086 there was no demesne land in either Woolaston manor or Aluredston, though the king held two fisheries in demesne … at harvest were worked; in addition, labour-services for threshing were provided by Tidenham tenants of the … and a butcher had shops at Netherend c. 1955, but the village's shopping needs were also served by mobile shops. 62 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… EDUCATION. Margaret Clayton established a charity in 1616 for schooling four poor children of Woolaston, 98 and a master was paid out of the charity funds in 1683. 99 In 1781 the vestry resolved to …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 5 The northern boundary followed the brook at Brockweir for almost a mile and then ran eastwards along the 600-ft. … houses on the Gloucester-Chepstow road are of late-19th- or 20th-century date. At Gumstalls, where in 1969 there stood … House. The primary school, Methodist chapel, all three village shops, and post office were also in Netherend in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… who had an estate worth £180 in 1714. 77 Although in 1682 the names of 68 persons who did not attend church were given, … 1750. 86 In 1809 a house at Woolaston Common was licensed for worship, and another in the parish by the Methodists in … Moravian liturgy, and c. 17 Moravians still lived in the village. The church is of stone, cement-rendered, with a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… River in 1940. Some of the southern boundary is a lane or footpath. 6 In 1842 the parish measured 1,735 a. which … the moor, known as Woolavington level, north of the village, links the ancient Polden ridge road with the Mark … 263. Educ. of Poor Digest, p. 803. Ann. Rep. B. & W. Dioc. Assoc. S.P.C.K., 43. Educ. Enq. Abstract, p. 829. P.R.O., HO …