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A History of the County of Oxford
… river Glyme close to the east side of Blenheim Park. 1 The borough and market town, called formally New Woodstock until … dependent on Bladon thereafter. Woodstock was a borough until 1974 when, as a successor parish, it retained … is treated separately below. Before the creation of the borough the name Woodstock also applied to a small hamlet …
A History of the County of Oxford
… two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The borough charter of 1453 freed Woodstock from the burden of representation 88 but in 1553 the borough again provided two M.P.s. Returns were usually made … of the royal manor and park strongly influenced the borough's representation. In the mid 16th century the seat …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… The northern part forms a suburb of and is annexed to the borough of Peterborough. Roman (1). Remains of huts, with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… school. Woolbeding WOOLBEDING, a parish, in the union and borough of Midhurst, hundred of Easebourne, rape of … and West WOOL-LAVINGTON, EAST and WEST, a parish, in the borough and union of Midhurst, hundred of Rotherbridge, rape …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 45, Woolwich was incorporated within the limits of the borough of Greenwich. The town is under the jurisdiction of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… 12. WOOLWICH. (O.S. 6-in. London, Sheets (a)L, (b)P.) The Borough of Woolwich consists of the parishes of Woolwich, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a market-town and parish, and formerly a representative borough, in the union of Cricklade and Wootton-Bassett, … assisted by a town-clerk and subordinate officers. The borough first exercised the elective franchise in the 25th of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 34 parishes; they covered 69,215 a. (28,011 ha.). 1 The borough of Woodstock (62 a.) and the extra parochial district …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the successful establishment of New Woodstock and of borough extensions, both called Newland, at Eynsham and … was at its height in the 19th century, when their pocket borough of Woodstock was extended to include much of the …