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A History of the County of Oxford
… 3 The ancient parish, lying some 5 miles southeast of Oxford, has no natural boundaries except on the east where … 18th centuries. The principal road runs southwards from Oxford and crosses the Thame by Chislehampton Bridge: it is … he made another highway through his lands, and the new 'Oxford Lane', hedged as far as Gotham Hill ground, is shown …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… (will proved 1694). Cholwell devised it to Oriel College, Oxford. 151 John Potter (d. 1747), then regius professor of … summer: Stubbs was regius professor of modern history at Oxford 186684 and later bishop of Chester and of Oxford. 189 The rectory was held in plurality with that of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… hence he was sent to Wykeham's colleges at Winchester and Oxford. He was afterwards a diligent student of the law and … patrons are the Provost and fellows of Queen's College, Oxford. Charities The charities founded by will of George …
A History of the County of Worcester
… on presenting John de Farley, the rector of Stanton near Oxford, to Churchill, although the bishop refused to admit … in 1711, Richard Nash in 1739, and the University of Oxford in 1745 (ibid.), probably for the Berkeleys. …
A History of the County of Worcester
… until the final abolition of the turnpikes in 1868. 6 The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton branch of the Great … granted in 15467 to the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, 152 who leased it from time to time. Robert Wilde …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… de Mursele, rector of the church of Clanfield, to study at Oxford or elsewhere in England for a year. 4 Sybil evidently …
A History of the County of Northampton
… church it rises to about 250 ft. 1 The subsoil is mainly Oxford clay, with some stone marls. 2 No railway crosses the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… crossed by the Cropredy-Claydon road, the railway, and the Oxford canal. 3 A prominent feature of the landscape is the … owner of Clattercote, was one of the proprietors of the Oxford Canal Company, the building of the reservoir caused … Clattercote to the new foundation of Christ Church, Oxford, 19 which in 1551 granted it in fee-farm to Thomas Lee …
A History of the County of Somerset
… LL.B., rector 15708, was a former fellow of New College, Oxford, and not resident. 202 William Mascall, rector …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and in recent years visitors from pleasure craft on the Oxford canal have been frequently seen in the village street. … rectorial tithes in Claydon as lessees of the bishops of Oxford. The gamekeepers' deputations for Claydon made by … probably on behalf of William Holbech. On the sale of the Oxford bishopric estates the Holbeches acquired the freehold, …