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A History of the County of Berkshire
… of the village was opened in 1840, and a branch line to Oxford was laid down in 1844. The development of this … wife Elizabeth, who in 1689 sold it to Brasenose Collage, Oxford, after the death of John Cawley, D.D., the incumbent. … names of the Principal and Fellows of Brasenose College, Oxford, representing a sum of stock, which is understood to …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… acres of land. The soil is loam and the subsoil mainly Oxford Clay. The land rises westward from the River Ouse. The … life to Walter de Merton the founder of Merton College, Oxford, whom he describes as his colleague and friend. 52 A … Walter de Merton, 89 who in turn gave it to his college at Oxford, before 1279, when the vicarage was ordained. 90 The …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… at Dinton Hall, the other being in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford. There are four hamlets in the parish: Ford, Upton, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… to the Bishop. 103 In 1852 it was given to the Bishop of Oxford, who in 1855 exchanged it with the Crown for another, …
A History of the County of Worcester
… acquittance of their obligation to maintain students at Oxford.' 258 In 1550 it was purchased with the rectory by …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in 1816. 331 Blackmore sold the advowson to New College, Oxford, in 1824, reserving the next vacancy for his son R. W. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Berinsfield just north-west of Dorchester and close to the Oxford road. 5 The River Thames forms the parish boundary to … 'sloped up' with stone work. The bridge carries the main Oxford-Henley road which crosses the parish and forms the … of Lincoln's tenants who were required to cart corn to Oxford and Wallingford. 24 In 1816 Dorchester was said to be …
A History of the County of Surrey
… erected to the memory of Dr. Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford, and then of Winchester, who was killed by a fall from …
A History of the County of Worcester
… on his marriage with Frances daughter of William Freer of Oxford, with contingent remainders in default of heirs male …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… history. The ancient road from Gloucester to Burford and Oxford 55 crosses the high land of the west part of the … green were owned respectively by Corpus Christi college, Oxford, which had succeeded to property of the Knights … site of a Templar preceptory. 186 Corpus Christi college, Oxford, owner of Guiting from 1517, received a chief rent …