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A History of the County of Oxford
… for only £4, which included market tolls and quitrents or 'landgable', small annual rents applied to the original … in the borough, of which 76 were described as tenements or parts thereof, 30 as messuages, and 33 as cottages; there … the southern edge of the town in the 1950s and Barn Piece Farm estate in Old Woodstock in the 1960s. By 1967 there were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a total of only c. 3 5 s., less than nearby Hanborough or any Oxfordshire market town except Eynsham. 72 In 1327 … to have been succeeded there by the mercer John Barnes (or Baron), ten times mayor in the early 16th century. … his workshop and malt, grain, and cattle on his Hensington farm. 28 The later 17th-century mercers Thomas Sparrow and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… declaring a 'play day' (holiday) should pay 2 s. 6 d. or 5 s. according to rank, which should be spent on books. 16 … in the mid 18th century the pupils in 1825 comprised 20 or 30 boys, chiefly sons of the 'most respectable' townsmen. … 50. 54 There was a succession of boarding schools at Manor Farm, Old Woodstock: a girls' school established there from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… representative of the inhabitants and lacked the funds or the will to meet the growing demands of local government. … begun in 1705. Thereafter many townsmen depended directly or indirectly on the palace and estate. Tourism became … continued throughout Whit week. 29 Similar Whitsun ales or sports were held annually in the early 17th century, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in addition to their market, probably also had their court or portmoot, frequently recorded in the 13th century. 77 The … John's reign the market and probably the rents were put to farm, yielding between 4 and 6 4 s. a year in the period … to that farm ceased to be of direct concern to the Crown or to its officers. The borough's independence may then have …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… The third settlement, Woodstreet, is now represented by a farm of c. 1600; it is situated in a small valley on Reading … North Porch and the South Aisle and arcade were added or rebuilt. Drawings dated 1864 of the N. and S. sides of the … N. end of six doubletransomed lights, show that it was, or then became, a house of some pretension. It was acquired …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… was in need of repair in 1739. 20 The rectory was rebuilt or remodelled in 1814. 21 It consists of a three-story … square two-light windows, and traces of either a niche or third window. 50 The inner doorway, also renewed or much … Rep. Com. Char. 114. Ex inf. Mrs. P. Guest, of Plusterwine Farm. …
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 … and Brockweir and the manor of Aluredston were all held at farm, Brockweir being leased to a number of tenants. … Roads Grove, part of Oakhill Wood, presumably for assarts or pasture rights. 18 The abbey and its tenants had been …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… scarp of Madgett Hill. The promontory on which Ferry Farm stands was called Yewtree Headland ( Iwes Heafdan) in … houses on the Gloucester-Chepstow road are of late-19th- or 20th-century date. At Gumstalls, where in 1969 there stood … houses at Plusterwine and Brookend date from the late 18th or early 19th century, although Possession House was recorded …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… near the Gloucester-Chepstow road for his own use. 25 The farm-house was probably the house with 5 hearths in 1662 … paid to the lordship of Striguil, presumably for assarts or rights of common in Tidenham Chase. 40 It was included in … two stories with a stone slate roof, and is of late-18th- or early-19th-century date. Until 1935 the parish boundary …