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A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Economic history Economic history In the century after its foundation the town prospered, … 7 paid more than 3 s. 73 In 1334 the town was assessed on total wealth of only c. 38. 74 Population seems to have … employer in 1851 with 43 men and 600 women, lived in Brook Hill on the later gas works site, but seems also to have …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a … 36 s. 10 The site of New Woodstock, a well drained plateau on the edge of the Glyme valley opposite the royal palace, … late as 1750 a triangle of land at the junction of Brook Hill and Upper Brook Hill remained in Hensington, 17 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out … the profits were taken to include the quitrents set on burgages at the town's foundation and still listed in … the shambles stalls and cottages in Common Acre and Brook Hill; by 1828 the traditional reserved rents were only 12 …
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 … encrusted with concretions of most fantastic form, while on the floor are other large petrifactions, formed by the … form, with a large cairn on the summit; the sides of the hill are formed into terraces, about twenty feet broad, in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… WOOL (8486) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish of Wool, 5 m. W. of Wareham, covers some 3,000 acres on both sides of the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. … of squared and coursed local rubble with dressings of Ham Hill stone; the roof is slate-covered. The church is …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… land in either Woolaston manor or Aluredston, though the king held two fisheries in demesne at Madgett. 6 By the … estate, but the process was reversed by Cromwell, on whom the manor had been settled. 24 In 1771-2 in Woolaston … including the erection of cottages, were made at Park Hill, Woolaston Wood, and Brockweir in the late 17th and 18th …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the River Severn to the high ground of Tidenham Chase. The … area included Madgett, a detached piece of cultivated land on Tidenham Chase, and a long, narrow neck of land extending … the River Wye and the steep wooded scarp of Madgett Hill. The promontory on which Ferry Farm stands was called …
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, … c. 1959. 92 Primitive Methodists met in a private house on the ring road at Woolaston Common 93 before building a … in 1893 and a Sunday schoolroom added in 1967. 94 At Park Hill a chapel was built by the Particular Baptists in 1835, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… its name derived from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western end. … sites within the original village. SOCIAL LIFE The Polden Hill and Woolavington Friendly Society, founded 1854, and in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Woolbeding WOOLBEDING The parish, with an area of 1,950 acres and a population in … then very steeply, to attain a maximum height of 678 ft. on Telegraph Hill on its eastern boundary. Woolbeding House, north of the …