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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… old splays and two-centred rear-arch; further E. is a 13th or 14th-century doorway with chamfered jambs and two-centred … chancel-arch was perhaps reconstructed in the 14th century or at a later date. The Nave (46 ft. by 22 ft.) has a N. … her son, Sir Samuel Sandys, 1619, coloured alabaster and black marble wall-monument with kneeling figure of lady at …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… eaves have a plaster cove. Many openings have been blocked or altered in size. A doorway near the N. end of the … areas at the lower (N.W.) ends of most closes yield black soil, flint rubble, Heathstone fragments and 12th to … some aligned E.-W., and are probably of Christian-Saxon or later date ( Dorset Procs., 84 (1962), 11725). Roman and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 269 inhabitants. This parish, also called Woodmanstone or Woodmansthorne, comprises by measurement 1553 acres, of … It comprises 2922 acres, of which 29 are common or waste. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's … son of Edward I., was born here; as were also Edward the Black Prince, and Thomas of Woodstock, sons of Edward III. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… no. 30, which remained part of the inn until 1840 or later, 9 was let separately until sold c. 1886 with nos. … of the inn, 14 and may have been concerned in the design or building of the main ranges. The rebuilding of no. 32 in … wardens of Woodstock chapel granted the recently acquired Black Hall to John Bytham for a quitrent of 2 s. 4 d. 5 The …
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 … was Crow Lane and by the 17th usually Blackhall Lane, from Black Hall, later the Star inn, at its corner. Its later name …
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. … sqq.; H. A. Jones, 'Where Tommy Atkins' Gloves are made', Black and White, 3 Dec. 1898. Oxf. Jnl. 2, 16 Apr. 1842. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… There is no direct evidence of plague in Woodstock but the Black Death ravaged villages in the town's hinterland and may … 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 …
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 … to that farm ceased to be of direct concern to the Crown or to its officers. The borough's independence may then have … the borough's arms, crest, and supporters, and the legend, black letter, SIGILLU M COMMUNE COM MUNITATIS VILLE D OMINI …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and Matilda his wife, in honour of the Virgin Mary, for monks of the Cistercian order, whose revenue at the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… North Porch and the South Aisle and arcade were added or rebuilt. Drawings dated 1864 of the N. and S. sides of the … stone. The abbey was founded in 1149, for Cistercian monks, by William de Glastonia at Little Bindon on the E. … N. end of six doubletransomed lights, show that it was, or then became, a house of some pretension. It was acquired …