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A History of the County of Oxford
… an early free grammar school, two small charity schools, and by the early 19th century several dame schools; it was a … for a National school, observed in 1815 that 'a religious and useful education is not neglected' and in 1831 that 'scarcely any residents lacked the means of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a market to the new residents. 5 The story is … Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his association with Rosamund and indeed the town may have post-dated her death c. 1176; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the burgesses from the outset, in addition to their … was accountable for the borough's rents, market tolls, and profits of court. 79 In King John's reign the market and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (W.) from Wells; containing, with the tything of Yarley, and part of Wookey-Hole, 1187 inhabitants. The living is a … 12. 15. 10.: the great tithes have been commuted for 212, and the vicarial for 299. 5.; the glebe comprises 5 acres. At … held on May 4th and October 17th, for horses, cattle, and sheep; and on the third Tuesday in May a general fair takes …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… acres on both sides of the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. above O.D. The S. part slopes from Chalk in the S.W., through areas on Reading Beds and London Clay, well-wooded to the E. around Woodstreet, to … only a farm. The parish church, the ruins of Bindon Abbey and the adjacent house are the principal monuments. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… lords of Alvington manor, it was determined between 1146 and 1169 that Tintern should receive all parish dues from Woolaston, Aluredston, and Alvington except tithes of the demesne of Alvington, and that in return the abbey should serve the chapel of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… at Aluredston. Three demesne servants were employed, and 22 boonworks at haymaking and 102 boonworks at harvest … carried out. It was a livestock farm, carrying 370 sheep and 200 lambs in 1888, but the offgoing crop in 1873 … in both 1873 and 1921, poorly drained and unsuitable for sheep. 60 The other bigger farms of the Beaufort estate, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the … the parish, comprising 3,303 a. excluding river foreshore and tidal water. 1 The area included Madgett, a detached piece of cultivated land on Tidenham Chase, and a long, narrow neck of land extending to the steep valley …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. Before the Conquest Brictric son of Algar … the manor of Woolaston, an action confirmed by his nephew and heir Gilbert Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke (d. c. 1148) and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from east to west. Its northern and eastern … comprised 13 riding horses, 11 cattle, 33 pigs, and 151 sheep. The estate was worth £7. 1 Arable land known as … together with 16 a. of common grassland in Broad Drove. 3 Farming changed little immediately and c. 1811 John Magor …