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A History of the County of Oxford
… rector. 3 Probably that tendency, too, was focused on prominent clothiers and other tradesmen; inhabitants … all England'. 11 In 1850 a modest Methodist meeting house on High Street was superseded by a large and prominent … Woodgreen, and by a Primitive Methodist group established on Corn Street in the 1820s. 12 Both the Quakers and the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of lower status, associated probably with a group centred on the Greenwood family's manor house at Brize Norton: a … oratory at Ham Court in Bampton, with mass celebrated on a monthly basis by visiting priests from Oxford and, …
A History of the County of Essex
… of Elmstead parish. In 1986 the part of Wivenhoe on the west side of the Colne was transferred to St. … was built in 1638 c. ½ mile north-east of the church, on the parish boundary with Elmstead, possibly replacing an earlier one. It was assessed on six hearths in 1662. Substantial repairs were made by …
A History of the County of Essex
… comparatively small and insignificant. In 1327 its assessment for subsidy was one of the lowest of the parishes … amount of copyhold land near Wivenhoe Cross and some on the east side of High Street just south of Wivenhoe Hall. … Colchester, owned 120 a. called Withemorhad and Nordhei, on the south side of the road to Tendring (presumably via …
A History of the County of Essex
… parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 miles south-east of Colchester on the east bank of the river Colne where it widens to form … borough. 86 Natural boundaries were formed by streams on the east and north-west, Wivenhoe and Whit- more heaths on the north-east, and the river Colne and its marshes on the …
A History of the County of Essex
… with usually 12 to 16 jurors. Cases of animals trespassing on the lord's land, breach of the assize of ale, and of … them sailors. 52 Between 1576 and 1594 parish expenditure on poor relief was between c. £5 and £7 a year. 53 In 1692 … spinning. 58 The wedding expenses of inmates were paid on four occasions between 1759 and 1765. The vestry agreed in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in St. Giles's parish. 91 In 1636 the open field arable, on the higher ground in the east, was divided into four … land for 6 ploughteams although only 5 were recorded, 1 on the demesne and 4 on the tenants' land. In 1279 a total of 28 ½ yardlands, 8 in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… schools were recorded. 76 A Sunday school, started in 1813 on the 'new' or National system, closed shortly afterwards … to pay the difference himself. 81 A new school was built on the glebe land immediately west of the church in 1855. 82 … 51 boys and girls and 64 infants daily and by 100 children on Sundays; the vicar reported in 1868 that parents contrived …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction WOLVERCOTE, an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ … changes in 1857 and 1868) followed streams of the Thames on the west, the Banbury road on part of the east, small streams on part of the north, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… chief baron of the Exchequer. 65 Walter settled the manor on his second wife Anne and the children of that marriage, … granted Edith, the first abbess, the land called GODSTOW on which she had built her abbey, and soon afterwards he, … of St. Valery, and the citizens of Oxford added other land on the edge of Port Meadow. 69 At the Dissolution the estate …