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A History of the County of Oxford
… the town Development of the town New Woodstock developed at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west … ( furnum), 4 pigsties, and many crofts, curtilages, and gardens. The tenements were the larger plots or burgages, and … which by then was a roofed structure; 78 vegetables, fruit, and oatmeal were also sold in Market Place in 1652 and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Henry II to provide lodgings for his retinue when he was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of … the park on the west and south was probably established at its foundation, 15 but it was extended on the north in … and apples, gooseberries, and other fruits from Woodstock gardens regularly won national prizes. Among local …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and … accounting for the borough's profits, 87 and he did so at least until Woodstock manor was granted to Queen Isabella … site established in 1715. 22 There were encroachments for gardens and cottages on Hoggrove Hill from the mid 17th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… charged with purging the corporation in 1662, and at his own cost defended the borough's charter of 1664 … were admitted. 20 Intent on keeping the borough 'solely at his devotion', 21 Lovelace even secured the admission of … the matter of honorary freemen, introducing as many as 24 at a single meeting, but did not seek election himself in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Abbey was transferred here in 1172 from its original site at Little Bindon in West Lulworth. The third settlement, … a(1) The Parish Church of The Holy Rood stands at the S.E. end of the village. The walls are of rubble … since the aisle is so narrow; the West Tower was added at the same time. Much rebuilding was done by John Hicks of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… failed to present. William held the rectory for life, but at the next vacancy a vicar was instituted; 95 two … in 1537 to Henry, Earl of Worcester, 97 who held them at his death in 1549. 98 Henry, Lord Herbert, held the tithes … receive 40 s. and all altar dues, mortuaries, tithes of gardens and curtilages, and tithes of Aluredston mill, 9 and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Aluredston, though the king held two fisheries in demesne at Madgett. 6 By the late 13th century, shortly before the … pears as well as livestock. 33 The continued importance of fruit-growing is revealed in the presence of cider-mills at … of pear called a Woolaston was recorded in 1801. 35 Potato gardens existed at High Woolaston and Keynsham farm in 1769, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 1,735 a. which included the detached part of Sedgemoor at Penzoy awarded in 1795. 7 In 1885 Withy Leaze, a detached … numbered 294 in 1801 and rose steadily to 448 in 1841 when at least two men emigrated. 16 Numbers declined gradually to … described in the 1780s as a gentleman's seat with pleasant gardens. 16 The farm was divided up 17 but the house may be …
A History of the County of Sussex
… with an average breadth of mile. The hamlet of Radford, at its northern end, was annexed to Linch for ecclesiastical purposes in 1886. 1 The main village lies at the junction of three lanes in a deep bend of the River … and woodland, and there is another large block of woodland at its southern extremity. From the church, which lies at …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… with a splayed plinth, embattled parapet with gargoyles at the angles and an ashlar spire. The two-centred tower-arch … with hollow-chamfered edge and shaped stops at angles, 14th-century. In W. towerchest-of-drawers, with …