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A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Church Church A chapel of ease at Wolvercote subject to the church of St. … the rule after 1696. 15 Merton was represented on the patronage board of the joint living in 1984. 16 The medieval chaplains …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to have been no school in the parish before the beginning of the 19th century when dame or 'petty' schools were … child, even when living on credit at the shop. 84 A school board was formed in 1874, but the school building remained … added to the funds of the village school until it became a board school in 1874. In 1973 the income of the educational …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WOLVERCOTE, an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the city centre, contained … bridge) to Binsey civil parish, and the Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation Act of 1889 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, wapentake of Ryedale, N. … valued in the king's books at 12. 12. 8., and in the patronage of certain Trustees. The impropriate tithes of … the parish, turning in its course several paper, mill-board, and flour mills; and many of the females are employed …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… ordinary jurisdiction. 50 It was evidently in the Crown's patronage until the earlier 17th century. Probably between … Francis Charlton still owed the Crown the 'king's rent' of £2 6 s. 8 d. for the maintenance of a minister, 51 but before his death in 1642 he may have …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… lacked school places in 1875, 53 when Wombridge school board was formed. A turbulent election returned a nonconformist majority; the board included the vicar but the Congregational minister … 58 and the school opened in 1878. A continuing shortage of school places was relieved by enlargements of the board …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Growth of settlement GROWTH OF SETTLEMENT. The original endowment of St. Leonard's priory … in 1842 with having promoted the improvement through his patronage from c. 1826. 11 By 1856, as well as public houses, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Records of Wombridge court baron survive from 1697, 1708, 1711, 1717, … probate jurisdiction until 1857. 13 Priorslee was part of Shifnal manor and parish 14 and Ketley Bank part of … Priorslee, and Priorslee children attended Ketley Bank Board School though their parents paid no education rate. The …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the alehouse was an integral and ever present part of the community. There was an alehouse at Ketley Bank in … in Oakengates. 52 In the earlier 19th century the number of public houses grew as the town expanded, and in 1846 the … from its inception in 1974. The festival, under the patronage of the distinguished cellist Paul Tortelier, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… (O.S. 6 in. xlvii. S.E.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Paul, in the village, has walls re-faced with modern flint; the dressings are of stone; the roofs are covered with lead, except that of the N. chapel, which is tiled. The Nave is partly of late …