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A History of the County of Oxford
… In 1204 the town was farmed for only £4, which included market tolls and quitrents or 'landgable', small annual rents … established, with houses on Park Street, High Street, Market Street, and Oxford Street as far north as the point … maintained benches around some of the great elms. 84 The stocks, pillory, cucking stool, and roofed cage were in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… prospered, acquiring a fair in addition to its original market, 66 but it remained a small community of tradesmen, … that most townsmen were recruited from the immediate market area, but there were men from Warwick, Aylesbury, and … inquiry into the dearth of grain named 29 residents with stocks of malt or grain for brewing and baking, and 17 were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a market to the new residents. 5 The story is supported in part … tallaged with other local demesne towns and in 1204 its market and rents were farmed. 9 By 1230, when it was referred … than in 1279. 64 Vacant sites and large frontages to the market area were in marked contrast to the minute subdivision …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 76 and the burgesses from the outset, in addition to their market, probably also had their court or portmoot, frequently … near the junction of Rectory Lane and the Oxford road. Stocks were mentioned in 1519, and stocks, a pillory, and a whipping post stood in Market Place …
A History of the County of Oxford
… close to the east side of Blenheim Park. 1 The borough and market town, called formally New Woodstock until the 19th …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and Unitarians. Wooler (St. Mary) WOOLER ( St. Mary), a market-town and parish, in the union, and E. division of the … It consists of several streets diverging from a market-place in the centre, is indifferently paved, and … and a mechanics' institute was established in 1827. The market is on Thursday. Fairs are held on May 4th and October …
A Dictionary of London
… Quay; Old Wool Quay; Wellewarf; Custom House. Woolchurch Market See Stocks Market. Woolchurch, Woolchurchhawe See Mary (St.) Woolchurch. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… by the tenants of the manor, who declared it to be a full market pill in 1719 and 1742. 25 Silting of both Cone Pill … 26 but in 1772 two sloops sailed regularly to Bristol with market goods, and a 50-ton sloop, the 'Forester', was built …
A History of the County of Somerset
… keeping sheep, and harvesting potatoes and mangolds. 8 A market garden had been established by 1891. 9 By 1905 arable …