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A History of the County of Oxford
… mentioned in 1182 and 1232, the leper hospital of the Holy Cross in Old Woodstock was recorded from the 1220s, and a … representative of the inhabitants and lacked the funds or the will to meet the growing demands of local government. … begun in 1705. Thereafter many townsmen depended directly or indirectly on the palace and estate. Tourism became …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in addition to their market, probably also had their court or portmoot, frequently recorded in the 13th century. 77 The … ambitious plan for a larger hall on the site of the market cross, which was then demolished. 6 The new hall, designed by … at Blenheim in 1861. 17 In the early 17th century the High Cross in Market Place was a roofed structure used as a market …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… round-headed lights divided by a round shaft with cushion or scalloped capital; the jambs have similar shafts … In churchyardon N. side, two, one with remains of foliated cross. Font (Plate 8): octagonal bowl with tapering sides, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… North Porch and the South Aisle and arcade were added or rebuilt. Drawings dated 1864 of the N. and S. sides of the … tower, stone with square socket-hole perhaps for base of cross. Now in Dorchester Museum, altar frontal (Plate 31) … bays with a narrow bay to the W. which was bridged for a cross passage above. The room was entered from the cloister …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… was in need of repair in 1739. 20 The rectory was rebuilt or remodelled in 1814. 21 It consists of a three-story … is the base and broken shaft of the medieval churchyard cross. In 1509 there were altars dedicated to St. Mary and … near-by landmark on the Gloucester-Chepstow road is Peters Cross, first recorded in 1700 and known as St. Peter's Cross …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1086 there was no demesne land in either Woolaston manor or Aluredston, though the king held two fisheries in demesne … Marling family new holdings were created at Slade farm, Cross farm, Hill farm, and Common farm, where earlier there … in use after c. 1939 was a portable one at Luggs Cross. 70 The Beaufort estate possessed 96 a. of woodland in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… houses on the Gloucester-Chepstow road are of late-19th- or 20th-century date. At Gumstalls, where in 1969 there stood … houses at Plusterwine and Brookend date from the late 18th or early 19th century, although Possession House was recorded … front entrance indicates the position of the former cross-passage. The only original features visible are a stone …
A History of the County of Somerset
… River in 1940. Some of the southern boundary is a lane or footpath. 6 In 1842 the parish measured 1,735 a. which … waste at the end of the road. More substantial stone-built cross-passage houses of the 16th and 17th centuries survive … in 1975, is a high-quality 17th-century three-room, cross-passage house, with an early 16th-century core. Built …
A History of the County of Sussex
… plan was H-shaped and dating from the 16th century or possibly earlier. About 1700 the walls were largely … the King comes in those parts, namely when he is going to cross to Hampshire from the bridge called Wolversbridge near … of the tower is a taper-sided gravestone with double-ended cross, of the 13th century, and on that of the porch are …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Chancel, with a window in the N. wall, and the restored or re-built N. arcade of the Nave. Near the end of the 13th … round arch and foliage, early 17th-century. Churchyard Cross: S. of church, octagonal to square base with … Coffin-lids: In N. chapelon N. wall, (1) fragment with cross-stem and foliage in relief, early 14th-century. In S. …