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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… on the N. side of Willow Brook and consists of a single street with a back lane on the N. Closes shown on the … 88 in 1801. The Manor House (11) is a Palladian house of c. 1740, built for one of the tenant farmers of the Earl of … Thomas Spencer 1843'; (3), on jamb of W. belfry window, 'J. Briar 1843'. Monument: in central area, marble tablet of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… wing was built probably in the late 17th century. Coker, c. 1630, described the castle as 'almost ruinated', the … and basement, with stone walls and slated roof, was built c. 1600 on an L-shaped plan with main range running E. to W. … a hollow-way running N.E., perhaps the original village street, is about 3 ft. deep and 10 ft. to 12 ft. across. A …
A History of the County of Oxford
… be traced, and identification is aided by a valuation of c. 1910 listing owners and tenants of all Woodstock houses. … note is based on those sources. 1. Nos. 8-12 Oxford Street Bought in 1587 with Richard Cornwell's bequest for the … 39 was succeeded in 1815 by the attorney and alderman J. V. Harrison, 40 who lived there until his death in 1854 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… house with a large close in Hollow Way (later Oxford Street), rebuilding it in 1612 and again in 1724. 79 In 1614 … old men and women; a list of doles to the almshouse poor c. 1630 evidently included payments to the poor elsewhere, … of the poor. 85 The buildings survive as nos. 76-8 Oxford Street. 86 William Cornwell, alderman, by will proved 1552 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… By then the rector's income from Woodstock was only c. £25, including surplice fees and fees from endowed … purposes. 36 He provided a church house (no. 11 Park Street), where there were clubs and a choir room, 37 and he … Aevi, G.B. i, 7, 17, 216-17, frontispiece, pls. 11, 48. J. A. Froude, Hist. Eng. (1870), iii. 50-2. Above. O.R.O., …
A History of the County of Oxford
… confined on the north and east by the road, later Oxford Street, to the Old Woodstock river crossing. 90 The south … rose from 36 s. 5 d. in 1230 to 43 s. in the 1260s, c. 45 s. in 1279, and over 52 s. in 1310; 95 they were not … first to Primrose Hill and later Harrison's Lane, from J. V. Harrison (d. 1854) of the White House. 53 Chaucer's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 69 Property was concentrated in relatively few hands: the c. 140 houses were held by only 97 rent-payers, and Adam … of a Bicester charity. 4 A Northampton dyer owned a High Street shop in 1500, 5 and in 1499 William Harcourt of … glovers in the next decade, and later the prominent J. N. Godden was temporarily insolvent. 51 Estimates of total …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Dolman gave money to trustees to buy property in Oxford Street (now nos. 8-12), 89 and the school probably opened … partly for the use of the school, 90 took over the Oxford Street houses and a rent charge of £8 a year from Childrey … was rebuilt by the corporation as a private house c. 1602, incorporating part of no. 12 Oxford Street which was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Rosamund and indeed the town may have post-dated her death c. 1176; its foundation was presumably a response to the … were found near the church in 1755 and an urn near Oxford Street in 1810. 11 The underlying rock is Oolitic limestone, … 4. Geo. III, c. 79. P.O. Arch., Post 2/3, pp. 83, 137. J. Ogilby, Britannia (1970 facs. edn.). 5 Geo. I, c. 1 (Priv. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a few councillors were non-resident so just over half the c. 132 listed male inhabitants were freemen. 92 Already the … the Norths, and Hawkins all lived in large houses in Park Street, and Walker, the duke's agent and town clerk of … will of 1799 the trustees were John Bellenger and H. J. North, the town clerk; in 1805 North became sole owner and …