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A History of the County of Oxford
… free grammar school, two small charity schools, and by the early 19th century several dame schools; it was a popular place for boarding schools, of which some took day pupils. The rector, although a keen … and in 1831 that 'scarcely any residents lacked the means of education'. 85 Continued failure to respond to national …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a … supported in part by other evidence, but Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his …
A History of the County of Oxford
… TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out … as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely … briefly rented a townsman's house for the use of the sick. 88 In 1719 the council agreed to spend up to 60 to turn …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 86 all seem to have been residents and two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The borough charter of 1453 freed Woodstock from the burden of representation 88 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Protestant nonconformity Protestant Nonconformity The Presbyterian Thomas Whateley preached at Woodstock in the … was a registered meeting, probably Baptist, at the house of Samuel Wise, an Old Woodstock farmer, but in 1738 the … soldiers, broke up the meeting and stoned Hinton out of town as a Jacobin. Hinton tried again in 1819 and was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… community in 1620 when it was included among centres of the Jesuit mission in Oxfordshire. 50 In 1625 three women … emancipation. 51 By 1930, 52 when Woodstock formed part of the parish of St. Gregory and St. Augustine, Oxford, there …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Church CHURCH. The church of Woolaston was recorded in the foundation grant … of Hereford, on a mandate from the bishop, made a visitation to induct Richard of Newnham, an action which was …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Introduction WOOLASTON WOOLASTON is a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the River Severn to the high ground of Tidenham Chase. The … when he travelled from Woolaston to Tintern during his visitation of Hereford diocese in 1289. 79 The ferry became …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… who had an estate worth £180 in 1714. 77 Although in 1682 the names of 68 persons who did not attend church were given, only the … only ten and two persons respectively were named, some of whom were Quakers. 78 Nevertheless the Roman Catholic …
A History of the County of Somerset
… its name derived from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western end. It is 6 km. … founded 1854, and in the early 20th century the Rational Sick and Benefit Society, met at the White Lion. 13 A village …