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A History of the County of Oxford
… or earlier, of the demesne land and site of Godstow abbey as an extra-parochial area, altered the southern and … was composed of the site and demesne lands of Godstow abbey, a Benedictine nunnery founded c. 1133 on land given by … St. John, the lord of Wolvercote manor. 36 The site of the abbey, between streams of the Thames, was thus presumably …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government Local government In 1279 Godstow abbey had view of frankpledge in Wolvercote, and the royal … had entry into the manor only by the king's writ. The abbey also had rights of toll, pleas and perquisites of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… granted Wolvercote to Henry II who gave it to Godstow abbey. 63 The abbey held the manor until the Dissolution, and in 1541 it … abbess, the land called GODSTOW on which she had built her abbey, and soon afterwards he, Reynold of St. Valery, and the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Cheriton, a freeholder, and his uncle Edmund Reynolds of Gloucester Hall, Oxford, who was buried in Wolvercote in … O.A.S. Rep. (1924), 18, 20, 32-3, 35, 42. M. Foster, 'Gloucester Hall', Oxoniensia, xlvi. 106-9; V.C.H. Oxon. iv. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Site and remains of Godstow abbey Site and remains of Godstow abbey Godstow abbey was built on an island between streams of the Thames …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the Carthew family, still retains the name of the Abbey. In 1666, upwards of 327 inhabitants died of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… the house, is fragmentary. ConditionOf house, good. b(5). Abbey Farm, house 180 yards S.W. of (4), is of one storey …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Woodcocke, Thomas B.A. 16 Feb., 1559-60; perhaps rector of Gloucester St. Mary 1575, and vicar of Haresfield, co. Gloucester, 1578. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus. … St. Mary Hall, matric. 1 July, 1603, aged 15; of Boxley Abbey, student of Gray's Inn 1604 (as s. George, of Boxley, …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Museum, and a hypocaust tile with hobnail marks is in Gloucester City Museum. S. Lysons, Account of Roman …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Stroud, hundred of Longtree, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 2 miles (S. W.) from Stroud; containing 908 …