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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… spring, with baths, an hotel, and other accommodations for visiters. The water resembles that of Cheltenham, but has … the Bishop of Lincoln. The tithes were commuted for land in 1767. The church is a modern structure, with an … 1837, and contains 400 free sittings, the Incorporated Society having granted 350 in aid of the expense. The living …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 17th century there were several houses forming a hamlet, for in 1626 Edward Scrase, the occupier of one of them, was … early 19th-century villa, incorporating earlier work, for which a park had been laid out by 1875. 2 Twenty persons … hund. W.S.R.O., Add. MS. 30974 (TS. cat.). B.L. Add. Ch. 13304 (MS. cal.); W.S.R.O., MP 30 (deed, 1575); S.R.S. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for 482, and the glebe comprises 18 acres. The church is … rectory of Brown-Candover: the tithes have been commuted for 168. 10., and the glebe comprises 8 acres. The church is … aided by a grant of 150 from the Incorporated Society, and was consecrated on the 24th Sept. 1841, by the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Woodmancote Education EDUCATION. In 1808 there was a school for eight children, 48 and in 1819 eight or ten girls were … 1846-7 51 there was no school in the parish. A red brick National school, in similar architectural style to the … [C. 2498-I], p. 695, H.C. (1881), xxxii; Public Elem. Schs. 1906 [Cd. 3182], p. 642, H.C. (1906), lxxxvi. Bd. of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… listed them annually with its other rents. Rentals survive for 1598, 1602, 1609-18, 1652, 1654, 1684, and for most years … and in the early 19th heightened. 24. No. 16 Market place (National Westminster Bank) In 1499 the site was the Bull inn … Ibid. 97, p. 14; 7/1-3; O.R.O., Rob. II/i/1-3; Bodl. MS. Ch. Oxon. c 49, no. 4476. Char. Com. files, Scheme (1909); …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with Bladon parishioners over Woodstock's responsibility for repairs to Bladon church and churchyard, 37 presumably … and that the duke frustrated his plans to establish a National school and improve church seating. The duke … 1862; Boro. Mun. 90, pp. 191-3; Berks. R.O., D/EL 1 B2. Ch. and Chapel, 1851, no. 498; O.R.O., MS. Oxf. Dioc. c 335. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… until the 15th century. 93 The original town was smaller, for there was growth in the 13th century and early 14th. In … other across Market Place, the Bull on the site of the National Westminster bank (no. 16) and probably several plots … by the duke and sold to members of the Oxford Co-operative Society under a joint scheme. 37 Pullman's glove factory was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a chapman, a harper, and a potter. Evidence adduced for a substantial pottery industry in Woodstock is weak, 68 … (d. 1841), mayor and surgeon, was a fellow of the Linnaean Society and his son George was a medical practitioner in … taken over by Barclays in 1919. 78 About the same time the National Provincial (later National Westminster) bank opened …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 19th century several dame schools; it was a popular place for boarding schools, of which some took day pupils. The … although a keen educationist frustrated in his plans for a National school, observed in 1815 that 'a religious and … Enq. Abstract, p. 758. O.R.O., MS. Oxf. Dioc. b 39, f. 52; Ch. and Chapel, 1851, no. 498. O.R.O., MSS. Oxf. Dioc. d 707, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… New Woodstock was founded by Henry II to provide lodgings for his retinue when he was at Woodstock Park, which he … baptisms rose to 48 a year, probably in part reflecting national population trends. 36 In 1801 there were 1,322 … until 1809. 70 The Woodstock Florists' and Horticultural Society, founded in 1825, held annual shows recorded until …