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A History of the County of Oxford
… 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 … with 12 members, and a chapel built on the site of a stable in High Street. 61 The Baptists opened a Sunday …
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 were c. 60 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Matthew) WOOKEY ( St. Matthew), a parish, in the union of Wells, hundred of Wells-Forum, E. division of Somerset, 1 mile (W.) from Wells; containing, with the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish of Wool, 5 m. W. of Wareham, covers some 3,000 acres on both … church came into use in the following year as a chapel-of-ease to Wool. Architectural DescriptionThe plan comprises one … of a short aisleless chancel, N. and S. transepts with two chapels on the E. side of each, and an aisled nave. The …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Church CHURCH. The church of Woolaston was recorded in the foundation grant by Walter … 1131. 91 Following a dispute with Llanthony Priory, lords of Alvington manor, it was determined between 1146 and 1169 … from Woolaston, Aluredston, and Alvington except tithes of the demesne of Alvington, and that in return the abbey …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a charity in 1616 for schooling four poor children of Woolaston, 98 and a master was paid out of the charity funds in 1683. 99 In 1781 the vestry resolved … to teach nine poor boys, 1 and the Clayton charity of 40 s. a year was paid regularly to a master in the years …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Introduction WOOLASTON WOOLASTON is a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and … shape, it rises from the River Severn to the high ground of Tidenham Chase. The account printed here relates to the … tidal water. 1 The area included Madgett, a detached piece of cultivated land on Tidenham Chase, and a long, narrow neck …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. Before the Conquest Brictric son of Algar held two hides in WOOLASTON within Twyford hundred. 6 Unlike other estates of the great thegn the manor of Woolaston probably never belonged to Queen Maud, 7 but was …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 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 … when 32 names were given, including several members of the Harris and Thomas families. 79 The Harris family lived …
A History of the County of Somerset
… from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western end. It is 6 km. northwest of Bridgwater. The ancient parish was almost rectangular in … its original course partly obliterated by the construction of the Huntspill River in 1940. Some of the southern boundary …