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A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The cathedral CATHEDRAL The history of the Old Minster of … complexity of the building is very much insisted on by the poet, but not in terms which make the matter any clearer; the … three owls with a rose on the cheveron, the arms of Hugh Oldham. Bishop of Exeter, co-founder with Fox of Corpus …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. German) WINESTEAD ( St. German), a parish, in the union of Patrington, S. division of the wapentake of Holderness, E. riding of York, 9 miles (E. … the Earl of Bridgewater; net income, 98; impropriator, O. Oldham, Esq. There is a place of worship for Independents. At …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Elm ELM Elm, on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of the larger parishes in the Isle. It was originally of the … being a layman; 8 (ii) Dr. Joseph Beaumont (161699), poet and Master of Peterhouse, rector in 1645; 9 (iii) Edmund …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Bridges BRIDGES The first mention of the bridge over the Well Stream is in 1317, when in the … and a third of the traffic being on Saturday (market day) (Oldham, MS. Hist. Wisb. River, 180 (Wisb. Mus.)). The Revd. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Guild of the holy trinity GUILD OF THE HOLY TRINITY The Guild of the Holy Trinity was much the … The late E. J. Rudsdale pointed out that underneath Oldham's chemist's shop, at the northwest corner of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Port, Nene outfall, canal PORT, NENE OUTFALL, CANAL The original combined outfall of the Ouse and Nene, by … a. Ibid. 60 n.; W. Dugdale, Hist. Imbanking, 414. A. A. Oldham, Hist. Wisb. River (1933), 3. There is an extra … separately in the Lynn Port Books in 1678 (E 190/438). Oldham, Hist. Wisb. River, 3. There were seven mills crushing …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR Almshouses The Church Green Almshouse and Town … Com. Char. 380. Above, educ. (Holloway's Bluecoat School). Oldham, 'Vestry Book', ff. cicv; cf. ORO, MSS dd Par. Witney …
A History of the County of Oxford
… economic life 1500 to 1800 ECONOMIC LIFE 1500 TO 1800 From the 16th century Witney's economy was dominated by its … devpt). Witney Ct. Bks. p. lviii. Ibid. pp. xxxiv-xxxv; Oldham, 'Vestry Book', ff. xcvii-xcix, ci-cv, summarising … p. 372. Witney Ct. Bks. pp. xxxi, lxviii, lxxxivlxxxv; Oldham, 'Vestry Book', ff. cicv; ORO, MS Wills Oxon. 13/2/8. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was described as a stone-built town, 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop of … (origin and devpt: 16501800); below (houses 18001950). Oldham, 'Vestry Book', ff. xviixviii. Blenheim Mun., B/M/ …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured … toll, murage, and attendance at shire or hundred courts; the right to distrain and to receive fines and forfeited … MS dd Par. Witney b 14, f. 31. Ibid. b 19, c 4547, d 16; Oldham, 'Vestry Book', ff. cicv; below, charities. ORO, Cal. …