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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a ruin. At the inclosure, 20 acres were allotted to the poor. Woodrising (St. Nicholas) WOODRISING ( St. Nicholas), a … from Wigton; containing 745 inhabitants. A school for the poor is partly supported by the interest of 3000 raised by … and there are various bequests for the benefit of the poor generally, which are distributed amongst them in money, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Woodmancote Charity for the poor CHARITY FOR THE POOR. Thomas Beard of Wick Farmhouse by will dated 1667 left £200 for the benefit of the poor of Woodmancote and Albourne, to which £27 was added by …
A History of the County of Sussex
… ceiled, floored, and beautified. 33 The building was in poor condition in 1811. 34 Between 1869 and 1873 35 it was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… ceased by 1875. 58 W.S.R.O., Ep. II/14A (1808). Educ. of Poor Digest, 973. Educ. Enq. Abstract, 985. Nat. Soc. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 114-16, 156-9. Woodmancote Reg. 109-11, 116-17. Suss. Poor Law Rec. 14. W.S.R.O., WOC/CC 6/1, ff. 87-9. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… described as an old house but by 1787 there were only the 'poor remains' of the house 'where Chaucer dwelt and sung'. 77 … and was given by John Wiggins in 1529 to feoffees for the poor of Bicester. The feoffees sold it c. 1782. 59 In the … XXXVIII/iv/1. Below, Char.; Local Govt., Par. Govt. and Poor Relief; Educ.; Prot. Nonconf. Cf. Boro. Mun. 74, f. 20; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Charities for the poor Charities for the Poor Municipal Charities. The corporation's first almshouses … housed old men and women; a list of doles to the almshouse poor c. 1630 evidently included payments to the poor …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to reside the house was to be let and the rent applied to poor relief. 55 The house was let for several years from 1696 … and was again let in 1809 when £14 rent was given to the poor. 56 The corporation and rector argued over repairs: in … house with the living and make compensatory provision for poor relief, 60 but the corporation continued as trustee, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was monopolized by victuallers 'to the utter decay of the poor'. 31 In 1608 an inquiry into the dearth of grain named … personalty was only 66. 61 Other glovers seem to have been poor, and Andrew Homes, who had a limepit behind his house … complete, it was noted that the townsmen were generally poor. 3 Even so the palace and park permanently benefited the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… almost uniquely lacking in educational provision for the poor. 86 The opening of an infants' school in 1840 and, … £800 won in a state lottery in 1719 to the benefit of the poor during his lifetime, and in 1738 his heirs, in … Enders by will of 1839 left £3 a year for the education of poor children in Bladon and Woodstock, but no evidence has …