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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 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were complaints, perhaps exaggerated, that the town was poor, dependent entirely on markets and fairs, and lacking 'any manufacture to maintain it and the poor'. 99 On the basis of hearth tax returns Woodstock, while … constituency until 1885. It became the centre of a poor law union in 1834. During the 19th century the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 100, of which 20 was for the school and the rest for the poor and for disabled soldiers. 28 A confirmation of the … government, particularly as guardians of the Woodstock poor law union. 51 Such men argued that the corporation was … concerns, others were supervised by the vestry or the poor law guardians. 52 In 1866 a group of ratepayers led by …