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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Woodsford 51 WOODSFORD (7690) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 78 NE, bSY 79 SE) The roughly rectangular … Gravel and is partly heathland while the N. is largely on a wide gravel river terrace. Two holdings in Woodsford, … with stone walls and slated roof, was built c. 1600 on an L-shaped plan with main range running E. to W. and a wing to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and by the early 19th century several dame schools; it was a popular place for boarding schools, of which some took day … master, who was to be a good preacher. 88 In 1587 Cornwell's relict Mary Dolman gave money to trustees to buy property … [T. Widdowes], Just Devil of Woodstock (Lond. 1660): B.L. copy. [F. Gregory], Votivum Carolo (Oxf. 1660); V.C.H. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the … recorded in the 13th century. 77 The town was taxed as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of … Church. Cal. Chart. R. 14271516, 1257; Boro. Mun. 83/3. B.L. Lansd. MS. 758, ff. 1420v. The phrasing is obscure. Boro. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 88 but in 1553 the borough again provided two M.P.s. Returns were usually made by the mayor and commonalty, … in 1609 may have been exceptional because of the death of a sitting member, 90 and the rejection by parliament of the … Sept. 1692; e.g. P.R.O., C 104/109. P.R.O., C 104/109. B.L. Add. MS. 18675, ff. 42-3: ref. kindly supplied by Dr. E. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Introduction WOOLASTON WOOLASTON is a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and … size of the hamlet is that in 1769 there was a blacksmith's shop. 28 Most of the older houses in the parish are in two … and the hall and former school. Brockweir Farm, which is L-shaped and built of stone, appears originally to have …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woolminstone - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, … is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 … king's books at 6. 18. 9., and in the patronage of Mrs. L. Flood Page; net income, 350. The church is partly in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woothorpe - Wootton-Wawen Woothorpe WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union … of Redbornestoke, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (S. W.) from Bedford; containing 1122 inhabitants. It … London and South-Western railway, and comprises 1133 a. l r. 13 p., of which 20 acres are pasture, 53 woodland, 14 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worcester - Wormsley Worcester WORCESTER, a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, … cathedral, of which the only one now remaining is Edgar's tower. In 1041, a tax imposed by Hardicanute excited an … the seat of Earl Manvers. The parish comprises 17,445 a. l r. 7 p., a large portion of which is within the parks of …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… [illegible] [illegible] [...ance?], losse and anoyance, of soe manye of the sayd parishe as [ha...?] [illegible] … whereof, and [illegible] sayde Richard Hasell is a meere strainger and a mane lykely to leave [illegible] … sayde parcell of lande is a chattell [founde?] not the [l...?] [illegible] [illegible] some smale terme. Nowe all be …