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A History of the County of Oxford
… taught some pupils, but by 1548 he did 'little service' and the growing town was recognized to be in need of a … the wealthy clothier Walter Jones left 10 for its 'repair and amending' so that 'children may there be taught', … use. 4 About 1571 the churchwardens glazed its windows, 5 and small bequests for its upkeep were made in the early 17th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably … From the 17th century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was developed as the … earlier stone structure of three arches, 262 while smaller signs of modernisation included erection of telegraph posts …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings 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 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century … within their estates, including freedom from toll, murage, and attendance at shire or hundred courts; the right to … crossings were being provided by the 1890s and warning signs for motor cars by 1905, and in 1919 the council sought …
A History of the County of Oxford
… reflected the experience of many small cloth towns, 1 and may have had its origins in an earlier tradition of local … accused of disseminating the scriptures in English and of questioning Catholic doctrine. Several of the group … is difficult to gauge: in the 16th century there were signs of religious conservatism among some of the population, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but no Witney townsmen seem to have been implicated, and in 1577 only five recusants were reported there. 2 Among … Tempest family lived at Witney in the early 17th century, and in 1641 Francis Rathbone, one of a recusant gentry family … women, including a shopkeeper, mantua-maker, publican, and tailor's wife. 6 Two or three Catholic families remained …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ordered the payment of the contribution to the repairs, and awarded costs of 42 gold florins against Wolvercote. 7 … were made regularly until 1869, were revived in 1923 and continued until the closure of St. Peter's in 1965. 8 … money to St. Peter-in-the-East as the 'mother church', and as late as 1636 a woman left 2 d. to the parish church of …
The Environs of London
… hundred of Becontree, at the distance of about seven miles and a half from Whitechapel church. The parish is bounded by Chigwell, Chingford, Walthamstow, Wanstead, and Barking. It contains about 2000 acres of land, of which the greater part is meadow and pasture. A considerable part of the forest of Waltham …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… The village lies on the N. side of Willow Brook and consists of a single street with a back lane on the N. … 16th century (NRO, W(A) XVI. 5). The sheltered position and fertile soil on the S. side of the street gave rise in … carriers. By the 16th century there were mills at both E. and W. ends of the village, but the E. mill was demolished in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation acquired the quitrents 49 and listed them annually with its other rents. Rentals … retains an early 18th-century moulded eaves cornice and signs of earlier fenestration: in the 1760s the front was a …