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A History of the County of Oxford
… to those founded in the chantry house on the north side of the church by Thomas Croft (d. 1488). 77 In 1551 the … in 1724. 79 In 1614 it housed old men and women; a list of doles to the almshouse poor c. 1630 evidently included … delivered in part in 1628 but not recorded later. 49 Dr. Hugh Barker by will proved 1632 left £20, recorded in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its original market, 66 but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the … other names were derived from the building crafts of mason, carpenter, thatcher, and slater, the metal crafts of smith, ironmonger, and plumber, the textile crafts of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… dame schools; it was a popular place for boarding schools, of which some took day pupils. The rector, although a keen … and in 1831 that 'scarcely any residents lacked the means of education'. 85 Continued failure to respond to national … Catholic elementary school was opened in 1934 next to St. Hugh's church in Hensington Road with 43 pupils; it was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… community in 1620 when it was included among centres of the Jesuit mission in Oxfordshire. 50 In 1625 three women … priests from Heythrop College. In 1934 the church of St. Hugh of Lincoln was built in Hensington Road. 53 A new … and a secular priest appointed. The church of St. Hugh, comprising a nave and vestry in Tudor style, was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Matthew) WOOKEY ( St. Matthew), a parish, in the union of Wells, hundred of Wells-Forum, E. division of Somerset, 1 mile (W.) from … in the vicinity, of which the most remarkable is Humbleton Hugh, circular in form, with a large cairn on the summit; the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish of Wool, 5 m. W. of Wareham, covers some 3,000 acres on both sides of the … ruins of the abbey. Accounts (in D.C.R.O.) dated 1608 from Hugh Hoble for making and Snoock and Baskom for setting …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. Before the Conquest Brictric son of Algar held two hides in WOOLASTON within Twyford hundred. 6 Unlike other estates of the great thegn the manor of Woolaston probably never … The half hide held by Roger de Lacy was given c. 1110 by Hugh de Lacy to Llanthony Priory, Gloucester. Richard de …
A History of the County of Somerset
… from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western end. It is 6 km. northwest of Bridgwater. The ancient parish was almost rectangular in … 1327-36), 1 and his nephew John, son of Gilbert's brother Hugh (fl. 1266-80). 2 John Gilbert, John's son, was described …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… (O.S. 6-in. London, Sheets (a)L, (b)P.) The Borough of Woolwich consists of the parishes of Woolwich, Plumstead and Eltham. The … for Sir John Shaw, between the years 1663 and 1665, by Hugh May, paymaster of the King's works. About 1752 some …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WOOTTON HUNDRED Wootton hundred covered some 70,000 acres of central Oxfordshire, bounded on the east by the river … on the north by its tributary the Swere, and on much of the south by the rivers Thames and Windrush. Part of the … interference from the hundred bailiff, and at Kidlington Hugh de Plessis claimed similar rights without entry by the …