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A History of the County of Sussex
… in 1086; 73 the farm had 200 a. in 1434, including 80 a. of pasture in Morley park. 74 The demesne farm of Wick manor … in the parish in 1558-9, nearly all described as 30 a. in area, and there were then also three freeholds of the manor … of each were mentioned in the 17th century. 15 The chief area of common pasture in the parish was Bilsborough common …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 09 SW, c TL 09 NE, d TL 09 SE) The parish, once a chapelry of Nassington, covers some 420 hectares lying across Willow Brook, between 80 ft. and 210 ft. above OD. Most of it is on bands of clays, limestones and sands which … N. of Newton Spinney (TL 044955) lay in an area of 'old enclosures' in 1778. (RAF VAP CPE/UK 1891, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Fig. 212 Woodnewton Village Map Woodnewton is a parish of 565 hectares in the Forest of Rockingham. The village lies … the W. end of the village. It comprises a Chancel, Central Area, South Transept, Nave with South Aisle, West Tower and … The second feature is the arch between the central area and the S. transept, which probably dates from c. 1100. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… ins. aSY 78 NE, bSY 79 SE) The roughly rectangular parish of Woodsford, covering some 1,700 acres, lies on the S. side of the river Frome, 4 m. E. of Dorchester. It slopes gently N. from about 200 ft. above …
A History of the County of Oxford
… survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the … built on in the early Middle Ages to close off the market area of Oxford Street. 8. Nos. 70-4 Oxford Street By 1598 the … G 1. box 7, lease and plan (1804) with note (1840) re area of freehold part. D. M. Johnson, Bars and Barricades, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Development of the town Development of the town New Woodstock developed … ignored the line of the road and so created a wide market area. The long regular plots on the east side may be … boundary suggest confusion or compromise after the built area was extended. 14 Several tenements on the east side of …
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 … most townsmen were recruited from the immediate market area, but there were men from Warwick, Aylesbury, and Marden … in the 15th century, 86 and the proportion of the market area devoted to wool and the number of mercers and drapers …
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 … in 1953. In 1961, after an enlargement of the catchment area, numbers rose to 228. The school became comprehensive in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the … in 1279. 64 Vacant sites and large frontages to the market area were in marked contrast to the minute subdivision of … 73 Early 17th-century fairs drew travellers from a wide area. 74 The relative failure of nearby market towns such as …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely … the 16th century only the chamberlains' annual surplus and outstanding debts were recorded 75 but income evidently … the rent of the gas works site which occupied a small area on the southern edge of the meadows from 1854. 48 By the …