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A History of the County of Oxford
… small rural area. 62 A rival, in the former Blanket Hall on High Street, was established soon after 1847 by … later to set up as a blanket manufacturer. 63 The Blanket Hall Brewery, continued by Early and, later, by the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… domestic-science rooms, and a gymnasium, together with a hall and twelve classrooms. With the introduction of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 77 In the 1840s the post office was in the Staple Hall Inn; it was subsequently moved to near the Methodist … Worcester, Ludlow, or Hereford, chiefly from the Staple Hall, King's Head and White Hart inns. 82 Following the … once a day and a daily omnibus to Oxford from the Staple Hall Inn, and by the 1860s both had ceased. 84 An …
A History of the County of Oxford
… at the northern end of the block containing the town hall, was probably the 'new built' house or tenement fronted … High Street's east side, described in 1704, had a parlour, hall, entry, and buttery, with a 'little buttery' and other … have been added soon after the house's first building. The hall lay south of the parlour at the centre of the building, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and early 17th century the borough court met in the town hall usually every 46 weeks. 34 The town bailiffs, sometimes … tourns or lawdays, possibly already held in the town hall as later, 37 were the lord's court leet or view of … moot and portmoot for the borough', meeting in the town hall usually in October. 41 Besides electing officers the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… recorded existed presumably by the early 13th century. The hall, mentioned from 121112, stood apparently on the west … including a pantry and buttery, a 'chamber next the hall', a wine house or cellar, and a kitchen and bakehouse, stood probably south of the hall, and were also mentioned from the 13th century. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… windows on the north and east, and possibly a former hall range running south. 32 In the early 17th century the … was 'strongly built with stone', and contained a large hall and a parlour; outbuildings included three large barns, … plan, with a central entrance leading to a stair hall; it has five bays to each elevation, and a hipped roof …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from his wife's family the Townsends, owners of the Staple Hall Inn, 37 and the following year William Castle, a Witney … ministers. The licensing of outbuildings near the Blanket Hall on High Street for Independents in the 1760s perhaps … of worship in 1971. 58 A scheme to convert the Staple Hall Inn into a chapel was overruled on planning grounds, 59 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… woodland, 94 pasture, 96 park, and the rest arable. Witton Hall, the property of Lord Wodehouse, is a large quadrangular … moor, but the soil in other parts is fertile. Long Witton Hall, an ancient mansion with additions by its late …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to be employed in clothing widows of sailors. Wiverton Hall WIVERTON HALL, with a demesne of 1002 acres of land, an … way to Strathfieldsaye, on January 20th, 1845. The town-hall, which is over the market-house, is an ancient building …