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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 5 miles (N. E.) from Chepstow; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… estate at Cutteslowe was administered independently of Wolvercote from the Middle Ages; its economic organization … below. There is no early evidence for the open fields of Wolvercote, which seem to have been completely reorganized … the north had 63 a. of arable. 58 There may have been some cloth industry in Wolvercote in the Middle Ages. The high …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WOLVERCOTE, an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the city centre, contained … 1 Sept. 1644, p. 1143. Letter Bks. of Sir Sam. Luke (Beds. Rec. Soc. xlii), p. 545; Wood's Life, ii, p. 449; F. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Site and remains of Godstow abbey Site and remains of Godstow abbey Godstow abbey was built on an island between … 114. Blenheim Mun., box 150; Letter Bk. of Sir Sam. Luke (Beds. Rec. Soc. xlii), p. 545; Bodl. MS. Top. Oxon. d 502, f. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… legacy (1718) to the church was to be devoted to the poor of Wombridge. In the later 18th century 16 s. was paid out … Rushton's charity, established in 1890, produced an income of £6 from stock in 1975, used to buy clothing for widows. … widows. In 1975 the charity's income was £14. The charity of William Slaney Lewis, established in 1888, yielded £3 in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… WOMBRIDGE, LATER OAKENGATES Communications, p. 284. Growth of Settlement, p. 285. Social and Cultural Activities, p. … for the Poor, p. 306. Wombridge parish developed out of the demesnes of the Augustinian priory of St. Leonard, … of the Hadley and Coalport formations. 68 A hoard of 368 silver coins, deposited c. 1646, was unearthed at Priorslee …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Not to be confused with WEED ASH, these are the residues of ASHES from burning WOOD. This crude form of POTASH had to … OED earliest date of use: 1399 Sources: Acts. Woollen cloth [woollen-cloth; woollen cloath; wollen clothe; wollen … WELSH WOOL. Although there were plenty of rugs on English beds and some of rug as a TEXTILE in the shops, no woollen …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1600. See Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Oct., … B.A. 18 June, 1652. Woodward, George s. Hen., of Odell, Beds, pleb. St. Edmund Hall, matric. 17 Nov., 1676, aged 18, … refused to be inducted until 1660, minister of St. Olave, Silver Street, London, 1655-9, died 9 May, 1690, buried in …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester WOODCHESTER (11 miles W. of Cirencester) A silver spoon in the Ashmolean Museum was recovered from West Park (SO 8101) in 1850. 1 A coin of Germanicus and Romano-British pottery found in 1863 in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WOODCHESTER ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stroud, hundred of Longtree, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 2 miles (S. W.) from Stroud; …