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Langford Parish: Grafton
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… travelling to neighbouring villages and towns to attend church, school, market, and other activities. The nearest … of brick-built cottages was added on land owned by Christ Church, Oxford, in the early 20th century, while the later … of the land. 2 In 1867 the manor was bought by Christ Church, Oxford, the owner in 2011. Grafton Manor Descent to …
Langford Parish: Langford
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… character. Langford, with its renowned Anglo-Norman church, was the most populous and most diverse, and in the … flat, low-lying ground north of the river Thames. Its fine church, incorporating a late 11th-century tower and reset … 14 The early core may have developed close to the parish church, which was built (or possibly rebuilt) in the later …
Langford Parish: Little Faringdon
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… of Langford, with which relations particularly over church matters were sometimes strained. Like Langford, Little … houses lie along the village street north-west of the church, many of them converted from former farm, estate, and … estate cottages, including a row of eleven between the church and the road to Langford. Built of stone and slate in …
Langford Parish: Radcot
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… although for convenience many inhabitants attended church and school in neighbouring Clanfield. 4 Boundaries and … to the west of the hamlet, among fields owned by Christ Church, Oxford. During the 20th century the settlement … and some two thirds of the land were bought by Christ Church, Oxford, while the rest remained with a succession of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… a parish and small village 6 m. N.N.E. of Colchester. The church and Valley House are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Mary (Plate, p. 148) stands on the N. side of … of the 13th century. Early in the 14th century the whole church was remodelled, the chancel extended towards the E., …
A History of the County of Essex
… Langham Church CHURCH. The advowson of the living, a rect ory, descended … was also a puritan but conformed in 1662. 68 In 1633 the church needed a decent carpet and a broadcloth for the … There was still only one Sunday service in 1790 when the church was served by a curate for the absentee rector, John …
A History of the County of Essex
… the confluence of the rivers Stour and Brett near Higham church (Suff.) later known as Higham Thorpe or 'The Three …
A History of the County of Essex
… to educate poor girls in the teachings of the Established Church. 17 It was conveyed to trustees in 1837 for use as a … enlarged. 18 In 1810 there were two Sunday Schools, 19 the church one with 70 children and a Baptist one with 54 in … 20 one may have been at Mount Pleasant. 21 In 1841 the church school was also held on weekdays, but numbers had …
A History of the County of Essex
… Stour valley to a ridge at c. 38 m. at Langham Hall and church. The gradient is gradual north and west of the Hall … Natural Beauty and the views from the ridge near the church inspired John Constable's painting 'Dedham Vale' … site, perhaps a villa, lay near the later manor house and church. 47 The main early medieval settlement was probably at …
A History of the County of Essex
… in 1689 were probably members of the Eld Lane Baptist church, Colchester. Samuel Blyth of Langham (d. 1753) was later a leading figure in that church, 3 and it was only after his death that a separate … chapel, presumably erected c. 1756, fell down after the church closed in 1940. The former manse was converted into a …