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A History of the County of Oxford
… requirements, following a temporary closure ordered by the Board of Trade. 58 A weighbridge, thought unnecessary in the … enjoyed some latitude, since in 1866 the town's local board complained that he had allowed photographic caravans onto Church Green. 73 From 1870 the board and later the urban district council rented the tolls …
A History of the County of Oxford
… bailiff of the county court, and clerk to the burial board. 94 Prominent auctioneers included the architect …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Under Schemes of the Charity Commission in 1901 and of the Board of Education in 1902 the schools were accordingly … were used to clothe the boys after the manner of Christ's Hospital in London, prompting the unofficial name of Bluecoat … boarders if the incoming master was unwilling to board them himself. 40 Day pupils presumably included …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 257 and in the later 19th century the town's local board dealt repeatedly with overcrowding, inadequate … its south side, and a car park on the north; a community hospital and health centre were added in the late 1970s. 304 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… adopted in 1863, and certainly thereafter the local board inspected all new building plans. 131 Each had a … hall and porter's lodge on the ground floor, with the board room above. From there a single-storeyed range led to a … inns and alehouses. 354 The White Hart had a shuffle-board room in 1653, 355 and leading clothiers evidently …
A History of the County of Oxford
… had long been more effectively policed by the town's local board and urban district council. 44 By 1871 its proceedings … 20th century to provide fire-fighting, ambulance, and hospital provision, appointing a surveyor and sanitary … and in the 1930s electricity and water committees, a hospital and fire-brigade committee, a housing and public …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Henry of Blois, bishop of Winchester, granted it to the hospital of St Cross in Winchester. 11 St Cross's ownership … was a royal servant who later became master of St Cross hospital; 44 William son of Humphrey, who renounced his claim … the tower. 188 The old pulpit's inlaid hexagonal sounding board was used to make a table which remained in the church …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and a national school is supported by subscription. An hospital for five lepers was founded by Gilbert de la Ley, of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and at Luckley-Green, about a mile from the town, is an hospital established in 1665, by Henry Lucas, for sixteen pensioners and a master. Attached to the hospital, which is a handsome brick building, erected at an …