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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for 482, and the glebe comprises 18 acres. The church is principally … High Carricks ground. Woodstock WOODSTOCK, a borough and market-town, having separate jurisdiction, and the head of a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… demesne farm in 1086. 70 The farm had 114 a. in 1339 71 and 118 a. in 1434. 72 On the Morley manor demesne farm there … remained the largest farms in the parish between the 16th and 18th centuries. About 1639 Woodmancote Place farm had 149 … by the parish council existed in 1920 on Wick farm. 43 A market gardener was recorded in 1866, 44 and in 1875 there …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… The village lies on the N. side of Willow Brook and consists of a single street with a back lane on the N. … 16th century (NRO, W(A) XVI. 5). The sheltered position and fertile soil on the S. side of the street gave rise in the 19th century to a market gardening business based on the rapid transport of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation … chambers, and three presumably grander chambers called the Bear, Falcon, and Dove. 1 Balliol's lessees, John Smith, … perhaps built on in the early Middle Ages to close off the market area of Oxford Street. 8. Nos. 70-4 Oxford Street By …
A History of the County of Oxford
… marking out of a site, probably confined on the north and east by the road, later Oxford Street, to the Old … In 1204 the town was farmed for only £4, which included market tolls and quitrents or 'landgable', small annual rents … House. 2 Many larger houses were inns, including the Bear, the Crown, later nos. 9-11 Market Place, and the Three …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the park and household is … 88 and in 1571 there were at least 17 privately owned malt querns, mostly held by innholders and victuallers, who … his son Thomas (d. 1662), prosperous aldermen, kept the Bear inn; a later landlord, Edward Fennymore (d. 1700), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a market to the new residents. 5 The story is supported in part … soon followed by a post chaise run by the landlord of the Bear inn. 50 A stage wagon to London was in operation by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the … 76 and the burgesses from the outset, in addition to their market, probably also had their court or portmoot, frequently … and built the surviving brick pair of shops, which bear a plaque with his initials. 27 The cellar, round arched …
A History of the County of Oxford
… close to the east side of Blenheim Park. 1 The borough and market town, called formally New Woodstock until the 19th … century, was founded in the 12th century in Bladon parish and remained ecclesiastically dependent on Bladon thereafter. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock sent two representatives to parliament in 1302 and two others in 1305; 86 all seem to have been residents and two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The … waist, was beaten back into the campaign headquarters, the Bear. 90 For much of the 1830s corporate government was …