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A History of the County of Oxford
… and burial ground were reconsecrated in 1336 the bishop's licence was granted not to the rector but to the vill. 36 … in an agreement with Bladon parishioners over Woodstock's responsibility for repairs to Bladon church and churchyard, … 63 was built in local stone on a cruciform plan with the hall and parlour forming the main range, a stair and study in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… developed at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west boundary perhaps represents the line of the … to the original building plots. 94 Quitrents rose from 36 s. 5 d. in 1230 to 43 s. in the 1260s, c. 45 s. in 1279, and … 1766, when demolished to make way for the present town hall. 99 John at Green's tenement 'against the stone cross' …
A History of the County of Oxford
… owed over a third of the total rental. 70 The hospital's estate had been granted in the mid 13th century by … at the large block of houses and shops east of the town hall (no. 2 Market Place, no. 1 High Street), rebuilt by his … (d. 1885) worked as printer, stationer, bookseller, and postmaster; the firm published a guide to Blenheim which …
A History of the County of Oxford
… master, who was to be a good preacher. 88 In 1587 Cornwell's relict Mary Dolman gave money to trustees to buy property … to the trustees in 1598 in final settlement of Cornwell's gift. 91 A sum of £50 given earlier by the Dolmans directly … was closed in 1945 and the building used as a church hall. 75 John Enders by will of 1839 left £3 a year for the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in part by other evidence, but Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his association with … of trade to the vicinity of the court, and Henry's motives probably included a desire for rents and tolls as … benefactors, paving the streets in 1714, building the town hall in 1766, restoring the church in the 1780s, building …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the … Woodstock, whose bailiff was accountable for the borough's rents, market tolls, and profits of court. 79 In King … by then the burgesses had formed a guild with a common hall and a hierarchy of offices: in 1338 the principal …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 88 but in 1553 the borough again provided two M.P.s. Returns were usually made by the mayor and commonalty, … member, 90 and the rejection by parliament of the freemen's choice when there was a double return in 1640 may not have … £366 in expenses. 80 The Marlboroughs paid for a new town hall and the restoration of the church and John Skinner, M.P. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Oxford Baptist, held a meeting in Thomas Boulton's house opposite the Marlborough Arms in Oxford Street, … were maintained chiefly by student pastors from Regent's Park College, Oxford. The church comprised 21 members in … 41 Oxford Street, 75 was used successively as a Masonic hall, a cinema, and a garage, and was largely rebuilt in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wool 52 WOOL (8486) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish … the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. above O.D. The S. part slopes from Chalk in the S.W., through areas on … leaded quarries. The plan provides a central entrance hall between two living rooms and leading to a staircase …
A Dictionary of London
… Quay At the south end of Water Lane, east of that lane (S. 44). Earliest mention: "Wolkaye," ".Wolkey," 51 Ed. III. … R. Ed. III. 1341-3, p.64). "Woolwharf" or Customers quay "(S. 44), 1603. First Custom House occupied this site. Now … etc. Named after the owner or builder. Woolhouse A hall with chambers and house called "Wolhouse" in Sporieres …