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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and some bivalves in the argillaceous stratum. On the crown of Woodbury Hill are the remains of a British camp, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from the 18th century. A watchmaker opened a shop near the Crown Inn in 1764, while in 1770 a travelling Jewish pedlar …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the eastern boundary the river Windrush, the section near Crown Lane following the river's eastern channel to take in … which ran presumably along the line of Corn Street and Crown Lane to cross the river at an early ford. 54 Westwards … may have lain along the existing line of Corn Street and Crown Lane, which almost certainly perpetuates an important …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Corn Exchange, and a predecessor of the demolished Crown Hotel opposite the Butter Cross, both of which may have … was identified in the early 19th century with the nearby Crown Inn, which was said to retain heraldic glass and which … was rebuilt in the late 18th or early 19th century as the Crown Hotel, itself demolished in 1981. 24 Other Witney …
A History of the County of Oxford
… entry into the bishop's manors except in connection with Crown pleas. 1 In 1284 the bishop procured excommunication … of convicted criminals, and to receive fines arising from Crown pleas involving his tenants. All those rights were … Criminals' goods seem sometimes to have been seized by the Crown, 141 which in 1573 prosecuted two bailiffs for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by Abingdon abbey to Brihthelm, bishop of Wells. 1 The Crown recovered the Witney estate before 1044, when Edward … transferred with the bishopric's other estates to the Crown, which the same year granted it to Sir Andrew Dudley, … for hearth tax in 1665. 13 The 80-year lease to the Crown was still mentioned in 1649 but apparently not later. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and his successors exercised the patronage thereafter. 14 Crown presentations in 1243, 1261, 1317, 1366, and 1632 were … appointment to the bishopric, presented by grant of the Crown, as presumably did the dean of Winchester in 15556. 17 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woking to Sir Edward Zouch, but it again belonged to the crown in the reign of Charles I., and was bestowed by Charles …
A History of the County of Essex
… house with a three-roomed plan. The two-bayed hall has a crown-post roof and the service rooms and a staircase were at …