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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 … through Woodstock were carrying London travellers to the railway at Steventon (Berks.), and by 1852 coaches were … at the Six Bells (later no. 16 Oxford Street). 55 Visiting companies included the Theatre Royal in 1780, and plays were …
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 … union as the rural sanitary authority and in Wootton district highway board were transferred to the new … in local services, and in 1889 approved the Woodstock Railway Co.'s plans for the station. 74 In the earlier 20th …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (W.) from Wells; containing, with the tything of Yarley, and part of Wookey-Hole, 1187 inhabitants. The living is a … 12. 15. 10.: the great tithes have been commuted for 212, and the vicarial for 299. 5.; the glebe comprises 5 acres. At … Wooler, established in 1847, extend over the registration-district of Glendale. The lord of the manor holds a court …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… acres on both sides of 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 Reading Beds and London Clay, well-wooded to the E. around Woodstreet, to … been rebuilt. Broomhill Bridge, see Moreton, Monument (4). Railway Station, and Gatekeepers' Cottages at Bailey's Drove …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… at Aluredston. Three demesne servants were employed, and 22 boonworks at haymaking and 102 boonworks at harvest were worked; in addition, … Laurence was a contractor for the Avonmouth docks and railway. The lease expired in 1876 and the quarry went out of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the … of 1,110 in 1851, perhaps partly due to the presence of railway navvies in the district that year. The population declined steadily to 852 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Aluredston with assize of ale in the late 13th century, and a hayward was elected. 66 After Tintern Abbey added … are court rolls of Woolaston manor for 1405- 6, 1476-88, and 1568-9, 67 court books for 1660- 1709 and 1712-60, 68 and … local government purposes it was placed in Lydney Rural District in 1894. 90 S.C. 6/850/1-6. N.L.W. Badminton MSS. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from east to west. Its northern and eastern boundaries were marked by watercourses including … union from 1836, from 1894 was part of Bridgewater rural district, and was absorbed into Sedgemoor district in 1974. 4 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 a. … the distance is traversed in about ten minutes by the railway. Hulks are moored off Woolwich, for convicts whose … in extent, were constituted an ecclesiastical parish or district, named St. Thomas's, under the act 6th and 7th …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Ancient and historical monuments in east London Woolwich 12. … Woolwich consists of the parishes of Woolwich, Plumstead and Eltham. The principal monuments are Eltham Palace, Well Hall and Eltham Lodge. Ecclesiastical a(1) Parish Church of St. …