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A History of the County of Oxford
… Ellwell (Elfwell), Combwell, and so on. 2 There are Shotover Sands above Portland Beds resting on Kimmeridge Clay … that King Richard granted Philip Mimekan the serjeanty of Shotover Forest and 2 hides in Headington and Garsington, 208 … of Isabel de la Mare in 1279. In 1309 Philip sold his Shotover serjeanty to John de Hadlow. 213 No mention is made …
A History of the County of Oxford
… that year it was enlarged by the addition of land towards Shotover, including Elder Stubbs. 2 In 1891 the area was … skirting the quarries, crossing the old road to Shotover and continuing as far as Brasenose Farm. After … of this area once lay within the bounds of the forest of Shotover and Stowood and, until recent times, traces of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1 In 1949 Vent farm was transferred to Forest Hill with Shotover. 2 The present boundary is well marked. In the … larger in the Middle Ages than at present, adjoined Shotover Forest but did not form part of it, although it is sometimes mentioned in Shotover records. 8 In 1300 it was not included in the royal …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The parish of Horspath stretches from the slopes of Shotover in the north across the valley of the Northfield … where the Horspath boundary meets those of Wheatley and Shotover. 1 In 1953 the parish covered 1,281 acres, as 127 … is uncertain. It may have been higher up the hill towards Shotover, but a more likely site seems to be by the spring, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the manor-court. 235 They paid rent for common pastures in Shotover Forest; 236 the Sheepway perhaps led there, joining …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Islip manor, were allotted 20 acres in the forest of Shotover and Stowood in satisfaction of all claims to common …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were of value to them. After the disafforestation of Shotover and Stow Wood in 1661 the inhabitants of the … received pay from the issues of the county as 'ranger of Shotover and Stowood', which rose to 6 d. a day, the highest …
A History of the County of Oxford
… one-time inclusion in the forest, which with Stowood and Shotover was formerly dependent on the manor of Headington. … indenture of the Rede family, hereditary foresters of Shotover, gives them Merton, and the three Claydons, with the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Sands, while near Nuneham Park these sands rest on Shotover Grit Sands of Upper Kimmeridgian age. 3 It is well …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Shotover SHOTOVER Shotover, three miles east of Oxford, is a prominent ridge … Its northern slope is mainly park-land belonging to Shotover House while its southern slope is covered with gorse …