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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 …
A History of the County of Essex
… it. The design of the belvedere is related to one at Shotover Park (Oxon.), published by William Kent, The Designs …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for Oxford, Woodstock, and the west, but the loads of Shotover timber and Headington stone required for Oxford … in place of the older road through Cheyney Lane, 23 Shotover, and Wheatley. The alternative route to London via … forest rights were purchased by Colonel Miller of Shotover Lodge between 1841 94 and 1876. 95 The Exchequer …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the east by Waterperry, to the south by Forest Hill with Shotover, to the west and northwest by Beckley and Stowood, … by the transfer of Minchincourt Farm to Forest Hill with Shotover. 3 Geographically the parish falls into well-marked …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Although it never had a church and, until the Crown sold Shotover, was closely linked with Shotover and Headington, Stowood came to be treated as a … by Charles II 18 Stowood was the northernmost portion of Shotover and Stowood forest; 19 with its centre in the manor …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was a continuation of the old London road which crossed Shotover. 6 Two gated roads branch off it: one going north to …
Petitions in the State Papers, 1600-1699
… of a third part of one thousand loades of timber from Shotover and Stowood in the county of Oxon to the most …
A History of the County of Oxford
… largely attributed to its woodlands. Woodstock, Wychwood, Shotover, Cumnor, and Bagley were all richly wooded … on the 13th he placed an outpost at Wheatley, 2 miles from Shotover Hill, which was occupied by the Royalists. It seems …
A History of the County of Oxford
… built. 33 In 1903 an additional reservoir was opened at Shotover to supply Headington. 34 Under the provisions of the … 35 additional storage reservoirs were built at Headington, Shotover, and Beacon Hill between 1929 and 1932, and a new … (in Wootton, Berks.) in 1938, and South Park (Headington), Shotover, and Windmill Farm in 1951. In 1970 the city …
A History of the County of Oxford
… already in circulation or private possession. (viii) Shotover:In May 1842 a pot was found on the estate of Mr. G. … in Thornhill Lane, between the Oxford-Wheatley road and Shotover Lodge. The pot contained about 560 coins, and …