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A History of the County of Oxford
… BOROUGH TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The … the Norths, and Hawkins all lived in large houses in Park Street, and Walker, the duke's agent and town clerk of … Alderman William Metcalfe left 3 in 1608 to build a conduit 6 and in 1624 and 1682 the council was considering …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock sent two representatives to parliament in 1302 and two others in 1305; 86 all seem to have been residents and two were … challenge was averted only by a large outlay on debts and street paving. At a byelection on Wheate's death in 1721 his …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The Presbyterian Thomas Whateley preached at Woodstock in the late 1660s, 55 and in 1672 Edward Miles and William Metcalfe applied for … Boulton's house opposite the Marlborough Arms in Oxford Street, registered in that year; mobs, including soldiers, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock presumably had a significant recusant community in 1620 when it was included among centres of the Jesuit mission in Oxfordshire. 50 In 1625 three women recusants were fined, … was opened in an outbuilding at Haddon House (no. 18 Park Street), owned by Mary, Lady Terry, and served by Jesuit …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… St. Wookey (St. Matthew) WOOKEY ( St. Matthew), a parish, in the union of Wells, hundred of Wells-Forum, E. division of … 1187 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the patronage of the Subdean of Wells, valued in the king's books at 12. 15. 10.: the great tithes have …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 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, … area of heathland on Bagshot Beds. Recent boundary changes in the S.W. have resulted in considerable gains, including … Secular a(4) School and Schoolhouse, on W. side of High Street, with rubble and brick walls rendered in stucco and …
A Dictionary of London
… Wool Quay - Wormwood Street Wool Quay At the south end of Water Lane, east of that … (St.) Woolchurch. Wooley's Court North out of Maiden Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677). "Beaumondis Inn" (q.v.) seems to have occupied the site in former times. Now covered by warehouses, etc. Named after …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… midway between Lydney and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the River Severn to the high ground … the steep valley of the River Wye opposite Tintern Abbey. In 1882 the detached portion of the parish at Madgett, … the principal road at the Common being known as Upperends Street in 1761. 70 At Plusterwine lanes from Green Pool to …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of Bridgwater. The ancient parish was almost rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from … obliterated by the construction of the Huntspill River in 1940. Some of the southern boundary is a lane or footpath. … ground had problems with drainage. 2 The main village street runs east - west and includes the church and several …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woolminstone - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division … Woolpit (St. Mary) WOOLPIT ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stow, hundred of Thedwastry, W. division of … is a detached part of the parish. It comprises one main street, extending nearly a mile parallel with the river, from …