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A History of the County of Oxford
… 1488). 77 In 1551 the corporation bought the chantry house and undertook to use it for three or four almsmen, but the site was later found inconvenient and in the 1590s the house was taken over for the town … 97, pp. 3-6; 12th Rep. Com. Char. 326; inf. from Skinners' Co. For early negotiations over the char., Boro. Mun. 79, ff. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by Henry II. The borough was created within Bladon parish and its church remained a chapel of ease, although rarely … rural deanery was established by the mid 13th century, and the rectors of Bladon were often called rectors of … the Reformation the corporation dominated the vestry, co-ordinating townsmen's efforts to provide preaching and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… marking out of a site, probably confined on the north and east by the road, later Oxford Street, to the Old … called Hensgrove, acquired by the king from the Templars and taken into the park, perhaps when the town was founded. … latter built by the duke and sold to members of the Oxford Co-operative Society under a joint scheme. 37 Pullman's glove …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the park and household is denoted by 13th-century surnames 67 such as … factory at Hensington, at first called the Woodstock Glove Co. but R. & J. Pullman's from the early 20th century; it …
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 … Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his association with Rosamund and indeed the town … 1885 planned a branch line owned by the Woodstock Railway Co., of which he was chairman. The single-track line was …
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 town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the burgesses from the outset, in addition to their … local services, and in 1889 approved the Woodstock Railway Co.'s plans for the station. 74 In the earlier 20th century …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… S. side of the Nene. The northern part forms a suburb of and is annexed to the borough of Peterborough. Roman (1). Remains of huts, with pottery, pins and human remains were found in 1910 in the London Brick Co.'s No. 4 Yard, W. of the Huntingdon to Peterborough road. …
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, … In 1870 it was owned by the Gloucestershire Paper Making Co. Ltd., and in 1876 by the trustees of James Randle, 94 …
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 … 5 The capital messuage with c. 60 a. had been let to the Moore family by 1587 and it was bought by John Moore in 1703. … Rec. S.R.O., A/AQP 35. Ibid. D/P/wool 4/1/1; Morris & Co. Dir. Som. (1872); Proc. Som. Arch. Soc. lxxxii. 111. W.I. …
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. … is celebrated for a remarkably fine vein of brick-earth, and the white bricks made here are in great estimation. One … in England is held at Woolpit on September 16th, and a large fair for bullocks on the 18th and 19th. The …