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The Environs of London
… WOODFORD Etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies … 1580, being son of Robert Rowe, Esquire of the body to Queen Elizabeth. In 1604 he was knighted, and went on a …
A History of the County of Essex
… Introduction WOODFORD Woodford was an ancient parish of 2,146 a., 1 lying about 8 miles north-east of the City of London, at the northern end of Becontree hundred. … had been built in the grounds as halls of residence for Queen Mary College and the old house had been converted as a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Margaret) WOODHALL ( St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Horncastle, S. division of the wapentake of Gartree, parts … for some time the residence of the Princess (afterwards Queen) Elizabeth, during the reign of Mary. The village, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woodyates, West Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE, a tything, in the parish of North Cerney, union of Winchcomb, hundred of Rapsgate, … all vaulted with stone; above is an apartment called the Queen's room, with vestiges of a chapel, and around the whole …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 51 WOODSFORD (7690) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 78 NE, bSY 79 SE) The roughly rectangular parish of Woodsford, covering some 1,700 acres, lies on the S. side … retains the original substructure in the floor below. The 'Queen's' Room, next S., has a small fireplace in the W. wall, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1:3,348 (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the … who demolished both houses to widen the road. 46 14. The Queen's Own Between 1614 and 1616 Robert Winter built a house …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Church Church. The church, of which the south doorway is of the 12th … the fabric and provide a chaplain to pray for the king and queen and for their souls after death. 40 There was a chapel …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Economic history Economic history In the century after its foundation the town prospered, … its original market, 66 but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the … 90 George Eldridge (d. 1814) was steel jeweller to the queen; 91 he lived and worked at the large block of houses …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a … I, imprisoned there in 1554-5, returned only four times as queen. 67 Risk of plague during royal visits caused royal …
A History of the County of Oxford
… TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out … as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely … he did so at least until Woodstock manor was granted to Queen Isabella in 1313. 88 Thereafter the royal manor was …