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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 members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The … provided two M.P.s. Returns were usually made by the mayor and commonalty, implying that the franchise, as in mayoral …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Whateley preached at Woodstock in the late 1660s, 55 and in 1672 Edward Miles and William Metcalfe applied for meeting-house licences. … was presented in 1675 for holding meetings on Sundays, and although only one nonconformist was reported in 1676 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY: Agriculture. In 1086 there was no demesne land in either … at Aluredston. Three demesne servants were employed, and 22 boonworks at haymaking and 102 boonworks at harvest … tradesmen already mentioned, but most men were employed in agriculture. 61 In the later 19th century retail tradesmen …
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 … in 1593 may have been its site. 28 ECONOMIC HISTORY AGRICULTURE PRE-INCLOSURE In 1086 Woolavington was assessed … collector or steward, brought a total income of £340. 2 AGRICULTURE POST-INCLOSURE The inclosure of Sedgemoor in 1795 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… river Cherwell, on the north by its tributary the Swere, and on much of the south by the rivers Thames and Windrush. Part of the western boundary passed through the … of Wychwood. The landscape varies from the flat meadows and oolitic gravels of the Upper Thames in the south to the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… name is the surname of lords of the principal manor and was in use in the 14th century. 93 In 1300 the land between the eastern arms at the north and south ends of the parish, which either was or might soon have become part of the parish, was probably woodland and was defined as a southern tail of Savernake forest. It …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, … well adapted to the production of every kind of grain, the agriculture of the county is less subject to any … passes through it. The population is entirely employed in agriculture. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wormingford is a parish of early woodland clearance, 44 and con- siderable arable farming was recorded from the Middle Ages. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of demesne ploughs increased from 3 to 4, and the men continued to hold 2 ploughs, suggesting a slight …
A History of the County of Essex
… bank of the river Stour, 6 miles north- west of Colchester and 8 miles south-east of Sudbury (Suff.), covered 2,322 a. (929 ha.). 33 The Stour forms the northern boundary, and the eastern, southern, and western ones follow mainly field boundaries, but …
A History of the County of Sussex
… deals with the history of Worthing hamlet until c. 1800, and thereafter with that of the town as it was enlarged by … changes recorded above. Broadwater, Durrington, Heene, and West Tarring are, however, all dealt with from c. 1900 … whose summit was represented in 1978 by Richmond Road and Union Place. 52 The hamlet was originally separated from …