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A History of the County of Oxford
… the name Crundell (later Corn) Street referred probably to quarries immediately west of the borough; manorial and … the building is not entirely clear; the high end seems to be indicated by the location of the stair, but the principal … factory was smaller because yarns were not spun there, but brought in from Walkers' Yorkshire works. The mill was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and attendance at shire or hundred courts; the right to distrain and to receive fines and forfeited goods usually … privileges granted to Farnham (Surrey), said in 1256 to be those enjoyed by the bishop's burgesses in Witney and … any benefits. 127 The eventual extension nevertheless brought in lucrative premises at West End, Woodgreen, and in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… questioning Catholic doctrine. Several of the group seem to have been associated with the cloth industry and to have … offerings, generally paid their tithes, and were said to be 'inoffensive' in their behaviour to the clergy. 17 Many … for the Established Church in which he was originally brought up'. The mill-owner Charles Early (d. 1912), a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Rev. F. J. Hilliard. The church contains monuments to the Dunche family. Sinodun Hill, in the neighbourhood, is surrounded by an ancient intrenchment supposed to be British, and to have been afterwards occupied by the … Several of the tombs and stone coffins have been brought to light, and the tessellated pavement of the nave …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which might suggest incipient urban or port … in Norfolk to Wivenhoe for fattening, and sheep were brought from Norfolk in 1633. Oranges and lemons were taken … in the later 18th century. 49 Of manorial land which can be identified as lying in Wivenhoe parish c. 1650, the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… principal part of this place. It was afterwards granted to the family of Clare, who gave the manor and church to … in 1588 by Sir Francis Willoughby, entirely of freestone brought from Ancaster, in the county of Lincoln, in exchange … also engaged in mining for ironstone, which is supposed to be in considerable abundance; and should the result of their …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Mannor which defore the Conquest Vlsi had, who paid for it to the Dane-geld after the rate of a carucat and an half. The … divers good Families, as in Willoughby on the Woldes may be observed, and in some other places of this Book. That … he had made of Riseley, and other Lands, 14 11 E. 3. brought the inheritance to Hugh Willoughby, Clark, his next …
A History of the County of Oxford
… evidence for the open fields of Wolvercote, which seem to have been completely reorganized in the later Middle Ages, … meadow and not to keep sheep on it, although sheep might be kept on Wolvercote Moor and Hurst between 1 November and … first steam-driven machinery and by 1811 coal was being brought weekly by barge via the Oxford canal and the Duke's …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Wolverton 226. WOLVERTON. (O.S. 6 in. ix. … with rebated jambs and pointed head; it opened probably on to the roof of the original S. transept. Fittings Brasses and … of a 12th-century label with double dog-tooth ornament, brought from the original church. In the garden are several …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the village stands south of the road from Helmsley to Kirkby-Moorside. There is a place of worship for … and well wooded. The common was inclosed in 1816, and brought into tolerable cultivation. The Staffordshire and … to forty persons. Charles II. granted a market and fair to be kept at Shimley-Green, in the parish; the former has …