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A History of the County of Oxford
… free grammar school, two small charity schools, and by the early 19th century several dame schools; it was a popular place for boarding schools, of which some took day pupils. The rector, although a keen … a noted teacher who, with his Woodstock pupils, wrote a book of verses welcoming the Restoration; 9 and Dr. William …
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 … There is no direct evidence of plague in Woodstock but the Black Death ravaged villages in the town's hinterland and may … was a library in the corporation's care in 1746, 63 and book societies were mentioned in 1787 and the 1820s. 64 The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely … 14 In 1589 the clerk was ordered to bring in the mayor's book 'fair written' each year at Michaelmas, and to keep the … the borough's arms, crest, and supporters, and the legend, black letter, SIGILLU M COMMUNE COM MUNITATIS VILLE D OMINI …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wookey (St. Matthew) WOOKEY ( St. Matthew), a parish, in the union of Wells, hundred of Wells-Forum, E. division of Somerset, 1 mile (W.) from …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… WOOL (8486) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish of Wool, 5 m. W. of Wareham, covers some 3,000 acres on both … War in c. 1644 (Hutchins I, 349). In 1785 the account book of Thomas Weld (in D.C.R.O.) records taking down stone …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Introduction WOOLASTON WOOLASTON is a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the River Severn to the high ground of Tidenham Chase. The … century, for the crossing of the Piccadilly brook and the Black brook at Twyford was recorded in 956. 59 That was the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Manor courts were held for Aluredston with assize of ale in the late 13th century, and a hayward was elected. 66 After Tintern Abbey added Aluredston to its lordship of Woolaston in 1302 the courts were apparently united, but …
A History of the County of Somerset
… its name derived from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western end. It is 6 km. … Woolavington Throckmorton for 1598-9, and 1604. A court book for both manors covers the years 1709-35. Sessions were …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Woolbeding WOOLBEDING The parish, with an area of 1,950 acres and a population in … that this is part of the church mentioned in Domesday Book. 33 In the 18th century a chancel was built, or …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… S.W.) Woolhope is a parish and small village 7 m. S.E. of Hereford. The church and Capler Camp are the principal … (Plate 49) in low relief with hands crossed and holding a book; above head, trefoiled ogee canopy with crockets and … S.E. side of the road, 600 yards E. of the church. b(5). Black House, two tenements, 180 yards S.S.E. of (4), has …