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The Environs of London
… Quantity of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies … loam. Land-tax. This parish pays the sum of 374l. 12s. to the land-tax, which is at the rate of about one shilling … It is valued, in the King's books, at 11l. 12s. 1d. The commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Woodford WOODFORD The ancient parish of Woodford lies between Salisbury and … and on the west by the old turnpike road from Salisbury to Devizes along the top of the down. 1 The parish includes … until 1869, when it was transferred to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 31 who sold it in 1920. The manor, with about …
A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. The wealth of woodland in Woodford long determined the … the number of ploughs owned by manorial tenants had fallen to seven. The 26 a. of meadow by the river accounts for the … at Woodford had been inclosed. 70 In 1856 and 1862 the Commissioners of Woods and Forests sold the Crown's forest …
A History of the County of Essex
… school at Woodford, apparently Anglican, where most of the children of the poor were taught and clothed charitably. … school of industry. By 1818 attendance had fallen from 90 to 69 and some supporters withdrew their subscriptions on the … Antiq. Soc. Occ. Pubn. viii). Inf. from school secretary. St. Paul's, Woodford Green (pamphlet for official …
A History of the County of Essex
… evidently in existence by 1177 when it was confirmed among the possessions of the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 In 1191 the Pope assigned this church, among others, to the use of the sacristy at Waltham. 2 What exactly was … (20 June 1911). Kelly's Dir. Essex, 1926; inf. from Church Secretary, Latchett Evangelical Church. Bapt. Handbk. 1947, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woodyates, West Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE, a tything, in the parish of North Cerney, union of Winchcomb, hundred of … Steyning; containing 378 inhabitants. The road from London to Brighton, by way of Horsham, runs through the parish. The … Sir Richard was chancellor to Edward VI., and Sir Robert secretary for Ireland in the reign of Charles II. It is now …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Buildings Buildings Woodstock: Key to Buildings Section Scale 1:3,348 (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They … Street. The site was altered c. 1780 when the turnpike commissioners levelled and widened Hollow Way. 45 In 1784-5 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Church Church. The church, of which the south doorway is of the 12th … reconsecrated in 1336 the bishop's licence was granted not to the rector but to the vill. 36 In 1445 the leading … was ignored when the house was conveyed to the Church Commissioners by the Official Trustees of Charitable Lands. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Development of the town Development of the town New Woodstock developed at a … on the north and east by the road, later Oxford Street, to the Old Woodstock river crossing. 90 The south boundary … c. 1780 when the road was levelled by the turnpike commissioners. 63 That section of Oxford Street was 'late a …
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 … lacked the means of education'. 85 Continued failure to respond to national reforms, however, provoked a comment … the school was probably closed by 1901 when the Charity Commissioners sanctioned Bell's retirement and ordered the …