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A History of the County of Oxford
… nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY The strength of Protestant Dissent in Witney, a dominant feature of the … to prosecute local Dissenters despite pressure from the bishop, 16 while in the 18th century local Quakers, although … of meetings. 80 Witney Quakers were not reported to the bishop in 1669, however, and in 1675 the town authorities, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WITTENHAM, LITTLE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wallingford, hundred of Ock, county of Berks, 4 miles (N. … king's books at 6. 16. 8.; net income, 190; patron, the Bishop of Chichester. The church is an ancient structure, … W. division of Chester ward, N. division of the county of Durham, 3 miles (W.) from Durham; containing 1243 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of Kingsbury, W. division of Somerset, 28 … memory, with an inscription written by his son, who was Bishop of Hereford. Wolborough.See Woolborough. …
A History of the County of Essex
… by 1254 when Simon Battle was the patron. The advowson of the rectory descended with the lordship of Wivenhoe manor, the lords presenting regularly, except in … widow Alice Helen transferred it in 1931 to the diocesan bishop. 4 In 1984 the part of Wivenhoe parish north-east of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of the county … division of Darlington ward, S. division of the county of Durham, 10 miles (W. N. W.) from Bishop-Auckland, 16 (W. S. W.) from Durham, and 259 (N. N. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Church Church A chapel of ease at Wolvercote subject to the church of St. … and the earlier 19th, curates being nominated to the bishop of Oxford from 1790. In 1866 it was declared a … 43 From 1790 curates were nominated to and licensed by the bishop of Oxford, but none held the living for long until the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… estate at Cutteslowe was administered independently of Wolvercote from the Middle Ages; its economic organization … below. There is no early evidence for the open fields of Wolvercote, which seem to have been completely reorganized … descended to Francis Collins who sold it in 1693 to John Bishop who had already acquired Ethelbert Weller's 1 ¼ …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WOLVERCOTE, an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the … it was almost entirely rebuilt by the tenant, Jeremiah Bishop, leaving only one room, on the south side, from the … played skittles at Wolvercote and Godstow, and Jeremiah Bishop, the inn-keeper at Godstow, was said at his death in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Roger d'Ivri held WOLVERCOTE in 1086, and Godfrey held of him. 61 There is no further record of the under-tenancy, … in the earlier 20th century. 84 Between 1693 and 1703 John Bishop or his executors acquired a total of more than 3 … parcels by George Owen in 1610 and 1611. In 1742 John Bishop's son, another John, sold the land to Worcester …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, wapentake of Ryedale, N. riding of York, 4 miles … in the king's books at 46. 15. 7.; and in the gift of the Bishop of Winchester: the tithes have been commuted for 1150, …