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A History of the County of Oxford
… government Local government In 1279 Godstow abbey had view of frankpledge in Wolvercote, and the royal bailiff had entry … manor only by the king's writ. The abbey also had rights of toll, pleas and perquisites of court, infangthief and … no. 6. O.R.O., MS. d.d. Par. Wolvercote b 5: chwdns' accounts 1759-1869. Poor Abstract, 1804, pp. 406-7; 1818, pp. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Site and remains of Godstow abbey Site and remains of Godstow abbey Godstow abbey was built on an island between streams of the Thames given to the foundress c. 1133 by John of St. …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1600. See Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Oct., 1635, aged 18. [ 5] Woodbridge, Benjamin of Wilts, sacerd. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Nov., 1638, aged … chaplain to Charles II., silenced by the act of conformity; died at Inglefield, Berks, 1 Nov., 1684, …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester WOODCHESTER (11 miles W. of Cirencester) A silver spoon in the Ashmolean Museum was recovered from West Park (SO 8101) in 1850. 1 A coin of Germanicus and Romano-British pottery found in 1863 in the … taken to Cheltenham College Museum. 2 The alleged site 3 of the 'Roman brickyard' serving the villa (1), about mile …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WOODCHESTER ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stroud, hundred of Longtree, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 2 miles (S. W.) from Stroud; …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. The lord of the manor had right of gallows, pillory, and tumbril in the late 13th century 39 … have been recorded from the 15th century 44 and accounts exist from 1730. 45 A parish house was recorded in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Woodditton WOODDITTON Woodditton lies immediately south of Newmarket, 8 a town established c. 1200 astride the road … bounds were beaten along the frontages on the south side of Newmarket High Street. 10 Newmarket was separated from its parent parishes of Exning and Woodditton by stages: All Saints was created as …
The Environs of London
… WOODFORD Etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the … wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies in the hundred of Becontree, at the distance of about seven miles and a half from Whitechapel church. The …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Woodford WOODFORD The ancient parish of Woodford lies between Salisbury and Amesbury, on the western side of the River Avon. The parish is bounded on the east by the winding course of the river and on the west by the old turnpike road from …
A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. The wealth of woodland in Woodford long determined the economic life of the village, providing timber and some pasture, while … had fallen to seven. The 26 a. of meadow by the river accounts for the large number of 100 sheep. There were also 6 …