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A History of the County of Oxford
… survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the … their arrangement was partly topographical, as was that of the late 18th-century land tax assessments and the census … 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 century, was presumably established when the … 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 gate into the royal … 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
… its original market, 66 but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the … other names were derived from the building crafts of mason, carpenter, thatcher, and slater, the metal crafts of smith, ironmonger, and plumber, the textile crafts of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… dame schools; it was a popular place for boarding schools, of which some took day pupils. The rector, although a keen … and in 1831 that 'scarcely any residents lacked the means of education'. 85 Continued failure to respond to national … the school was probably closed by 1901 when the Charity Commissioners sanctioned Bell's retirement and ordered the …
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 … supported in part by other evidence, but Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his … foundation was presumably a response to the gravitation of trade to the vicinity of the court, and Henry's motives …
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 … and non-resistance; in 1662 a purge carried out by commissioners appointed under that Act removed the mayor, the … markets and fairs; many of the accused magisfrom distant countries, and the borough magistrates checked their …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 86 all seem to have been residents and two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The borough charter of 1453 freed Woodstock from the burden of representation 88 … became high steward of Woodstock in 1661, was one of the commissioners charged with purging the corporation in 1662, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… for threshing were provided by Tidenham tenants of the lordship of Striguil. The livestock usually consisted of eight oxen … time in 1660 the wood was committed to the care of the Commissioners of Dean Forest in order to check the felling of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of Somerset; containing 71 … The town is partially paved, under the superintendence of commissioners annually chosen under the provisions of an act …