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A History of the County of Oxford
… Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured wide-ranging liberties within their … 2 the same year, however, he received royal confirmations of Forest and other rights, and most franchises seem to have … through the courts baron and a twice-yearly tourn or view of frankpledge, which continued for the rural townships …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney Manor In 969 King Eadgar gave the 30-hide estate of Witney to his 'minister' Aelfhelm. The estate was … estate given by Abingdon abbey to Brihthelm, bishop of Wells. 1 The Crown recovered the Witney estate before … tower and adjoining ranges, albeit in a semi-derelict state, and an inhabited range to the north with chimneys and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a church within the 10th- and 11th-century estate seems … likely, the earliest unequivocal evidence is the survival of blocked, single-splayed windows of late 11th- or early … at Farnham (Surrey). By 1855 he was 'utterly depressed', a state not eased by tension between his curates William Mills, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY The strength of Protestant Dissent in Witney, a dominant feature of the town from the late 17th century, reflected the … forces, the meeting for a time remained in an 'unsettled state', with numbers falling, the ministry sometimes supplied …
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. W. by N.) from … of the nave was also discovered, in a seemingly perfect state, but on exposure to the air, it rapidly crumbled into …
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 … and other works, of the highest class. The principal state-rooms are in the west front, which is of the Ionic …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Charities for the poor WIVENHOE THE ancient parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 miles south-east of Colchester on the east bank of the river Colne where it … the west end of the town. In 1866 it was in a 'disgraceful state' and the Tendring Hundred Railway Co. re- placed it …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 5 miles … other purposes. In 1829, in consequence of the improved state of the funds, it was determined to extend the charity, …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… WOLLATON, OLAVESTON. In Olaveston (through corruption of speech now called Wollaton) there was of William Peverells fee of a Mannor which defore the Conquest Vlsi had, who paid for …
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 … later 14th century, when Godstow abbey consolidated much of its demesne land in Wolvercote and St. Giles's parish into …