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A History of the County of Oxford
… Gray (d. 1791) served as manorial steward for the duke of Marlborough and as clerk to the Blanket Company from the mid …
A History of the County of Oxford
… hamlets and the villages around Woodstock (the duke of Marlborough's seven 'demesne towns') were exempt, 71 and in … urban district council rented the tolls from the duke of Marlborough and took over regulation, though the court moot …
A History of the County of Oxford
… parallel to the street in a continuous building line. 214 Marlborough (formerly Meeting House) Lane, at Corn Street's … the early 18th century to buildings behind the present-day Marlborough Hotel, as well as rear-access to cottages … and the market place, 236 the Blue Boar (renamed the Marlborough Arms in the early 19th century) to the north on …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 16th century (the likely date of a polygonal stack at the Marlborough Arms Hotel), and occasionally for general … was renovated the following year largely at the duke of Marlborough's expense, 210 and was restored by public … was rebuilt in 17856, in part using stone from the duke of Marlborough's quarries at Black Bourton: possibly the duke …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the early 20th century, when it was held at the Marlborough Hotel in September or October. 61 In the early …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to prominent gentry and from 1751 to successive dukes of Marlborough, who in 1862 bought it outright; at their … he sold it in 1751 to Charles Spencer (d. 1758), duke of Marlborough. 18 In 1759 the lady of the manor was the duke's … in 1760, and the manor passed to successive dukes of Marlborough as lessees until the mid 19th century, being held …
A History of the County of Oxford
… cover has since been lost, 218 and in 1753 the duke of Marlborough gave a large silver-gilt flagon made in 1744 and … on land given by the bishop of Winchester and the duke of Marlborough; the cost was met chiefly from subscriptions, and … electroplate basin, and a chalice of 1744 marked with the Marlborough crest, presumably transferred from Witney church …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Mather was licensed. 36 A plain, rubble meeting house on Marlborough (formerly Meeting House) Lane was built about … house to the rear was refitted as a manse, and the Marlborough Lane meeting-house was converted for the … to revive some of the mission stations, repaired the Marlborough Lane meeting house for Sunday-school use, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… little in the 18th century and the early 19th. The duke of Marlborough, the lord of the manor, was by far the largest … Hicks family, also rented land and tithe from the duke of Marlborough. The duke's land was usually divided among 8 … the curate 35 ½ a. for small tithes, and the duke of Marlborough 20 a. for manorial rights; a total of 46 a. was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Little Bridge; that year it was repaired by the duke of Marlborough. 72 The bridge was sold to the earl of Abingdon … arch of Toll Bridge was rebuilt in 1796 at the duke of Marlborough's expense; in 1876 the whole bridge was … year a short branch, Duke's Cut, was made for the duke of Marlborough, between the main canal and the north end of the …