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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… It slopes gently N. from about 200 ft. above O.D. in the S. to 120 ft. along the Frome. The S. half is all on … N. is largely on a wide gravel river terrace. Two holdings in Woodsford, presumably East Woodsford and West Woodsford, … village remains. The castle is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical b(1) The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Key to Buildings Section Scale 1:3,348 (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original … burgages survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 … Fryer, owner c. 1809, 39 was succeeded in 1815 by the attorney and alderman J. V. Harrison, 40 who lived there …
A History of the County of Oxford
… first almshouses were successors to those founded in the chantry house on the north side of the church by Thomas Croft (d. 1488). 77 In 1551 the corporation bought the chantry house and … charities were regulated by a Scheme which separated ecclesiastical charities under the trusteeship of the rector …
A History of the County of Oxford
… after the 17th century. From an early date the town was an ecclesiastical centre: Woodstock rural deanery was … 35 and when chapel and burial ground were reconsecrated in 1336 the bishop's licence was granted not to the rector but to the vill. 36 In 1445 the leading burgesses joined with the chapelwardens …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Economic history Economic history In the century after its foundation the town prospered, … a tailor, a smith, a cabinet maker and auctioneer, and an attorney and banker. 4 The Hodgkinson family of drapers, … the predominant one was usually apparent; most doubtful cases fell within a single trade group and therefore did not …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The rector, although a keen educationist frustrated in his plans for a National school, observed in 1815 that 'a religious and useful education is not … (1608-32) seems to have been a lawyer serving regularly as attorney in the town's courts; 7 Thomas Widdowes (1646-53) …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Introduction Introduction In 1279 local jurors asserted that New Woodstock was founded … a market to the new residents. 5 The story is supported in part by other evidence, but Woodstock was one of Henry's … dominated the borough as high stewards, political and ecclesiastical patrons, and major employers and purchasers. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… BOROUGH TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The … and profits in the early 17th century. 98 In the 1580s the attorney general claimed arrears of 466 13 s. 4 d. for the … probably misinterpreting an attempt in that year to secure ecclesiastical separation for Woodstock: 51 Woodstock's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… formally New Woodstock until the 19th century, was founded in the 12th century in Bladon parish and remained ecclesiastically dependent on … a mayor and other officers. 2 The name Woodstock (place in the woods) 3 may have applied first to a royal hunting …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… Woodstone 97. WOODSTONE (C.a.). (O.S. 6 in. II S.E.). Woodstone is a parish on the S. side of the … of huts, with pottery, pins and human remains were found in 1910 in the London Brick Co.'s No. 4 Yard, W. of the … to Peterborough road. ( See also under Fletton.) Ecclesiastical (2). Parish Church of St. Augustine of …