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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Fig. 212 Woodnewton Village Map Woodnewton is a parish of 565 hectares in the Forest of Rockingham. The village lies on the N. side of … and W. gable of ironstone rubble, class 4c with narrow service rooms; 17th-century origin but much altered. Two-room …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 51 WOODSFORD (7690) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 78 NE, bSY 79 SE) The roughly rectangular parish of Woodsford, covering some 1,700 acres, lies on the S. side … living rooms are to the N. on the first floor with service rooms below, and the servants' or retainers' …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 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 Later the … on the west was given similar bays; then or later a service corridor was built on the south, carried on brackets …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Charities for the poor Charities for the Poor Municipal Charities. The … to those founded in the chantry house on the north side of the church by Thomas Croft (d. 1488). 77 In 1551 the … estate pps. box 2. Oxf. Jnl. 9 Aug. 1794; Blenheim Mun., Treasury box XXIII/77/4, acct. bk. 1781-97. Plaque on bldg. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Church Church. The church, of which the south doorway is of the 12th … was imprisoned at Woodstock for reading the prayer book service, 95 and in 1649 the corporation entertained Dr. …
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 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Economic history Economic history In the century after its foundation the town prospered, … its original market, 66 but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the park and household is denoted by 13th-century …
A History of the County of Oxford
… free grammar school, two small charity schools, and by the early 19th century several dame schools; it was a popular place for boarding schools, of which some took day pupils. The rector, although a keen … mostly local girls aged 13-16, training for domestic service. 73 The school may have been closed by 1890, when its …
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 park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a … of turnpike trustees by 1804. 45 Woodstock had a postal service by 1685 46 but by then the town lay off the principal …
A History of the County of Oxford
… TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out … as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely … (d. 1837), who was also rector, each served ten times. Service for two years in succession was common, and seems to …