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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 … roofs of shallower pitch. There is little sign that London pattern books influenced local builders: most fronts …
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 … Bailly (d. 1461), chapman of Woodstock and haberdasher of London, and Robert Austen, variously called chapman and …
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 … chamber. 87 By will of 1585 Richard Cornwell, a London skinner born in Woodstock, left £ 300 to provide and …
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 … the Oxford-Stratford road was relatively unimportant, the London-Worcester road passed 2 miles to the north, and the …
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 one of several 'members' of the royal manor of Woodstock, whose … Park, Stonesfield slates, and imported timber from London; the principal mason was John Hooper, the supervisor …
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 … significant interest, particularly among freemen living in London. 48 The duchess interfered throughout in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… (O.S. 6 in. II S.E.). Woodstone is a parish on the S. side of the Nene. The northern part forms a suburb of and is annexed to the borough of Peterborough. Roman (1). … pottery, pins and human remains were found in 1910 in the London Brick Co.'s No. 4 Yard, W. of the Huntingdon to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Matthew) WOOKEY ( St. Matthew), a parish, in the union of Wells, hundred of Wells-Forum, E. division of Somerset, 1 mile (W.) from … 2609 inhabitants. The parish lies on the road from London to Plymouth, about half a mile south of the river …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish of Wool, 5 m. W. of Wareham, covers some 3,000 acres on both sides of the … from Chalk in the S.W., through areas on Reading Beds and London Clay, well-wooded to the E. around Woodstreet, to the …
A Dictionary of London
… Wool Quay - Wormwood Street Wool Quay At the south end of Water Lane, east of that lane (S. 44). Earliest mention: "Wolkaye," ".Wolkey," … Kennet Wharf now (P.O. Directory). Workhouse (The) See London Workhouse. Worley's Court West out of Blackfriars and …