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A History of the County of Oxford
… Baptist services were held in Burwell Hall on the Thorney Leys housing estate, west of the town. 67 Quakers (Friends) …
A History of the County of Oxford
… field and north of Lower Wolvercote village was Wolvercote Leys (36 a.), presumably former arable and perhaps including … by the conversion of 36 a. of former arable at Wolvercote Leys. The leys had been increased to 45 a. by 1765, but the extra land …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a drainage ditch or ditches ran south from Wolvercote Leys to Wolvercote Common and Port Meadow. Between 1768 and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… N. of the house, is weather-boarded. b(18). The Leys, house, 1,000 yards W. of the church. c(19). Cottage, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… after the Middle Ages of convertible grassland in leys. A feature of the area was the development within a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… shield of arms; (13) to Elizabeth (Pordage), wife of John Petre, date obliterated, 17th-century, with shield of arms; (14) to John Petre, 1690, with shield of arms; (15) in nave, to Dorothy (Throckmorton, afterwards Hurst), wife of John Petre, 1714, In S. aisle(16) to William Whitebread,. 1661, …