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A History of the County of Oxford
… was claimed that Banbury was ancient demesne of the Crown: on that occasion the plea seems to have been accepted, … Catherine, relict of Henry, Earl of Northumberland settled on Francis Fitton, her second husband, one-third of Banbury … with the warren of Durden, fishing rights in the River Cherwell, and labour services from tenants in Neithrop and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to suppose that the AngloSaxon church was anywhere but on the site of the medieval parish church and its successor. … east-west routes, some distance from the important ford on the River Cherwell. The terms in which the later planted town was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… period 16851818. He chose to serve for Banbury, where, 'on account of the young Lord Guilford's trust' he had a sure … and alderman between 1761 and 1764, 26 and he remained on the council until he succeeded to the earldom in 1790. … 1866 strongly supported by the working-class of Neithrop, Cherwell, and Grimsbury, 135 and by the plush-weavers. 136 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and south-west of Gloucester, including Maisemore Meadow, on Alney Island, which had been inclosed in 1794. 4 Parts of … to the ancient parish except for those detached parts on Alney Island and to the south-east transferred to … nonconformists were recorded at Barnwood. 267 Thomas Shipton, one of several people presented between 1679 and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1984, and in 1986 the joint benefice was united with Shipton-on-Cherwell. 59 The first known presentation to the rectory was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 19th century by the curate, Vaughan Thomas: he took on the office of parish surveyor c. 1820 in order to push … in the parish by families likely to prove a charge on the rates. 53 The community's small size, and Thomas's … from Woodstock to Witney rural district, and in 1974 to Cherwell district. There was no parish council until 1952. 57 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… build an estate took six years. 19 The first estates were on sites scheduled for redevelopment before the war. Bethnal … Mendip Houses, and William Fenn House with 16 flats in Shipton Street, near the Nag's Head estate. 43 Work began on … (79 flats) in Columbia Road and opened five dwellings in Shipton Street and 7 in Cadell Close off Hackney Road; 25 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… for ex-servicemen. 61 Anti-semitism was reflected on the left in opposition by the M.B. to Jews becoming … up in 1931 under the Act of 1930 to provide for 727 people on 5 a., displacing 843 people from 143 houses (196 … Head Housing Society then started building flats, north of Shipton Street and west of Ropley Street, which were …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and subsequently destroyed by fire. The parish is situated on the road from Dursley to Tetbury and Cirencester, and … of Bewcastle. This place, which was a Roman station on the Maiden-way, derived its name from a fortress erected … a stream which falls into the river Ray, which joins the Cherwell, near Islip; it is neatly built, and amply supplied …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… by a valley running south-westwards from Downs Barn and on the southern boundary by a stream flowing through … and Barnsley in the west. BIBURY 1975 The parish lies on the Great Oolite, which on the high ground is overlaid by … Hawkesbury, from whom it was acquired by Francis Heydon of Shipton Solers. In the late 1620s Heydon was contesting the …