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A History of the County of Oxford
… and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality stone building … been built parallel to the street. A house on High Street's east side, described in 1704, had a parlour, hall, entry, … pp. 206, 209; Kelly's Dir. Oxon. (1899). Witney Official Guide (1991), 23; Witney Gaz. 29 Dec. 1999. Oxf. Jnl. 13 Jan. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the right to deliver and return royal writs, the king's officers being forbidden entry into the bishop's manors except in connection with Crown pleas. 1 In 1284 the … Apr. 1974; ORO, Witney TC VII/2, VIII/1; Witney Official Guide (Witney Town Council, 1991), 37; below (seals and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the growing centrality of Nonconformity to the town's social and civic as well as religious life (Figs. 546). An … Anglican churches together, overall attendance at the town's five Nonconformist meeting houses remained higher, … 145, 423. ORO, Witney UDC III/i/7, p. 359; Witney Official Guide [ c. 1934 edn], p. 28: copy in Bodl.; C. and J. Gott, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Somerset, 28 miles (W.) from Somerton, and 155 (W. by S.) from London; containing 2984 inhabitants. This place is … Wiveliscombe in the Cathedral of Wells, valued in the king's books at 27. 0. 10.; net income, 300. The church is a very … circular tower, supposed to have been a lighthouse to guide over the heath to the palace: at Homitage was a …
A History of the County of Essex
… third highest in Lexden hundred, 20 reflecting Wivenhoe's growth as a port whose develop- ment was linked with the … with most of the south of Wivenhoe being the lord's demesne except for a considerable amount of copyhold land … 55. e.g. Kelly's Dir. Essex (1866, 1870). Dunn, Wivenhoe A Guide and Short Hist. 12; Butler, Story of Wivenhoe, 236; …
A History of the County of Essex
… a post office by 1853, probably the one which was in Queen's Road in 1887, and a sub post office at Wivenhoe Cross by … settlement. 23 The place name, Wivenhoe, meaning Wifa's ridge or spur of land, 24 suggests early Anglo-Saxon … 94, 103. E.R.O., D/DEt T23. C. J. M. Dunn, Wivenhoe: a Guide and Short Hist. 12. N. Butler, Story of Wivenhoe, 231 …
A History of the County of Essex
… 12 to 16 jurors. Cases of animals trespassing on the lord's land, breach of the assize of ale, and of infringing the lord's rights of avesage, pannage, and larder were heard; … Services, Planning Policy Division. Dunn, Wivenhoe-a Guide and Short History, 15. E.R.O., D/P 277/5/2. Ibid. Acc. …
A Dictionary of London
… of later time called Wolfes Lane, but now out of use (S. 42). "Wolsieslane "lay between the tenement of Sir John de … part stopped up and built on by the Chamberlain of London (S. 42). First mention: "Wolsiesgate," 1300 (Lib. Horn. fol. … 1831). "Lambs Chapel Court" (Strype, ed. 1720-Lond. Guide, 1758). "Lamb's Court" (O. and M. 1677). Wood Wharf On …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 6 A further appeal to the pope in 1416, against Wolvercote's liability to contribute a third of the cost of repairs to St. Peter's-in-the-East, failed; the judge at the Council of Constance, … Cal. Papal Reg. vi. 441. Description based on Parker, Guide, 98-100, and drawings in Bodl. MSS. Top. Oxon. a 39, f. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… there were said to be 38 a. of wood in Wombridge, worth 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the coppices in the later 17th and 18th … 11 Four or five ploughteams belonged to William Charlton's Wombridge tenants in the years 1693-8; most of the parish's … was owned by John Bennett. Products included merchant bar, guide iron, and wire rod 71 and in 1873 the company reputedly …