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A History of the County of Oxford
… stone malthouse and associated cottages have distinctive low-pitched roofs designed for a covering of tarred paper, of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… worst reverse. 51 At Eynsham, in keeping with his low church outlook, he never substantially increased the … W. N. Bricknell, vicar 1893-1928, and his successors the low church tradition of services was maintained, culminating … foundation of Freeland church was controversial. Eynsham's low church vicar, W. S. Bricknell, acceded to Taunton's wish …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 72 Later references to Tilgarsley, the evidence of field names and boundaries on pre-inclosure maps, and … and Walton fields, the latter perhaps renamed Conduit field after a conduit house was built in the 16th or early … century. 75 There is slight evidence of an earlier, two-field, arrangement, for in the early 13th century 2 a. held …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Hanborough brook in 1615. 34 The old ditch near the heath field in the north-east was probably the straight section of … 46 Much of the southern half of the parish is low-lying and flat ( c. 65 m.), but in the west the land … subscription of over £100 was lent in small sums at low interest, and during 30 years nearly £6,000 was lent to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for fire-fighting. Their usual expenditure was very low, frequently below £20 in the 17th century. Regular income … wages set by the vestry for such work in 1850 were as low as 6 s. a week for a married man with two children. 54 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Acre close (1 a.), 15a. of meadow, and c. 60 a. of open-field arable. 62 At inclosure in 1802 the college was awarded 66 a. for its open-field land, making its total estate 77 a. 63 The Elms … pasture, 6 a of inclosed meadow, and 80 a. of open-field arable, had belonged to Thomas Blackman until 1610. 68 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was discovered at the north-west corner of the nursery field. 29 The parish church seems to have been built on a … were recovered from an unrecorded site in the nursery field, 58 and in modern times grave-digging in the extended … probably outbuildings, lay further east in the nursery field. Along the south side of the field was what appeared to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… recall the monastic grange. 'Bolds' were buildings and the field name probably denotes the site of deserted dwellings. … the ground surrounding the place the Bowles'. 68 In 1802 a field south of Bowles Farm was called Churchyard ground, and … to a churchyard rather than to a church suggests that the field name may have been inspired merely by the discovery of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… 15th-century house, but incorporated in the W. wall is a low gabled truss which is unconnected either with the Hall or …