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A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Charities for the poor Charities for the poor … Hall (probably d. 1705), was used to buy 9 a. of meadow in Wolvercote, thereafter known as the Poor's Plot. 94 In 1815 … by will proved in 1931, left £1,000 to the poor of Wolvercote and Cutteslowe. The estate proved inadequate to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Church Church A chapel of ease at Wolvercote subject to the church of St. Peter-in-the-East, … had no burial rights until 1414, when the inhabitants of Wolvercote successfully petitioned the pope for the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Economic history Economic history St. Frideswide's … estate at Cutteslowe was administered independently of Wolvercote from the Middle Ages; its economic organization is … below. There is no early evidence for the open fields of Wolvercote, which seem to have been completely reorganized in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Education Education There appears to have been no … the interest to be used for rewards for children at Wolvercote school. The college decided in 1862 to pay the … f. 94; notebk. of T. Gregory (in possession of vicar of Wolvercote), p. 34. 12th Rep. Char. Com. 352; Gregory notebk. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Introduction Introduction WOLVERCOTE, an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the … city centre, contained two settlements, Upper and Lower Wolvercote; the adjoining extra-parochial areas of Godstow, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Local government Local government In 1279 Godstow abbey had view of frankpledge in Wolvercote, and the royal bailiff had entry into the manor … below average. The generally low cost of poor relief in Wolvercote in the early 19th century was probably due to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Manors and other estates Manors and other estates Roger d'Ivri held WOLVERCOTE in 1086, and Godfrey held of him. 61 There is no … 62 About 1180 Reynold's son Bernard of St. Valery granted Wolvercote to Henry II who gave it to Godstow abbey. 63 The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Nonconformity Nonconformity. Richard Owen of … Reynolds of Gloucester Hall, Oxford, who was buried in Wolvercote in 1630, were also recusants, as were the Nappers … Holywell, freeholders and farmers of the great tithes of Wolvercote. Cheriton refused the protestation oath in 1642. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Site and remains of Godstow abbey Site and remains … George Owen. 31 It was sold, with the rest of Owen's Wolvercote property, to Sir John Walter in 1616, and … buildings of about that date, on the line of the modern Wolvercote-Wytham road, were excavated in 1959 north-west of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… entry by the sheriff. The abbess of Godstow at Godstow and Wolvercote was exempt from the royal bailiff except by writ, …