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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 378 inhabitants. The road from London to Brighton, by way of Horsham, runs through the parish. The living is a … The modern portion of the structure is in a style no way corresponding with this ancient part, but it has a tower …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… roof of a lean-to pentice, now gone, providing a covered way between two doorways and the stair turret. All the … and cut into three closes. On the N. of the ridge a hollow-way running N.E., perhaps the original village street, is … 60 ft. to 125 ft. wide straddle the ridge S. of the hollow-way and dip into the valley. These were divided by scarps I …
A History of the County of Oxford
… By 1598 the corporation was letting a house on Hollow Way but seems to have sold the freehold before the late 17th … Magdalen House c. 1461 was Giles Coles's house near Hollow Way c. 1600, paying 5 s. rent to the borough. Like most other … the turnpike commissioners levelled and widened Hollow Way. 45 In 1784-5 William Hanks, innkeeper, acquired the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… provided an alternative house with a large close in Hollow Way (later Oxford Street), rebuilding it in 1612 and again in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… refused to pay the curate's salary the earls of Abingdon, as high stewards, intervened and from 1695 until … rector 1704-12, the last Crown presentee, was the earl of Abingdon's chaplain. 8 His successors were political … Head inn on the north side of the church had a right of way through the churchyard to their stables on its western …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in altered form until 1766, when demolished to make way for the present town hall. 99 John at Green's tenement … end of Common Acre, barring the lane called Hensington Way or the way to Banbury. 30 In 1583 it was recalled that the townsmen …
A History of the County of Oxford
… battle of Edgehill, Charles I stayed at Woodstock on the way to Oxford, and by November the manor house was fortified … Thomas, Lord Wharton, and the Tory James Bertie, earl of Abingdon, contenders for the Woodstock interest; 42 and Montagu Bertie, earl of Abingdon, set up a rival meeting in Oxford when the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1702 Sir John Walter sold it to Montagu Bertie, earl of Abingdon, from whom it was bought in 1710 by the duke of … with the duke; by 1924 there was an arrangement with Abingdon joint hospital board. The council's residual … chamberlains were ordered to repair the bridge in Hollow Way and in 1828 when the corporation was fined 50 for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Spencer's relative by marriage. 14 In 1661 Atkyns gave way to Sir William Fleetwood, who was again resident in the … 29 In 1680-1 James Bertie, Lord Norreys, later earl of Abingdon, rapidly built up his interest in Woodstock with … was returned with Richard Bertie in 1685. The earl of Abingdon's waning popularity at court 33 left the borough …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of 2 acres with closes lies on either side of a hollow-way running in from the W. This road was already blocked by a …