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A History of the County of Oxford
… its original market, 66 but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the … markets and fairs in that year was followed by an Act in 1576 making Woodstock a staple town. George Whitton, … was later acknowledged as a cattle fair. 20 Under the Act of 1751 the four authorized fairs were put back 11 days, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… dame schools; it was a popular place for boarding schools, of which some took day pupils. The rector, although a keen … and in 1831 that 'scarcely any residents lacked the means of education'. 85 Continued failure to respond to national … in educational provision for the poor. 86 The opening of an infants' school in 1840 and, belatedly, of a National …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the … and greatly influenced the town's later history. 71 An Act of 1576 making Woodstock a staple town briefly stimulated … Ogilby, Britannia (1970 facs. edn.). 5 Geo. I, c. 1 (Priv. Act). For mins. of the Stokenchurch trustees, O.R.O., …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely … corporation was exempted from sending representatives to parliament, a privilege willingly eschewed from the mid 16th … the town's decline to the cessation of royal patronage the Act allowed free trading in wool and yarn within the borough. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… representation Woodstock sent two representatives to parliament in 1302 and two others in 1305; 86 all seem to have been residents and two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The borough charter of … was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act of 1885. For lists and biogs. of M.P.s see Williams, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… for threshing were provided by Tidenham tenants of the lordship of Striguil. The livestock usually consisted … for potato gardens were made under the Inclosure Act of 1810. 37 Common rights were enjoyed in Woolaston Wood … the late 17th and 18th centuries. 40 Under the Inclosure Act of 1810 encroachments made before 1789 for which no rents …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Introduction WOOLASTON WOOLASTON is a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and … 2, map, 1769. Local information. Mon. & Glouc. Roads Act, 31 Geo. II, c. 44; Annual Turnpike Acts Continuance Act, 34 & 35 Vic. c. 115. Badminton Mun. F Drawer 2, map, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. Before the Conquest Brictric son of Algar held two hides in WOOLASTON within Twyford hundred. 6 Unlike other estates of the great thegn the manor of Woolaston probably never belonged to Queen Maud, 7 but was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of Somerset; … commissioners annually chosen under the provisions of an act of parliament passed in the 47th of George III.; it is lighted …